How to Mix Big Indie Pop Vocals | Mixing Vocals Tutorial

How to mix vocals in Logic Pro X! Here's the vocal plugin chain I use in my vocals and why. Drop a comment for other videos you'd like to see!

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Plugin Chain:
00:00 - Intro
1:22 - Comp and tune vocals (process not in this video)
1:52 - Light pitch correction (stock Logic plugin)
3:09 - EQing vocals (using Waves FM6 dynamic EQ)
5:54 - DeEsser - deEssing pop vocals before compression
6:48 - EQ boost to help vocal cut through mix (using Kontakt Softube Enhance EQ)
9:05 - Serial compression on vocals (1176 and LA2A style compressors)
11:27 - Another DeEsser after compression
12:06 - EQ to cutoff low end of vocal

Sends: 13:53 - summary of Sends setup (parallel effects on Busses)
14:25 - Reverb (short) - high pass + low pass EQ
15:57 - Reverb (long) - high pass + low pass EQ
16:56 - Slap Delay - add width to vocals
18:11 - Ping Pong Delay - add length to vocals
21:13 - Vocal Doubling (iZotope Vocal Double)

24:28 - Double tracking and triple tracking vocals; EQing doubled vocals; EQing background vocals
26:40 - Increase vocal stereo width

29:40 - Vocal bus processing (grouping tracks in Logic Pro X)

DAW: Logic Pro X
Plugins:
Waves FM6 multiband EQ
Kontakt Softube Enhanced EQ
Kontakt 1176 style compressor
Kontakt LA2A style compressor
Soundtoys Decapitator analog saturation modeler (distortion)
iZotope Vocal Doubler

Stock Logic Pro Plugins:
Pitch Correction
Channel EQ
Microphaser
Reverb (ChromaVerb)
Stereo Delay

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