Best ios Vocal Chain ?

marcuspresident

@richardyot said:
This track was composed in Nanostudio 2 originally, then the final mixing and the vocals were done in Auria. For the vocals my chain is generally something like this:

FabFilter ProC 2, with fastest attack (to kill any plosives) and a reasonably fast release, medium threshold and 4:1 ratio.

PSP Echo to add a little delay

FabFilter Pro R for some warm reverb.

The vocals are double-tracked.

I only rarely EQ my vocal (only if there is an obvious issue) but I do often have to run a de-esser. One thing I always do is to tune the reverb to bring out the timbre of the vocal (and usually use a different reverb in the verse and chorus). The nice thing about Pro-R is you can tune the reflections and the output.

In my opinion Auria really can't be beaten for this kind of stuff, the other DAWs don't really have the tools.

So I havent really been digging into Auria thou I bought a long time ago. Because i´m more into Cubasis, but if this is the only way to do good vocal mixing in iOs then I should give it another try. So which Fab filters are essential? I have the pro q2 standalone so...

richardyot

@marcuspresident said:
So I havent really been digging into Auria thou I bought a long time ago. Because i´m more into Cubasis, but if this is the only way to do good vocal mixing in iOs then I should give it another try. So which Fab filters are essential? I have the pro q2 standalone so...

Definitely give Auria another try - it's excellent for mixing audio and vocals. There's no reason why you can't do the composing/arranging and MIDI stuff in Cubasis first and then export the audio stems to Auria for mixing, that's something I do all the time. I write stuff in Cubasis, GarageBand, NS2, or Gadget and then mix in Auria. It's pretty rare that I do everything in Auria from start to finish unless it's a straightforward guitar and vocal track.

As for which FabFilters are essential, IMO they all are but for vocals the most important are Pro C2 and Pro R.

marcuspresident

Thanks for that @richardyot

@richardyot said:

@marcuspresident said:
So I havent really been digging into Auria thou I bought a long time ago. Because i´m more into Cubasis, but if this is the only way to do good vocal mixing in iOs then I should give it another try. So which Fab filters are essential? I have the pro q2 standalone so...

Definitely give Auria another try - it's excellent for mixing audio and vocals. There's no reason why you can't do the composing/arranging and MIDI stuff in Cubasis first and then export the audio stems to Auria for mixing, that's something I do all the time. I write stuff in Cubasis, GarageBand, NS2, or Gadget and then mix in Auria. It's pretty rare that I do everything in Auria from start to finish unless it's a straightforward guitar and vocal track.

As for which FabFilters are essential, IMO they all are but for vocals the most important are Pro C2 and Pro R.

richardyot

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Tones4Christ

@T4H said:

@Paa89 said:

Did this in Cubasis last night.
On the vocals I used Cubasis Channel strip and Zero Reverb on most of the track and used EOS 2 reverb on one track.
I’m a work in progress so please feel free to laugh and give me constructive advice 😂😂😂

Just heard this on my phone speaker and not studio monitors but from what I can pick up on here are my thoughts.

Since there is not Auto-Tune Auv3 on iOS I would run the vocal thru heavy chorusing and/or flanging and maybe even experiment and run it through some guitar pedals just to see what it sounds like. I’d play with the effects to create a vibe first and mask the missed notes with heavy fx. Auria would handle this with ease on busses which I’d also use to group the vocals together with heavy compression. And Once you’ve figured out a chain of fx you like I would re-record it (if possible) with the chain enabled, just to see if the performance changes. You’d be surprised how much better a performance can be when fx are on for you or your artist.

Sometimes the difference between an ok and great song isn’t the talent of the performer but instead is the quality of the performance and the effects used on the song that give it feel.

Would really love to have an Auria Pro template of your setup!

Telstar5

@marcuspresident said:
Thanks for that @richardyot

@richardyot said:

@marcuspresident said:
So I havent really been digging into Auria thou I bought a long time ago. Because i´m more into Cubasis, but if this is the only way to do good vocal mixing in iOs then I should give it another try. So which Fab filters are essential? I have the pro q2 standalone so...

Definitely give Auria another try - it's excellent for mixing audio and vocals. There's no reason why you can't do the composing/arranging and MIDI stuff in Cubasis first and then export the audio stems to Auria for mixing, that's something I do all the time. I write stuff in Cubasis, GarageBand, NS2, or Gadget and then mix in Auria. It's pretty rare that I do everything in Auria from start to finish unless it's a straightforward guitar and vocal track.

As for which FabFilters are essential, IMO they all are but for vocals the most important are Pro C2 and Pro R.

Couldn’t you just buy the Fab Filter Bundle and stick it in Cubasis?

richardyot

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