music-production

Mixing Vocals

Make Your Vocals Sit Up Front and Stay There

12 lessons4 modules9h 0m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

You will mix a lead vocal end to end using a deliberate processing order rather than guesswork, learning exactly what each tool does and the numbers that make it work. By the end you can balance a vocal against an instrumental, control sibilance and dynamics, build depth with reverb and delay on aux sends, and ride automation so every word sits in front of the listener.

Curriculum

Module 1: Foundations: Signal Flow, Gain Staging, and a Clean Starting Point3 lessons

How a Vocal Chain Actually WorksPreview45m
Gain Staging to a Consistent Working Level🔒45m
Cleaning Up the Raw Take🔒45m

Module 2: Shaping Tone with EQ3 lessons

Subtractive EQ: Removing Mud and Harshness🔒45m
Additive EQ: Presence, Air, and Body🔒45m
Dynamic EQ and Fitting the Vocal Into the Track🔒45m

Module 3: Controlling Dynamics: Compression and De-Essing3 lessons

Compression Fundamentals: Threshold, Ratio, Attack, Release🔒45m
Serial Compression: Two Stages for a Controlled Vocal🔒45m
De-Essing: Taming Sibilance🔒45m

Module 4: Space, Layers, and Automation3 lessons

Reverb and Delay on Sends🔒45m
Doubles, Harmonies, and Ad-Libs🔒45m
Automation: The Final Polish🔒45m