Mixing vocals

Vocal production is crafting the sound of the human voice in an audio recording and making sure it is intelligible and stands out. Browse through our resources below to learn more about vocal production and the different tools and techniques you can use to help them sit well in your mix.

How to mix vocals with Nectar Elements

How to mix vocals with Nectar Elements

Mixing a vocal track so that it sits perfectly in the mix is one thing that sonically separates a professional mix from a beginner’s. There are many...

How to mix vocals with Nectar Vocal Assistant

How to mix vocals with Nectar Vocal Assistant

Vocal mixing is an art that can make or break a song. It's the magic that transforms a raw vocal recording into a polished, professional sound that...

Why upgrade to Nectar 4? Here's what's new

Why upgrade to Nectar 4? Here's what's new

iZotope Nectar 4 is the complete vocal mixing suite to help you get professional-quality vocals effortlessly. Complete with thirteen component plug-ins and...

Why upgrade to Music Production Suite 6.5? Here's what's new

Why upgrade to Music Production Suite 6.5? Here's what's new

Music Production Suite has been your go-to toolkit for music production, audio mixing, and audio mastering. And now, Music Production Suite 6.5 has even...

Vocal Editing 101: Your Guide to High Quality Vocals

Vocal Editing 101: Your Guide to High Quality Vocals

Vocal editing is one of the most important steps in the process of audio production, especially when dealing with vocal driven music. The vocalist in a...

8 Tips for Perfect Vocal Comping

8 Tips for Perfect Vocal Comping

Getting a perfect vocal performance rarely happens in one take. To get the perfect performance, vocalists will record multiple takes to get the whole song...

What Is Double Tracking? How to Do It Effectively in Vocal Recordings

What Is Double Tracking? How to Do It Effectively in Vocal Recordings

Ever since the 1950s, double tracking vocals, whether manually or artificially, has been common practice in music production, and for good reason. ...

Mixing Vocals: How to Create Space for Vox

Mixing Vocals: How to Create Space for Vox

If you want to be a mixing engineer, you’re going to have to contend with vocals in the mix. There’s no way around it: vocals are incredibly important...

Using Compression to Help Vocals Sit in a Mix

Using Compression to Help Vocals Sit in a Mix

Compression is one of the most powerful yet often misunderstood tools in music production. When I was first learning audio, I remember knowing I had to use a...

How to EQ a Pop Vocal

How to EQ a Pop Vocal

Pop vocals tend to have the same sort of sound when they hit our ears. People use words like bright, shiny, crisp, and airy to describe them, and you can...

Mixing Vocals: 10 Hidden Features in Nectar Pro

Mixing Vocals: 10 Hidden Features in Nectar Pro

Nectar Pro  is a vocal and dialogue mixing powerhouse. There are nine processing modules, an assistant that unmasks and gives you a custom preset for...

Vocal mixing 101: free vocal doubler plugin and tips for mixing vocals

Vocal mixing 101: free vocal doubler plugin and tips for mixing vocals

Nobody said mixing vocals would be easy, but with powerful tools and some knowledge of tips and tricks to back you up, you’ll have everything you need...