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Jun 15, 2022 15 tweets 6 min read Read on X
_Singing on stream? Covering a song? I'm dropping one of my best kept secrets: the PROFESSIONAL VOCAL CHAIN I've used on my own singing for over 8 years. You'll get an in-depth look at what I use and why, plus how to make it with FREE plugins and use it live! 🧵 #vtuber #ENVtuber Image
3/3: Putting this together took a lot longer than I expected, so I'm gonna be splitting it up into three parts over the next couple days. This is Part 1. Part 2 will be making a free version based on this setup, and Part 3 will be setting it all up so you can use it live in OBS.
For this first part we'll take a look at the original plugin chain. I'm using Ableton Live 11 Suite to host it.
💠 If you don't have Ableton, don't worry!💠
Once we understand how the original works, I'll teach you how to build it with free plugins in any DAW and even in OBS.
BEHOLD: NYAR'S SECRET SAUCE. Lets go through the ingredients! ImageImage
First, pitch correction. There's lots of options out there (Antares Auto-Tune being the most popular) but since I use the same setup both in the studio and live, I usually work with Waves Tune RealTime for low latency and its more subtle effect. Image
There's plenty of resources out there already for setting up autotune for your voice, so I won't be covering it here. Most pitch correction plugins out there are pricey and add more latency to unoptimized setups, so we'll be leaving it out of our freeware chain later anyway.
Next up is the Deesser. If you read my last thread you know what it does. This is the same thing but in a single standard Ableton compressor. If you haven't read it, I go over what it does here: Image
After the deesser is a pretty standard 8-band equalizer set up for a highpass (low frequencies are cut) to help isolate your voice from everything else. Image
Everything after this is a lot of stages of compression to brighten the sound. This first compressor after the isolating EQ is pretty standard with a relatively low ratio. This is followed by a modified OTT with the lows cut almost entirely. ImageImage
OTT is a bit of a producer meme at this point, but it started out as a preset for Ableton's native multiband compressor. Since the original is Ableton-exclusive, Xfer has a free .VST plugin that replicates the original preset and can be used in other programs. More on this later. Image
After OTT is a parallel chain of two compressors. These help glue the vocal together and make everything sound cohesive. I'm using two here because native Ableton compressors even at high ratios don't have the same squeezing power as the rackmount hardware this setup is based on. ImageImage
The rest is just fluff to make your voice sound pretty. I like using subtle reverb with a very small amount of overdrive to give the vocal a new layer of depth. This is followed by an effect that pans the mono signal into stereo, creating width and giving your voice more space. ImageImage
I make small variations to this setup when working with different voices to help the vocal better fit the musical context I'm producing, but this is the "one size fits all" structure.
Tomorrow we'll be making this with entirely FREE plugins. Drop a follow so you don't miss it! 💙

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Jul 12, 2022
_PART 3: "Better Late Than Never" Edition
I get a lot of questions about this, so here's a guide for all you producers and singers on setting up a digital audio workstation (DAW) with OBS! Strap in, this one gets technical. 🧵 #vtuber #ENVtuber Image
_Please have split audio sources set up before doing this. It will save you a massive headache especially if you normally just capture desktop audio and call it a day.
_Lets start with the basics:

"WHAT IS A DAW?"
_A digital audio workstation is basically a program that lets you manipulate audio and MIDI among other things. If you're working on music or audio in general on a computer, you're probably using a DAW.
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Jun 22, 2022
_PART 2! Quick guide on making my pro vocal chain entirely for FREE! Treat your voice right and learn to master your singing~ 🧵 #vtuber #ENVtuber Image
Quick disclaimer: while this setup was made for singing both in the studio and live, I don't recommend building this directly in OBS if you want to use this on stream (its not impossible just a pain). I use an external DAW, and in part 3 we'll look at how to set one up for OBS.
(disclaimer cont.) If you want to go with OBS anyway, make a new mic channel and use the method from this thread to add the plugins:
This will give you one "clean" channel for speaking and one with this setup for singing.
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May 30, 2022
_A sound design plugin dev recently made a bunch of their effects plugins FREE, so here's a thread on leveling up your stream and voiceover audio in OBS! I'll be using the Kilohearts Essentials bundle, but the general method can also be applied to stock OBS. 🧵 #vtuber #ENVtuber Image
DISCLAIMER 1/2: I'm assuming you know your way around mic setup and placement. I'd also recommend splitting up your audio sources in a nested scene. Check out these videos first!
General Setup:
Split Sources/QoL:
2/2: Mixing and mastering is a subtle art. These effects won't be as blatantly obvious as distortion or autotune etc. They also won't magically fix a bad mic or bad recording space... If you want that kind of sauce check out oeksound's Soothe2 plugin. *None of this is sponsored.*
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