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The song is "Lugares Escondidos" by Lily Graciela. She came in for overdubs, and produced and mixed the rest of the track herself. Go check it out!

When I'm dialing in a reverb I use the filter available on the plug in. Which I'm assuming is pre-reverb. I find myself reaching for EQ post reverb if the reverb is impacting an already dense mix. Usually there's a low mid build up I'm addressing.

Get your ears checked 😔🪦

Thank you!

Focal Alpha 65's. I believe they're rebranded as Focal Alpha Evos these days.

Thank you! The goal is to make it sound as good as it can upfront.

Audio suite

Big fan of iZotope products. Personally I'd rather show people the tools we already have before recommending a new plug in purchase.

I do the same… I teach as well.

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@@englishoakrecording don’t worry, brother we take your word for it clicks are part of the nature and we got to get Em!

I personally use izotopes de clicker, sometimes there’s that stubborn click right in the middle of a vocal there has even been times. I’ve had to send it through a couple times to get that dang click out.✊🏽

@@sirvaant 100% iZotope products are really great at getting clicks in the middle of phrases.

You're welcome and thank you!

I agree

Double agree

yeah definitely. it definitely defeats the purpose of the short to not include that. also judging by the waveform itself, it wouldn't even be that serious of an issue, as there is no steep vertical line, so whatever click was there wouldn't be that high of a frequency to worry about. they didn't even adjust frequency, just the amplitude.

You can hear the before audio, and more in the related video.

@@englishoakrecording I specifically wrote "in the short". Viewers got no reason to click to another video and look for this specific moment if they aren't even sure what issue you're fixing and whether it would be useful for them.

@@the_free_west Thanks!

@@user-lk4rv2qh1s Using the shortcut CMD + F opens the batch fade window. Allowing you to fade multiple clips at once, saving you a ton of time.

@@englishoakrecording Ahh! Thanks, i will try it out with my next vocal recording

@@user-dv2vv1ch7u Thank you for watching! :)

I find the end result to be a lot more controlled sounding when I manually de-ess, but there's certainly time's where I'll use a plug in too. I wanted to highlight the detail manually de-ssing could bring to a mix because a lot of people who do what we do often chase the next piece of gear or plug in. "If only I had this new de-esser my vocals would sound perfect" But in reality we already have the tools right in front of us! Thanks for asking :)

Thank you!

Thank you, Peter!

In Logic look through the pointer tool selection options. Shortcut is "T" to open the pointer tool selection. There should be a gain tool. :)

Agreed - honestly not enough quality videos out there covering reverb and its intricacies. Plenty of "sidechain your reverb to your lead vocal"... tired of that one.

Heard! 🤝

@@englishoakrecordingyes parallel compression would be great

Everyone go support Lily for being kind enough to let use her vocals! 😤

Thank you so much!

This video seems to be more about the concept of doing it in general but i do agree maybe for the next video using vocals from an already released song that can be played would be beneficial

Thanks for the feedback! In my newest video I went back and touched on this video with audio examples, while also providing some new information!

Thank you!

Thank you so much, Chris! That means a lot.

They're the Alpha 65's! I've been using them for a really long time. Just wish they didn't have the auto-turn off feature haha

@@englishoakrecording seriously. I find soloing bass is the easiest way to wake them up. Are you finding better upper midrange translation? I thought I did but again, it might have been a placebo effect. Also, I bet the 65’s showcase midrange better.

@@RobinZV1 I've always thought of them as really clear and natural sounding to my ears. The low end gets a little lost in my room due to the acoustics in the room and speaker size. Just have to keep that in mind while mixing!

That’s an interesting point about the differences between how we process an audio book vs a song, for example. I recommend strip silencing your vocals to erase any noise floor or unnecessary sounds captured by the microphone.

Thank you! You’re right, even though it has “mastering” in the name, that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t try it on other sources!

Thank you! This comment encourages me to make more videos like this. I appreciate that!

Your side chain is a high-pass filter affecting the compression circuit. This doesn't audibly change your mix. It changes the way the compressor reacts to low frequencies. Next time you use the plug in dial it in the way you'd like and engage and disengage the SC. You'll see a considerable difference in gain reduction due to the low frequency energy in your mix.

The headroom function affects the color and compression characteristics of the plug in. Hardware units react differently depending on how much signal you feed the unit. I believe this to be an In The Box way of doing the same thing. I'd think of it as: how hard do you want to hit the plug in unit when processing your tracks. For me personally I'd leave it stock and adjust other parameters first!