How to Mix Professional Vocals

GRAMMY®-winning producer and engineer Dom Morley takes us through mixing vocals professionally from start to finish using Emmrose’s “The Grass Was Greener” in the new multi-part series using plug-ins from iZotope’s Music Production Suite Pro.

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