From the course: Vocal Production Techniques: Editing and Mixing in Logic Pro

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Automating vocal levels

Automating vocal levels - Logic Pro Tutorial

From the course: Vocal Production Techniques: Editing and Mixing in Logic Pro

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Automating vocal levels

- [Instructor] Even when you have all your EQ and compression working perfectly to sit the vocal in a mix, often time the lead vocal level needs a little help to stay in the focused foreground. Let's talk about how you can write the fader using volume automation on a lead vocal to accomplish this. The technique of writing a vocal fader throughout a mix is quite commonly used in mixing, and in my opinion, the best way to do this is in real time, to perform the moves in real time. So, if you have a fader controller or any kind of control surface where you can map the fader to the vocal volume, now is the time to get that out and map it to the lead vocal fader. If you need a refresher on automation modes and methods, please refer to the essential training for Logic Pro 10. I'm going to assume here that you have a basic knowledge of how to write real time automation. So, if we want to automate the vocal level in this verse, we want to put the track in to automation mode. I type the a…

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