How To Tune And Edit Pop Vocals (LIKE A PRO!) | Make Pop Music

In this video, Austin shows you how to manually tune vocals, correct timing mistakes, and align background vocals to a lead vocal. Tuning and editing vocals can separate a professional sounding record from something that feels like a quick demo. Watch as Austin takes you through his entire tuning and timing process to get professional level vocal recordings. Check out all of our samples, presets, MIDI packs, courses, and more! ——— Listen to some of my work! DAW / Program I Use: ​​​​​​ ——— Subscribe to our YouTube channel for more content on all things pop music! Join Our Facebook Community - Follow us on Instagram: Follow us on TikTok: Follow Austin: ​​ Make Pop Music is the #1 resource for independent pop producers, writers, and artists. Thank you for being a subscriber! My Gear: DAW: Cubase 11 Pro Desk: AZ Studio Workstations Main Microphone: Lewitt LCT1040 Monitors: Focal Shape 65s with Focal Sub6 Interface: UAD Apollo Twin USB MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Code 61 Keyboards: Roland Juno DS88, Roland Juno 106, Arturia PolyBrute Guitars: Fender American Professional Stratocaster, Gibson Les Paul Studio, Taylor 214 CE Plus Preamps: Heritage Audio HA81A & Audient ASP800 Microphones: Advanced Audio 251, Slate ML-1, Shure SM7B, JZ BH-1, JZ V67, Lauten Audio LA-320, Lauten Audio LA-220, Lauten Audio LA-120, AKG P170, Sterling ST59 Camera: Panasonic G7 Lens: Rokinon 12mm f2 Camera Lights: Neewer LED Light Panels Timestamps: Intro 0:00 Raw Vocal 1:30 Manually Tuning Vocals On A Grid 1:50 First Pass On Tuning 2:19 Over-Tuning To Get The Vocal In The Right Place 3:30 Smoothing Vocal Tuning Artifacts 6:22 Final Manual Vocal Tuning 8:25 Manually Tuned Vocals In The Mix 9:20 Adding Auto-Tune Pro For That PRO Sound 9:40 Manually Editing Timing Issues 11:40 Tuned and Timed Vocals In The Mix 14:38 Adding Vocal Stacks 15:07 Tuning Vocal Stacks 16:36 Time Aligning Vocal Stacks 19:00 Vocal Stacks In The Mix 20:14 Cutting Breaths and Cross Fades 20:26 Minor Tuning Tweaks 20:54 Tune and Timed Vocals Vs. Raw Vocals 21:23 Background Vocal Tuning Tip 22:45 Outro 23:15