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Now, all that’s left to do is to delay it anywhere from 20 to 40ms.
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Simply copy and paste that part of the clip from the perfect track into the other one. Imagine you recorded two perfect takes, but just one or two words need to be corrected on one of them, there is a simple fix for this. If you are really double tracking, by this I mean recording a second or third take and not using doubling software, then it’s more than likely that at some point of the take there will be something that needs fixing. Imagine your song has a verse, a pre-chorus and then the chorus, what you could do is use the vocals to help with that build up by slowly panning them out. This works great when you want to generate some build up. Panning both vocals left and right during the chorus will give the mix a much bigger sound, increasing the stereo width. One tip I can give you is to use automation to enhance certain parts of the song, like the choruses. Important note: This is definitely not set in stone, these are not rules but guidelines, every song is different so play around with it and see what works best. Then, bring the second one up until it’s just loud enough to be perceived, no more than that. The one that is more centered would generally be the main vocal track, which will be the loudest. In some cases you are going to pan one 20% to the left and the other 10% right, this all depends on what other elements you got going in the mix. I find it best to pan both vocal tracks between 10% and 30% right and left, you don’t necessarily want to pan both exactly the same amount. If you center both you will get a similar effect to using a chorus, which in some cases might be the sound you are going for, but just know that this isn’t the most common way to do it. Since you’re mixing two vocals, you can’t really treat them like one. Using a Doubled vocal is, however, the best way to fatten up the sound, especially if the singer can deliver a well sung double track.Īfter recording a doubled vocal track, you then can proceed to use all the plugins you want on them to enhance the sound even more. You could use plugins to thicken the vocals, but EQ, Compression, Delay and Reverb, will only get you so far.
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I wouldn’t recommend it in the verses because they can end up sounding a bit muddy, but if the chorus is lacking a bit of strength and body then you absolutely could use double vocals. It all depends on what part of the song you plan on doubling the vocals. One thing to note is that no matter how good the singer is, there will always be differences between both takes, resulting in a slight pitch and timing difference which will give it that distinct characteristic. This can be achieved by either recording a second track on top of the first one or by using an Automatic Double-Tracking Plugin. Since I assume that many of you reading this post are looking for ways to improve the quality of your double tracked vocals, I’m going to do my best to teach you everything I learned on this topic.įirst of all, let’s take a look at what Double tracking actually is ĭouble tracking a vocal is the process where you duplicate a second vocal on top of the main one to give it more thickness or to widen it. I always used to add vocals as harmonies to make everything sound better, but I never really used to double track vocals.
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This is a concept I got familiarized with not so long ago.