We're talking about vocal production this week because Produce Pro Vocals just opened to new members until Friday.

To celebrate, I made a masterclass on my Top 10 Vocal Effects Tricks that I use all the time.

You can get the vocal effects masterclass for free if you join Produce Pro Vocals here and send me your receipt.

In case you were wondering what the vocal tricks were and when to use them, let me break them down for you.

1. Vocal Widening Trick

When: For subtle widening of vocals to add depth across the stereo spectrum.

2. Tape Slap

When: For a live-sounding studio feel. It makes the vocal sound like it's recorded in an old-school studio with the instruments all around it.

 3. Advanced ADT and Depth without space

When: Use this technique when you want vocal depth without space. It'll make the vocal larger and more present without adding any reverb tail that could clutter up the mix.

4. Diffusing Delays

When: Sometimes you want to soften up a delay and make the delay repeats sound smoother.

5. The Importance of Pre-Delay

When: Pre-delay can make the reverb sound bigger without getting in the way of the vocal because it's essentially delaying the effect of the reverb by the number of milliseconds you choose.

 6. Comping vocals for Perfect Doubles

When: Singers can't always double their takes perfectly. If you have the ability through editing, you can make the vocal track stronger by tweaking the phrases to match exactly. This is especially easy with modern flex-time editing tools. You'll end up with a perfect double instead of two vocal tracks that sound slightly out of sync with each other.

 7. Parallel Compression with EQ

When: If you want to retain the dynamics of the main vocal track but add thickness and punch, you can add multiple compressors in parallel to get the best of both worlds.

8. Side-chain Vocal Effects

When: If you want a lot of space around the vocal, but you don’t want to clutter everything up with reverb you can side-chain the reverb and delay to duck out of the way whenever the singer is singing.

 9. The 100 ms Delay Effect

When: This is another vocal effect that's more about adding depth than cluttering up the mix with too much reverb or too many delay repeats.

10. Megaphone Effect

When: For that propaganda vocal effect!

Produce Pro Vocals in Your Home Studio

The Produce Pro Vocals training course is open for enrollment this week only.

Here's what you'll get when you become a member, in addition to my Top 10 Vocal Effects Tricks Video.

• The complete Produce Pro Vocals training program (6 hours of HD video covering every element of recording and mixing vocals to a professional standard at home)
• Additional resources to help you make fast progress (private Facebook community, multitracks for practicing, DAW templates, cheat sheets, checklists and more)
• BONUS: The Advanced Vocal Mixing Course (feel confident using specialist techniques like multiband compression)

And of course, if you don't think you learned anything from the course, Rob has an incredible Lifetime Refund Policy (no time limit, 100% refund).

The course closes on Friday so act now and start learning all the necessary techniques for taking your vocal production to the next level.