May 26th: Vocal Effects

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I have a need to automate my reverbs in a song called The Vine.  I got some tips from the Berkley video below. And, I threw in some other good stuff for you today. There's all sorts of things to do to makes vocals sound great or better or more distorted and even auto tuned. Here are a few tips within Logic Pro X

Auto tuning
The video above is a good one on how auto tune vocals in Logic. Here's the link: https://youtu.be/WcBoE2LyEyk

Compression

Using compression to make your vocals sit in the mix: https://youtu.be/ZREX4RkCWlA Chris gives you the basics on compression here.

Reverb:

Logic Pro X - #70 - Mixing (part12): Aux Sends for Reverb

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJkpjp55Ejo&t=123s Here, you find out how to create auxiliary reverb track tracks where you can send your vocals and save CPU. 

Automate your reverb, sends levels:

How to Automate Reverb in Logic Pro | Music Production | Sound Design | Berklee Online

In another chapter I will be looking at side chaining effect. Subscribe for more episodes....

Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCViA4xgxdQ&t=109s This instructional video from Berklee online is a good intro to automating your reverb and other time based functions. 


That's all for now!

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