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✅ Using Pro-Q3 to Solve Vocal Masking:    • ULTIMATE Vocal Mixing Hack - How to M...  
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-I was inspired by @Streaky_com to create this technique from one of his Shorts. Thanks mate!
-This song was written by @samwintersound, a sound designer, producer and coach on our team.
-The Nova plugin is made by @TokyoDawnRecords
-The SPAN plugin is made by Voxengo (they don't seem to have a Youtube channel??)
-The template is made in Ableton Live 11 by @Ableton

★ SKIP TO SOMETHIN’ ★

0:00 Intro
0:35 Demo of the problem - vocal masking
1:11 My bussing / submixing structure
2:10 Instruments that are causing the masking
3:30 Listen to the vocal
3:50 The magic free plugin
4:40 Routing the vocal into the sidechain input
5:35 How to identify frequency conflicts
7:19 How to set up your dynamic EQ for ducking
9:34 How to make your ducking transparent using mid side processing
10:50 Great features that Nova has & Pro-Q3 doesn’t
11:48 Final A/B before & after comparison
12:45 Download my free mixing template
13:20 How to learn vocal mixing & production
14:03 Outro

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