Can I Make A $25 USB Mic Sound Professional?! (ONLY USING STOCK PLUGINS!) | Make Pop Music
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- čas přidán 29. 07. 2024
- In this video, I will mix a vocal recorded on a $25 USB Mic from Amazon only using STOCK plugins from Cubase! Can I get this $25 mic to sound professional enough to work in a final record?! This is truly the most budget friendly vocal mixing video you will ever find!
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My Gear:
DAW: Cubase 11 Pro
Desk: AZ Studio Workstations
Main Microphone: Lewitt LCT1040
Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6
Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB
MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61
Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute
Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus
Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800
Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59
Camera: Panasonic G7
Lens: Rokinon 12mm f2
Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels
Timestamps:
Preview 0:00
Intro 0:16
Getting The Mic Into Cubase 1:57
Throwing a Pity Party For Myself 3:12
Raw USB Mic 3:36
Comparing to a Normal Condenser 4:20
Raw Vocal In The Mix 4:51
Aggressive EQ Moves 5:28
Compressing The Vocal 7:15
Adding Warmth With Compression 7:45
Tightening Up The Noise Floor With A Gate 8:56
De Essing Vocals 10:43
Final EQ 12:17
Automatic Tuning 15:45
Using Chorus To Widen A Vocal 16:10
Long Vocal Reverb 16:31
Short Vocal Reverb 16:58
Stereo Vocal Delay 17:20
My Thoughts On Cheap Gear 17:50
Final Vocal Example 19:30
Closing Recommendations 19:52
Outro 20:38
Different mics are also creative tools, a cheaper mic may pocket the mix better or at least differently so you can try things you wouldn't normally do if it stayed in the same place every time. This video perfectly demonstrates this.
Yeah I've got 180$ MLX mic that's good for some stuff, my main mic is 1100$ nuemann, but the MLX is nicer on some stuff strangely
Really helpful, definitely interested in more compare content to demonstrate what things should & shouldn’t sound like - thank you!
Amazing video as always!
Haven't even watched the whole video yet, and you've already got my like!
Very nice vid
Until I talk myself into upgrading, I mostly use an Aston Origin, which I think is a great value but is still a lower budget mic. And I've got a handful of vocal plugins that I go out and grab when I see sales happening. All that's to say that even with a slightly better mic and a couple extra tools in the kit, it's still helpful to see you do this kind of work with the stock plugins! Watching tutorials with loads of plugins I don't have dropped into the chain always makes me wonder if I'm fooling myself trying to get a comparable tone.
Thanks for the video!
Now this is the kind of video I've been waiting for!
I have a ~$50 USB mic from Thomann. It's their own brand called T-Bone (SC 440) and I've been using it for years now and you can get a pretty nice vocal out of it in the right room setup but the interference and hum is a bit annoying so a lot of noise reduction is required which eats some of the sound quality as well.
Yeah, the time and attention it takes to make mics in this price range can be INTENSE 😂
@@MakePopMusic Yeah when I watched your last video the difference is so clear. The more expensive mic sounds so balanced even untreated.
I misread the title and thought everything in the entire song was stock! lol I was like DAMMNN.. dude your productions always sound absolutely killer. I've learned so much from your videos; your awesome!
Hahaha nah but I have done that! Go check the Cubase channel and I have a 3 video series where I make an entire track with stock plugins and sounds!
It would be cool if you could do the same thing with a Shure SM58. A classic live vocal mic that is less than $100 and doesn't have the self-noise problem of a cheap condenser. Or a decent quality budget condenser like a Audio-Technica AT2020 that is in the same price range. Those mics should be affordable for just about everyone without sacrificing quality.
Can definitely hear the difference, and yes, I would agree it's best to save up. If you take care of a good mic it will last you a lifetime.
it would be nice to see this kind of thing with the behringer XM8500. its an XLR dynamic thats like $25 and is pretty much the go to for a really cheap but decent mic in a budget setup. I've heard good things about it but ive never seen anyone try to get a professional sound out of it for a mix. also i hope you feel better soon!
It's pretty similar to the sm58 and plenty of people have recorded vocals on that. Bjork has used the sm58 all over her albums.
You could absolutely get professional sound out of it.
It's refreshing to see even a professional like u getting frustrated using a cheapo mic hahaha. My vocal chain is pretty much the same as yours, except i don't use any gate plugin, coz' i simply don't know how to use it. Of course, the differences in quality between yours n mine is like north n south (new idiom?). I hope u'll get well soon. Drinks lotsa water n do some light exercise probably will help u feel better.
Hi great video. I want you to ask if akg p220 is good enough for professional recording/release with Scarlett 2i2?
Did you tried using asioforall driver? Y record constantly using usb mics into my daw and I don’t have the need to use voice meter (I use reaper as daw)
The raw vocal at the start was never a cheap microphone
'Honky midtone' lol
I can say that since I’m a white guy
@@MakePopMusic perfectly describes me lol
Dawg said if you’re using a $25 dollar mic you’re probably not using $1000’s worth of software umm no I wouldn’t pay that in general honestly $25 mic or not 😂
If i wasent using Studio one i would use Cubase.
Hi we need a video about acoustics. been hitting alot of problems due to recoding in a basement. Now im building vocal booth
The raw vocal at the start was never a cheap microphone
Yes it was. It was a $25 usb mic from Amazon lolol