Btw i'm already subscribed to you on youtube bro..i really appreciate all your tutorials and autotune settings because it really helps a lot of people out
is it a usb mic? and do you think you could do a tutorial on how to use graphical mode on auto tune evo man because i heard that you can get way more natural results using graphical mode instead of auto mode
No it's an XLR. Using graphical mode would be useless if you didn't know how to read sheet music (musical notes, scales, etc). This is the case for most people who look for Auto-Tune tutorials. When you use Auto-Tune or any other vocal correcting software the easiest way to get natural sounding results would be to record vocals with your best singing abilities, then altering it after, moving the knobs like retune speed and humanize for example till you figure out where it will sound less robotic. Even using graphic mode if the singing isn't at least average you'll always have a robotic sound. After the Drake era people don't really care about the use of it in fact some welcome it, seems that they've been trained to like it.
Thanks for the explanation man it really helps alot ..i have to say you inspire me alot music wise...i have a couple other questions too if you don't mind me asking..sorry for asking so many questions btw..i'm a pretty decent singer but i just use auto-tune to touch everything up so it can be pitch perfect that's why i like to achieve the most natural effects possible. Would you recommend using the chromatic scale because it seems to have a less robotic effect to it or do you think its better to find the key of the song in major or minor..and also i use mixcraft 6 and a regular blue yeti usb microphone to record and i wanted to get the most professional sound..i was wondering how many times i should record the hooks, verses, background vocals and stuff and whether i should overdub them or duplicate the tracks and how to pan them to get that professional studio sound that u get on your songs. sorry for asking so many questions again man hope u understand.
No worries that is why I made this blog, Look you have three basic scales that people use when it comes to Hip-Hop or R&B beats which are major, minor, and chromatic. Like I said you need to have knowledge of these to understand music more in depth, such as composers do. Let me break it down for you. There are 12 keys in a Major scale, and there are 12 keys in a Minor scale. Each different key will consist of different notes, 7 notes for a major, and 7 notes for minor. When you input the key and the scale on Auto-Tune, it's using an algorithm to figure out which notes to keep, which notes to throw away, and which ones to replace them with or "tune" if you will. Now let me tell you about a chromatic scale. You're probably using the right key, but when you switch something to chromatic, though it may be in the right key, unlike major or minor, it doesn't use only 7 notes, it uses all 12, so there is no way of filtering the notes, their might be some minor adjusting to the notes but it doesn't guarantee a solid fix. The best thing to do for natural sounding vocals is to play with the retune speed and tracking speed, if you know you can sing, retune speed between 10-30 should be good, humanize should always be at 0 if you want it to be natural, targeting ignores vibrato should be on so it won't try to filter any variation in your voice, always choose your voice type To be soprano if you sing with a high pitched voice, or tenor for a light modern singing voice. Now when it comes to mixing personally I keep it simple, it always varies with the beat I use if I want to have a mono vocal hook, or a stereo vocal hook, usually what determines it is the amount of instruments being played, more instruments = stereo hook, dry simple beat = mono hook, background vocals always make everything sound better, when it comes to singing never let there be an empty spot on your track unless an instrument solo is present, you can pan or use a stereo spliter again it all depends on personal preference, I just mix to what sounds good to me, if I'm happy with it, I trust my judgement, then it's perfectly fine.
Wow thanks man..You sound like you went to school for this stuff i gotta say ur a beast man i cant wait to get on your level. I thought humanize should always be on 100 if you want a more natural non robotic human sound...also since i'm a singer do you know how many times i should sing my background vocals and harmonies...i'm kinda going for that Chris Brown/August Alsina type of sound and their background vocals and harmonies always have this special type of effect to it..im not sure how to to explain it or what its called but it sounds like they recorded the same background vocals/harmonies like 4 or 5 times but they all come together as one..idk how to explain it but you probably know what i'm talking about if you've listened to a Chris Brown or August Alsina song...alot of other singers do this too...for example Tori Lanes did it on that "know whats up" song that u did the auto tune settings for. One more thing for example lets say my instrumental has a lot of instruments being played and i decide to do a stereo hook..do i sing the hook two different times and then pan one a 100% to the left and the other a 100% to the right or do i just duplicate the hook and pan one to the left and the other to the right? I've also heard some people say you do three hooks and pan one left right and center too so its really confusing....and would i pan my verses the same way i panned my hooks?
Nice man it sounds so professional! What kinda mic do you use?
ReplyDeleteI use a cardoid/condenser
DeleteBtw i'm already subscribed to you on youtube bro..i really appreciate all your tutorials and autotune settings because it really helps a lot of people out
Deleteis it a usb mic? and do you think you could do a tutorial on how to use graphical mode on auto tune evo man because i heard that you can get way more natural results using graphical mode instead of auto mode
ReplyDeleteNo it's an XLR. Using graphical mode would be useless if you didn't know how to read sheet music (musical notes, scales, etc). This is the case for most people who look for Auto-Tune tutorials. When you use Auto-Tune or any other vocal correcting software the easiest way to get natural sounding results would be to record vocals with your best singing abilities, then altering it after, moving the knobs like retune speed and humanize for example till you figure out where it will sound less robotic. Even using graphic mode if the singing isn't at least average you'll always have a robotic sound. After the Drake era people don't really care about the use of it in fact some welcome it, seems that they've been trained to like it.
DeleteThanks for the explanation man it really helps alot ..i have to say you inspire me alot music wise...i have a couple other questions too if you don't mind me asking..sorry for asking so many questions btw..i'm a pretty decent singer but i just use auto-tune to touch everything up so it can be pitch perfect that's why i like to achieve the most natural effects possible. Would you recommend using the chromatic scale because it seems to have a less robotic effect to it or do you think its better to find the key of the song in major or minor..and also i use mixcraft 6 and a regular blue yeti usb microphone to record and i wanted to get the most professional sound..i was wondering how many times i should record the hooks, verses, background vocals and stuff and whether i should overdub them or duplicate the tracks and how to pan them to get that professional studio sound that u get on your songs. sorry for asking so many questions again man hope u understand.
ReplyDeleteNo worries that is why I made this blog, Look you have three basic scales that people use when it comes to Hip-Hop or R&B beats which are major, minor, and chromatic. Like I said you need to have knowledge of these to understand music more in depth, such as composers do. Let me break it down for you. There are 12 keys in a Major scale, and there are 12 keys in a Minor scale. Each different key will consist of different notes, 7 notes for a major, and 7 notes for minor. When you input the key and the scale on Auto-Tune, it's using an algorithm to figure out which notes to keep, which notes to throw away, and which ones to replace them with or "tune" if you will. Now let me tell you about a chromatic scale. You're probably using the right key, but when you switch something to chromatic, though it may be in the right key, unlike major or minor, it doesn't use only 7 notes, it uses all 12, so there is no way of filtering the notes, their might be some minor adjusting to the notes but it doesn't guarantee a solid fix. The best thing to do for natural sounding vocals is to play with the retune speed and tracking speed, if you know you can sing, retune speed between 10-30 should be good, humanize should always be at 0 if you want it to be natural, targeting ignores vibrato should be on so it won't try to filter any variation in your voice, always choose your voice type To be soprano if you sing with a high pitched voice, or tenor for a light modern singing voice. Now when it comes to mixing personally I keep it simple, it always varies with the beat I use if I want to have a mono vocal hook, or a stereo vocal hook, usually what determines it is the amount of instruments being played, more instruments = stereo hook, dry simple beat = mono hook, background vocals always make everything sound better, when it comes to singing never let there be an empty spot on your track unless an instrument solo is present, you can pan or use a stereo spliter again it all depends on personal preference, I just mix to what sounds good to me, if I'm happy with it, I trust my judgement, then it's perfectly fine.
ReplyDeleteWow thanks man..You sound like you went to school for this stuff i gotta say ur a beast man i cant wait to get on your level. I thought humanize should always be on 100 if you want a more natural non robotic human sound...also since i'm a singer do you know how many times i should sing my background vocals and harmonies...i'm kinda going for that Chris Brown/August Alsina type of sound and their background vocals and harmonies always have this special type of effect to it..im not sure how to to explain it or what its called but it sounds like they recorded the same background vocals/harmonies like 4 or 5 times but they all come together as one..idk how to explain it but you probably know what i'm talking about if you've listened to a Chris Brown or August Alsina song...alot of other singers do this too...for example Tori Lanes did it on that "know whats up" song that u did the auto tune settings for. One more thing for example lets say my instrumental has a lot of instruments being played and i decide to do a stereo hook..do i sing the hook two different times and then pan one a 100% to the left and the other a 100% to the right or do i just duplicate the hook and pan one to the left and the other to the right? I've also heard some people say you do three hooks and pan one left right and center too so its really confusing....and would i pan my verses the same way i panned my hooks?
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