Grammy Award-Winning Mixer, Jesse Ray Ernster (Doja Cat, Burna Boy, Megan Thee Stallion) shows off some favorite vocal mixing plugins and techniques. Song: Shoffy - "Tricky" ft. Sabrina Carpenter.
00:00 Intro
02:12 Cleaning up Mouth Clicks, Crackles, and Pops!
03:21 EQing out top end resonances
04:00 Eyes Closed: Ears OPEN
04:54 Using SplitEQ to soften top end attack
05:47 More EQ to soften top end
06:49 Izotope Spectral Shaper to remove harshness
07:23 TRICK for hiding meters!
08:59 Add warmth with saturation
11:31 Use MidSide to reduce artifacts that are baked into the vocal
12:27 Plugin automation for specific phrases
13:37 New EQ for a different section
14:29 Adding Reverb & Delay
15:49 EQ'ing the reverb
17:26 EQ - Sometimes Midrange brings clarity, not top end
18:04 FX THROWS!
19:06 Fun Keys Part
20:05 Showing off the groove
20:28 Slappin da bass man
20:48 Conclusion
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