

This is supported further by placing your microphone away from walls and other hard, flat surfaces. Having furniture in the room and laying down a rug or carpet will help dampen the sound as it moves throughout the space (this is known as sound absorption). Make sure the space you are recording in doesn't have the AC running, buzzing light fixtures, or open windows where even a light breeze can creep in. You don’t need a perfectly treated sound booth, but you certainly need a quiet listening and recording environment. There are three steps to getting a good vocal recording:Ĭreate a good recording environment. If we had honorable mentions, most of the Slate Digital plugins would make the list.Įven if you have all the plugins on the list below, you still need a great vocal recording if you expect to have a fantastic end result.

While not many of Slate Digital's plugins made this shortlist for best vocal plugins, they did upload a fantastic video that helps you get an amazing vocal recording. But before we get to the list, we need to cover two essential things: getting a great vocal recording and the overall vocal processing chain.

In this article, I’m laying down the absolute best plugins for mixing vocals. Plain and simple, you need some of the best vocal plugins if you want to make your vocals sound as good as the artists you love. Mixing vocals is a nuanced process, and some plugins just work better than others. Here at Hyperbits HQ, we are all about learning to use the tools you’ve got - we are very much against gear acquisition syndrome. Now, this isn’t the case with every area of production. If you plan to add vocals into your music, it’s vital to have some of the best vocal plugins for mixing vocals in your arsenal. There's very little that you can't do in it.When it comes to mixing, the best vocal plugins make for the best-sounding vocals. Nowadays, I'd probably get more out of FL if I was just starting out. Keep in mind that FL had no audio recording and its sequencer wasn't that great a while back so I think a lot of people picked up an additional DAW. Keep in mind that I've use Cubase exclusively for a long time, so my comments are opinion, not fact. If it's all you have, there's not much that it lacks.

FL has good mixing options, but the mixer is almost an afterthought. Of course, in Cubase you can add as many as you want for sends and groups, but you can only route 16 channels at a time from FL to Cubase.Ĭubase doesn't necessarily have more than FL does when it comes to mixing, but I like the layout much better. It would take more steps but if may give you more flexibility if you don't need more than 16 channels. If you don't need more than 16 channels, you can also load the FLStudio multi VSTi within Cubase, enable all of the outputs, and route them from the FL mixer to Cubase.
