Getting Great, Clean Pop Vocals | Complete Vocal Technique | (Logic Pro X) | [Music Theory #17]
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In this blog, we walk you through some steps to get great, clean sounding Pop Vocals. The secret to getting great Pop vocals is to first make sure that you clean up the vocal recording first; and then apply any creative processing.
There are a lot of amazing sonic tools out there and available. But, we've narrowed it down for you a bit. The main tools you will need for cleaning the vocal performance are strip silence, gain, pitch correction and sibilance control via a dedicated de-esser (or if you like, you can create your own using a compressor and EQ). We’ll do a blog on that technique soon!
Here are the steps (be careful to follow them in order) to getting a great Pop vocal sound: To help you see and hear this in action, we’ve also asked Bronwen from www.rapponline.net to do a video demonstrating the various steps.
1.Clean up the vocals & Strip silence:
Some DAWs offer this as an automatic or intelligent process; and it’s a great way to remove all the silence between sections and phrases of the vocal performance. However, it is sometimes better to just manually go through the vocal performance; in solo mode; and have a close look at the breath noises any clips and clicks as well. You may need to zoom in a bit on the waveform to really get to them to properly clean up. Then, use the fade and gain tools to tame or even remove those breaths that are distracting. However, sometimes it is necessary to leave a few noises in just to make the performance sound ‘human’. This really will depend on your project and probably personal or even professional preference.
2. Gain Automation:
When you watch the ‘big guys’ working on the large format SSL, NEVE, HARRISON and so on mixing consoles; they usually ‘ride’ the vocal. This is a really good mix and recording habit to get into; as you basically become a part of the performance and as the vocal part is playing in real-time, you move the fader up and down (ride) to get the vocal to ‘sit’ in the mix. What’s cool about the DAW world is that technology has made it possible to not only automate those functions, but also to refine them. In order to get good, clean vocals (not only for the Pop genre, but other genres too) you have to clean up your original vocal recorded performance by automating the gain to get a nice consistent level. You can either automate this using your faders or your automation tools in your DAW. Whatever method works well for you.
Typically the dynamic range in pop vocals is small; so you’re going to have to use a compressor to reduce the dynamic range further, but if you use compression without first making your vocal take a bit more consistent in level, you could land up applying too much gain reduction form the compressor and the vocals will be lifeless.
3. Pitch Correction:
In the modern Pop genre, it’s pretty much a standard requirement; as well as a great production tool for meshing different genres together and creating some special effects.
If you are going to be working on Pop, R’nB and Hip-Hop tracks, then invest in a pitch corrector plugin. A high quality plugin. Some DAWs have their standard plugins, and they are great too! There are also some cool ‘freebie’ autotune software options out there, be sure to do some research!
We all know that in these genres, the pitch correction is used creatively as an effect, but hey, having the ability to do pitch correction is especially crucial if you’re not able to get the vocalist back in the studio to re-record. With the higher end pitch correction plugins, you can remove a bit of vibrato from sustained notes; and introduce your own synthetic vibrato.
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