How to Mix Silky Smooth Vocals with V-Series

Feb 28, 2019 | 106,322 Views

Want to give your vocals that silky Neve sound? In this video, hip hop mixer Sean Divine shows you how he uses the V-Series EQ and compression plugins, including V-EQ3, V-EQ4 and V-Comp, to attain that classic console tone for your vocal mix.

1:51 A/B Test
2:39 EQ color and smooth compression processing
4:43 V-EQ3 and V-EQ4: mid boost and silky high end

Music written & produced by Sean Divine.

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