Mixing is an artform.
Support 12tone on Patreon to help us keep making cool videos! https://www.patreon.com/12tonevideos
Watch this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/12tone-what-makes-a-great-vocal-mix
It's a common misconception that the goal of recorded music is to replicate, as accurately as possible, the experience of hearing that same music live. To an extent, that is often true: A song on a record should sound like the same song when you hear the band play it on tour. But the tools of the studio, and especially the mix, provide incredible opportunities for clever artists and audio engineers to enhance the listener's experience, creating a better, clearer, and richer experience that what could be performed live. A key component of that is vocal placement, or the use of different elements of the mix to create specific personas for the singers, allowing them to more accurately embody the song's story. It's an area that music theorists really haven't looked too closely at, but we're starting to see some really interesting approaches begin to take shape.
Merch: http://standard.tv/12tone
Discord: https://discord.gg/pq2QBEw
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/12tonevideos
Twitter: https://twitter.com/12tonevideos
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/12tonevideos
Email: 12tonevideos@gmail.com
Script w/ sources: https://tinyurl.com/2bj8ejv8
Mike's video on vocal mixing: https://youtu.be/TsFohUiLWEA
Analyzing Voices video: https://youtu.be/1TzbiX12vBA
Huge thanks to our Elephant Club members:
Susan Jones
Jill Jones
Duck
Howard Levine
Kevin Wilamowski
Len Lanphar
Warren Huart
Ken Arnold
Elaine Pratt
William (Bill) Boston
Chris Prentice
Jack Carlson
Christopher Lucas
Andrew Beals
Dov Zazkis
Hendrik P
Thomas Morley
Jacob Helwig
Kelly Christoffersen
Davis Sprague
Donal Botkin
Stephen Cook
b-rom
Hendrik Stüwe
Dan Bonelli
Kevin Boyce
Damien Fuller-Sutherland
Darius Rudominer
Luke
Ian Seymour
Dhruv Monga
Ken Jones
Obadiah Wright
Carlos Rendon
Neil Moore
Kylie McInnes
Jody
Michael Mol
RAD Donato
Reiji Kobayashi
Catherine Berry
Jon Hancock
Matt Ivaliotes
OrionWolfie
Laurence T Maloney
Oliver Marchand
Kai
Chris Davis
Liz Webb
Luke Klima
Fred Kroon
HardScale
Chris Piro
Matt Robbins
Ryan Evans
Shanta Kaneshiro
Chris Burgess
Leigh VanHandel
Aaron Boodman
Timothy Halloran
Leo Bellantoni
Steven Fines
Mikko Koli
Direangel
Jonathan Lonowski
And thanks as well to Henry Reich, Gene Lushtak, Eugene Bulkin, Logan Jones, Oliver, Anna Work, Adam Neely, Dave Mayer, CodenaCrow, Arnas, Caroline Simpson, Michael Alan Dorman, Blake Boyd, Charles Gaskell, Trevor Sullivan, Tom Evans, David Conrad, Ducky, Chris Connett, Kenneth Kousen, h2g2guy, W. Dennis Sorrell, Andrew Engel, Peter Brinkmann, naomio, Alex Mole, Betsy, Tonya Custis, Dave Shapiro, Jacopo Cascioli, Rafael Martinez Salas, Walther, Graeme Lewis, Jake Sand, Jim Hayes, Scott Albertine, Evan Satinsky, Conor Stuart Roe, ZagOnEm, Dragix PL, רועי סיני, Kottolett, Brian Miller, Pamela O'Neill, Thomas Morgan, Mark James, Matty Crocker, Adam Ziegenhals, Mark, Amelia Lewis, sonicolasj, William Merryman, Ryan Mayle, Justin St John-Brooks, DialMForManning, JD White, Andrew Wyld, Joe Johnston, A Devoted Servant of the Holy Water Bottle, vivi mouse emoji, Claymore Alexander, gunnito, Graham Orndorff, Daniel Sim, Drunk Wookiee, Taylor Malik, Douglas Anderson, Foreign Man in a Foreign Land, Boomer Dell, Paul Tanenholz, Tom, William Christie, Jeffrey Mann, Joyce Orndorff, Stephen Tolputt, Patterner, Messier42, Mark Mitchell Gloster, Andy Maurer, William Spratley, Samuel Ollesh, Don Jennings, Cormag81, Derek Hiemforth, Bryan, Mikeyxote, Milan Durnell, Dan Whitmer, Thel 'Vadam, Mireille C, N Zaph, David Dynes, M3RK Chaos Official Patreon page, Peter Golbus, Ceri Williams, Marc Testart, Carlfish, Kyle Kinkaid, Peter, Michael Morris, Bill Owens, Martin Romano, George Burgyan, Kenneth Boardwine, Belinda Reid, Matthew Soddy, Mike Wyer, DraconicDon, John W Campbell, StellarDrift, Isaac Hampton, Jimmy2Guys, Megan Oberfield, acefusti138, morolin, An Oni Moose, Ken Birdwell, Blue 5alamander, Panda, Cliff Hudson, Olivia Herald, Donnie, Macy Allen, doug lute, Patrick McKenna, or dahan, Ethan Savaglio, Robert Bailey, Deirdre Saoirse Moen, Elizabeth Reckers, Alin Nica, Simiusmagnus, juneau, Sina Bahram, Ira Kroll, Patrick Minton, Justin Katz, Roahn Wynar, Chuck Dukhoff of The Stagger Lee Archives, Bob D'Errico, Robert Shaw, and Shawn Beshears! Your support helps make 12tone even better!
Also, thanks to Jareth Arnold!