cooljuanv Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 There is a guy who sells mixing courses, and he describes how he does his Vocal automation: STEP 1) Before you start mixing, apply volume automation to the lead vocal channel. Turn up the quiet words, turn down the loud ones. The level of consistency you want to aim for depends on the genre. For Pop music, I often spend an hour doing this alone. STEP 2) Create a new stereo aux/buss channel. STEP 3) Change the output of the lead vocal channel to this new aux/buss. STEP 4) Do all your processing there (compression EQ etc.) instead of directly on the lead vocal channel. My question is, Can the same thing be done by just adding a gain plugin first, automate the region and continue with the rest of the processing directly on the Vocal channel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solution David Nahmani Posted September 26, 2017 Solution Share Posted September 26, 2017 My question is, Can the same thing be done by just adding a gain plugin first, automate the region and continue with the rest of the processing directly on the Vocal channel? Yes. Workflow differences aside, you'll get the same result. As for the workflow, there's an added benefit to using the gain plugin as you suggest: you can ALSO use volume automation to change the gain post compression, should you need to, all on the same channel strip. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooljuanv Posted September 26, 2017 Author Share Posted September 26, 2017 Thanks David. I appreciate your time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Nahmani Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 You're welcome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ploki Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 does anyone know a better precompressor gain plugin? I don't need -infinity and +24dB for vocal automation. I need 30dB of range at most (+15/-15) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Cardenas Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Try the Blue Cat plug-ins. You can configure them to your liking. Blue Cat's Gain Suite - Simple Mono, Stereo and Mid-Side MIDI Controllable Gain Plug-ins (VST, AU, RTAS, AAX, DX) (Freeware) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivermetimbers Posted September 26, 2017 Share Posted September 26, 2017 Waves vocal rider Sale for $29 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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