Pentatonix - Hallelujah (Dogmeat, doc_ramadani and coffeecrank collaboration)
DogMeat
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Hello friends,
We are happy to present you this collaboration track that was both challenging and fun. Because Pentatonix is a Capella band, this one needs a bit of explanation. We sang the lead voices, and put our mark on the background. Rhythms and choirs are mostly from the backing tracks, because deciphering them, recording and producing would have been too complex of a task at this stage. It was my first time producing other voices that my own, so that makes it extra special project. Huge thanks to Marco for proposing this, singing the 2nd part twice and helping being extra pair of ears, and Lana for those gorgeous female vocals that make the track whole. It was a pleasure working with you both.
Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JENUDCJPq9isQ2ax338MpKZ7oh3kr25H/view?usp=sharing
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ughN3kR2t8Y
Pinging @doc_ramadani @coffeecrank @Diego @cwcw @Wigs @blondiewales @samw2019 @d1g2w3 @Rick_amateur @Gaston_Jauregui @Vocality @Sophia @maximgottmer @Klaus_T @Ken Tamplin and everyone i forgot to tag (Marco will add)
We are happy to present you this collaboration track that was both challenging and fun. Because Pentatonix is a Capella band, this one needs a bit of explanation. We sang the lead voices, and put our mark on the background. Rhythms and choirs are mostly from the backing tracks, because deciphering them, recording and producing would have been too complex of a task at this stage. It was my first time producing other voices that my own, so that makes it extra special project. Huge thanks to Marco for proposing this, singing the 2nd part twice and helping being extra pair of ears, and Lana for those gorgeous female vocals that make the track whole. It was a pleasure working with you both.
Google Drive
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JENUDCJPq9isQ2ax338MpKZ7oh3kr25H/view?usp=sharing
Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ughN3kR2t8YPinging @doc_ramadani @coffeecrank @Diego @cwcw @Wigs @blondiewales @samw2019 @d1g2w3 @Rick_amateur @Gaston_Jauregui @Vocality @Sophia @maximgottmer @Klaus_T @Ken Tamplin and everyone i forgot to tag (Marco will add)
Comments
you put a lot of work into this project. I want to thank you. It was a great pleasure to do this one with Lana and you. Great work on the mixing. I think we should do another one, shouldn't we? Lana deserves some challenges.
Doc
Marco
Chris
George
I think that pitch correction has to be done very subtle and it seems to be a real art. A friend of mine, he is now professor for music sciences, used to live in New York for a while. He told me that he was working on the Lead Vocals of a very famous pop star (let's say it was one of the Disney club generation) for ONE WEEK. It was a while ago in an era in witch the tuning software wasn't as good as it seems to be today. But even today you will need high quality software to do it in a way that it is not noticeable. But if you know how to use it it seems to be very powerful. I saw a video demonstrating a software called ReVoice Pro which aligns a choir of 4 singers within seconds and the result sounds really natural.
Doc
For anyone wondering the vocal processing was like this:
- even out the volume of vocals
- fix timing issues (where possible)
- fix notes that sounded badly off scale (Melodyne)
- Apply fx (Nectar 3 without pitch correction): eq, gate, de-esser, eq2, compressor
- Apply reverb on all vocals (ReaVerb)
- Mastering Ozone 8
Harmonies at the end are cut&paste work from the previous parts. I used to do electronic music, so that came kind of naturally
@doc_ramadani LOL at hiring
@DogMeat good job mate, you don't really seem to have a problem in that range. Nice mixing as well man, good job!
@doc_ramadani You are getting better doc! Like @blondiewales said, you are articulating the words in a way that the consonants don't get TOO much in your way. Nice balance.
@coffeecrank Lana... the improvement you have made is amazing already. You sound really good, not even kidding. Placement sounds a LOT more consistent than House of The Rising sun. You do however, lose a little of support and resonance on some high notes and I honestly think it was just a matter of not enough space and your placement shifted a bit, a little more openess and it would've rang haha.
Good job you three!
I don't even care it had pitch correction, sounded good haha.
@blondiewales: thanks for your nice comment - I still have a veeeeery long way to go but it is good to hear that my articulation is getting better.
@DogMeat: WHAT? You had to correct my pitch??? - I didn't notice that. I thought I did so great!
The voice in the intro makes me think of Rafiki from Lion King
Cogratulations to all of you! I enjoyed this a lot! Thanks for making a great piece!