How to Use Panning, Automation, and Serial Effects to Get a Pro Vocal Sound

This week’s mix tip video features the song “Simon Taylor Denver Cash” by The Promise is Hope, and it’s a beautiful singer/songwriter-style folk song with acoustic guitars, dual lead vocals and spacious reverbs.

I mixed and mastered the song and I thought I’d help them promote their release by doing a quick Youtube video to show you a few of the mixing techniques I used on the vocals.

Watch the video to learn:

How to create separation between dual lead vocals with subtle panning
How to automate effects to create intimacy in certain sections of the song to accent the emotional content of the vocals
How to use reverb and delay in series to get a spacious vocal sound that doesn’t clutter up the mix

The song just came out today so I urge you to support them by purchasing their single

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