EPISODE 16: How to Thicken Vocals with an Analog Console

How to Thicken Vocals with an Analog Console
#soundcraft #analog #mixing

Welcome to EXILE MIXES! There are a lot of videos on YouTube about how to thicken vocals in the box. For this episode, we'll do it with an analog console using the Soundcraft Signature 22 MTK.
Vocal performance courtesy of Angelica Mendoza ‪@its_angelica_mendoza‬ .

CHAPTERS

00:00 - Intro
00:57 - Contents
02:04 - Basic vocal thickening
02:23 - Passing audio to a channel
03:33 - Compression in the DAW
04:18 - Applying EQ on the board
06:20 - Adding thickness to the vocal
07:36 - Parallel mix to boost gain
10:01 - Adding space the stereo vocal bus
11:16 - Mix playback and vocal performance
13:35 - Gain-staged vocal thickening
13:45 - External routing
15:03 - Loop-back routing explained
15:34 - Overload warning
16:50 - Stereo return routing
18:42 - The full mix playback
20:26 - The takeaway
20:48 - Outro