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alright so now we are at the point where we can start

sculpting ecuing

we did a lot of subtraction in the last lesson

I thought I was gonna add a lot of drums

and ended up at the very end citing

that just took away from the song

uh so now we're going to just EQ and kind of blend

you'd think that um

there's less things to mix

there's less instruments

uh less vocal layers that it'll be easier to mix um

and in many ways that's true

but there's also more things in your face um

and more things that could go wrong

and phase each other out

so we just wanna

make sure that everything is nice and tight and crisp

I think in the last song

there was such a heavy emphasis

on making everything super perfect and lined up

and I do want this to have that same effect

but we're gonna

let the song speak for itself a little bit more

rather than making it sound too perfect

because you don't want something like this to sound

super robotic

for example

on the last song

like I was dragging vocal syllables onto the grid

I think there's

there's no drums in this really

it's just the sequence um

base effect so I think

it'd be wise to leave everything very open and loose

but let's just give it a rundown

we just listen to where we are at in the verse

see if there needs to be any specific note

like changes

I miss the way life used

okay so on this one I

I really like

miss the way life used to be

I really love the way that's hitting

I don't really wanna touch that

sometimes I'll do that

and this is one of those cases

but I can kind of clean up the first half that

a little bit

so let's put this to a minor

we're back in auto tune

I don't think we're gonna tune every note

we're just gonna get

like the transitional notes

because it pains me

like this d

for example

is not all the way a d

it just I kind of went a little sharp to a d

d sharp so um

but you know

uh just nothing crazy

smooth this part out right here

maybe get this be up here to hmm hmm

that's fine

because at the very

very end let's listen

a big tuition

I could go up

Shin I'm just gonna get that shin

I don't even need to

the rest is fine right there

a big tuition I could

I'll kind of use this method when I'm cleaning up

a live performance

where you want it to sound like

you know when you're on a stage

your voice is not gonna sound perfect

like it is in the studio

so the live facets make it a little more forgiving

and I kind of wanna use that same approach

here as well

this is not okay

but we're just gonna get this middle back in time

I begged to wish and I could listen to that now

I begged to wish and I could go in time

I miss the way life

it's good

maybe this right here I'm wondering wondering

um

get to that be quicker smooth it out

I'm wondering too much though

oh I'm wondering

and by the way

if in your song it calls for like

more like a heavy auto tune stance

like this is just particular to this song

so you could be making your uncomfortable song be like

I hate auto tune so much

I want to use more of it to do Charlie's lesson

I'm wondering if hmm

okay let's do it

I'm wondering if it will under still too much under

and if it will all

push the compression you get to

like I'm not touching any of that that sounds fine

around I kind of little

little too much inflation on there go round

ah huh it's a night

that's what I want to get really going there

ball that f right there

smooth that down there

you have like

a very honest sounding

like less pop but

very honest sounding vocal

alright alright alright alright

so I always I kind of LED that note off by hitting an a

so I want to kind of start on the G but drag it down

maybe get to the a quicker

so super tune it first

and then back it off from there

a little more

copy paste to the other horse I try

so down on myself

just sit down on myself

sit down on

really listening here for

not kind of embracing the imperfection

but cleaning it up a little I try so hard

oh yeah these do a lot here but everything comes

and make this a little wider

I don't want it to be

I want it to be in the middle

it's supposed to like

kind of sound like a Amy Winehouse warm kind of thing

I'm hearing

like a little overtone on what I want to get rid of

so let's go like our trusty Neutron EQ

G on the G

it's like an overtone of an E

now we get rid of that

subtle difference listen to it before

sounds like the hotel lobby bell this

we got rid of the hotel lobby bell

hmm I've been

back in time and now that that little resonance is gone

we can make it louder I beg to

I think this knee is 1073 little module

what is this modern jazz MP three enhancer

what is that even

hmm yeah that's

and if it will all be alright

we don't have a rhythm section

so I want that little top bell to be

if I didn't have that Neutron EQ would sound like this

sounds sounds like it was close mic

you know what I'll use sometimes too

it might work

I I don't really use it on like big productions

cause I feel like it gets a little lost in the sauce

but going back

so like nectar

and not like really using what is on volume

but like sometimes they have like

really good suggestions too

too much right now

I'll probably just end up using the ECU

now let's let's get rid of that boom off EQ on

maybe DSR and if it

I don't like it never mind

you know what's good

this this just came out

I think as it hope I'm just such a fanboy of Isaac hope

I feel it this is like super

let's actually put this right on the channel

this neo verb

it's so impressive

it's a sculpting um

reverb let's use mono

I bet your wish so you kind of pick what you want

I bet your wish I could go back in time

just want something short and airy

I bet your wish I could go back in time

and all the way EQ automatically

it's like my type of plugin

and shape your weaver so nothing overlaps each other

I miss the way I just want like a little wide

it's not even like a river just want some wide ambiance

just a little bit of it barely noticeable

so it's like a super low song

so I can kind of pump this up a little bit

bring out the beat

I miss the way life

come on let's get to that

you'll see a lot of fame you bump the compression up

so we gotta bump the DS up a little bit you'll see

barely knows the law this one

background vocals for the 5:16

just take up a little air

might be too much I don't know let's see

I heard a little closed door action right here

automate this up a little bit

did this place just take this

go back not that

one day I had like this if this were like a duet nuts

looks like adjust that fade a little bit

miniscule fade

I just like how it ends

Lou Bell always told me to like

cut it off at the end

like just like a little bit

like where it sounds

like unexpected

because it makes the listener

maybe wanna listen to it again

like they missed it

like they messed up or something like that

aka like the Sopranos

like cutting off don't stop

that's supposed to sing song

so we won't use that example

but you know what I mean

you guys know what I mean

that sounds like

pretty damn good to me

and before well

I'm gonna bounce it out

and then we're gonna do something after the bounce

too which is

I'll do it sometimes

it just adds a little bit more character

all of these songs that you hear on

you know wherever you listen to music

are all pretty much in a 4:41

so it's sometimes kind of nice

to speed them up a little bit

and like Julian Banana did that on

some early one direction stuff

where he finished it and then sped it up

and it was kind of

like in between keys

like wasn't B flat major

wasn't B major

was kind of like B flat and 1/2 major

so let's that's a good place to get it and

nice bounce it down to full fully wave and 24

48 called date to 1.0

um make sure it's going through the right output

cause that would suck

and it doesn't even each way

let's do 16 40 41

you bounce it out

wait for it to slowly bounce out

I feel like when they made

everybody wants to rule the world is super interesting

by tears for fears

it's d major

but they sped it up to make it a little bit faster

and it was in between keys

and I seriously believe like

I've the nerd being the nerd I am

I pitched it down to its original tempo

it's like too slow

so you take the master off

make it active

you go to your bounce folder

look at all these drum sounds

and pour it in

and I'll do this when I'm like writing songs sometimes

like I'll make a sample and speed it up

and then build a whole new song around it

but obviously this is a finish

finished product

so go to anything go to um will use time shift

put it in vary speed kind of just with your ear

pick where it is best suitable

after you'll see a lot of things before but it's okay

after you'll see

very subtle

but speeds it up

it's what they do on the radio anyway

but now your song will stand out

if it's in the playlist

your song will stand out

because most of them are gonna be at 4:41

unless they're smart like us

you go into your clips

export as files

export it again as a 16 4 41

same folder

let's not do it let's just do it to the desktop

here it is

just cuts off

I love it it's

it makes it more interesting

just pitch it like that

30% semitone

whatever is sense or something

just makes it hell of a lot more interesting

alright so my song is done

now it is your turn to finish your song

mix master or do all the EQ

finish all the lyrics

make little melody adjustments

if you have to

even pitch up the master like I did at the end

I think it makes it a little bit more special

and I can't wait to hear what you guys come up with