Uploaded July 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
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Watch as BigJerr demonstrates how iZotope's Nectar 3 makes it incredibly easy for anyone to make a dry vocal recording polished and professional sounding.
Music always changes and evolves into something new. Traditional
recording studios are dying out, home studios have become the “norm”, and many musicians often choose to “play” their laptops in place of traditional instruments. With so many musicians working “in the box”, recording anything, especially vocals, can add a certain degree of confusion…until now!
In this video, you'll learn about the revolutionary vocal assistant and how it creates a solid and custom starting point for our vocals. Next, you'll have a look at each module and how they easily enhance the sound of our demo vocal recording. By the end, you'll have a good idea of the powerful capabilities of this modern production tool and how to integrate it into your workflow.
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00:49 - Intro & Overview
01:41 - The Interface (GUI)
03:48 - Module Rundown
05:50 - Nectar 3 in Action
08:17 - Vocal Assistant
15:25 - Conclusion
✅ Try All our Courses for FREE: warpacademy.com/free-trial-2
Watch as BigJerr demonstrates how iZotope's Nectar 3 makes it incredibly easy for anyone to make a dry vocal recording polished and professional sounding.
Music always changes and evolves into something new. Traditional
recording studios are dying out, home studios have become the “norm”, and many musicians often choose to “play” their laptops in place of traditional instruments. With so many musicians working “in the box”, recording anything, especially vocals, can add a certain degree of confusion…until now!
In this video, you'll learn about the revolutionary vocal assistant and how it creates a solid and custom starting point for our vocals. Next, you'll have a look at each module and how they easily enhance the sound of our demo vocal recording. By the end, you'll have a good idea of the powerful capabilities of this modern production tool and how to integrate it into your workflow.
Skip to Somethin'
00:49 - Intro & Overview
01:41 - The Interface (GUI)
03:48 - Module Rundown
05:50 - Nectar 3 in Action
08:17 - Vocal Assistant
15:25 - Conclusion
![Headroom, Gain Staging & Clipping in 32 Bit Digital Audio [Mixing Tutorial]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/CGRusg9GnAg/mqdefault.jpg "Headroom, Gain Staging & Clipping in 32 Bit Digital Audio [Mixing Tutorial]
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0:00 Intro
1:44 Do you need 6 dB of headroom?
2:29 Where the -6 dBFS target came from
3:54 Why some experts are saying to leave headroom in your mix & pre-master
4:30 Recommended plugin input levels
5:26 Doing a reference test master
6:04 Can plugins on your tracks, busses or your master safely handle signals above 0 dB without causing problems?
7:13 How to test plugins for input levels & clipping behavior
10:28 How to gain stage properly in chains of plugins
11:34 Seeing as modern DAWs are using 32 bit floating point processing, does it even matter if you clip your master?
12:23 Analyzing clipped audio exports in 32 bit floating point & 24 bit fixed point
13:34 2 reasons to leave headroom in 32 bit digital audio
14:19 Is clipping really that bad? And do you need to avoid it at all costs?
16:15 Summary & outro
#gainstaging #headroom #premaster")
