ADELE'S EPIC $8,000 Vocal Chain | Best Vocal Chain 2023

This one was a fun one. Thank you all for watching!

1. Warm Audio WA-47 Jr. microphone ($300.00 USD)
2. Mogami Gold Studio Microphone Cable 6ft ($60.00 USD)
3. ART Tube MP Studio pre-amp where I replaced the factory tube with Tung-Sol 12AX7 tube. - Crank the input to between 2 and 3 o'clock. output between 9 and 10 o'clock. (phantom power from this unit to the mic)
4. Waves NS-1 (Noise suppressor)
5. Softube's Passive EQ (Vocal Preset)
6. Native Instruments VC-76 (Vocal Preset)

I was about 2 minutes into your explanation in the video before I had to stop it and push that subscribe button
I'm a old schooler in audio engineering. 35+ years.
You knowledge and method of delivery. Excellent.

Archie my friend I have a question. I'm about to make a purchase of my first hardware gear. I'm on my 3rd choice but I'm sitting here ready to click purchase. I was gonna get a 1073 clone on the more affordable side . Oh shit I just realized this video has what I'm about to purchase. First my 2nd choice was a Focusrite ISA one with a WA 76. But I finally narrowed it down to The UA 6176. I'm gonna be using it with my Mojave Tube condensers and my SM7B. I do every style I'm asked to pretty much . I think to be a complete musician you have to dive in and get your feet wet in all styles Of music. In my case vocals. I guess I'll watch the video again . If it's good enough for Adele I'm thinking it's good enough for anyone. She has her pick of any gear she wants. I would buy with your affiliates but I need interest free payments and the place I'm buying it at has a promotion . If you buy a UA 6176 before OCT 31 you get a UAD DSP Accelerator FREEEEEEEEE! 1000$ value. That just bought the price tag down from 3000$ to 2000$. I'm getting it . I can always return it. I just didn't feel satisfied buying an 1176 clone . The reviews are all over the place. I'm going with a real one. OK I'm gonna watch. Thanks again for bringing this kinda resource of knowledge of mixing and pro audio. I'm sure you helped guide a lot of Peeps.

Soyuz FET 017, Cranborne mic pre with no compression going in.
Brauner VM1, Summit tube mic pre with no compression going in.

Jim Morrison, Bing Crosby, Ryan Adams please.

you talk too much. I like your channel but all that advertising is distracting, but I guess you got make your money. It still annoying

My dream vocal chain 6 Gama copper preamps 2 Vandergraph 500 series using ELA 251 mic 4 Equinox summing 128 tracks along with my tascamsonic view mixer! I compose my original Gospel Pop music!

My vocal chain: Lauten FC-387 - HA73 JR2 - ELYSIA MPRESSOR - MAAG AUDIO EQ2 - VOLT 276 - DAW …simple but best rap vocal chain if your budget is around 4K- 5K

Thanks for covering Adele’s vocal chain. It’s a nice choice & surprising they chose the Rode. I imagine their use Neumann’s these days?
I have a Mojave MA301 or 3U Audio MK1D into a UA LA610 or an RME pre into a BLA 17 compressor. 👌

I love that this one isn't the c800g/1073/cl1b chain that I'm starting to think is wildly overhyped at this point, and more about status than any sonic superiority.

I love this series, though. I wanna see more chains that are being used because they sound unique and fewer that are being used just because they feature the current hype pieces.

Dream chain. Flea ELAM 251, neve pre, 1176

Slate ml1(c800) to a Dmp 1073

I believe tech n9ne vocal chain would be dope…because of melodic singing, screaming and very fast rapping..that mic gotta have various specs

Currently Neumann U87 Ai -> Neumann MT48 > DAW > UAD Neve 1073 > UAD 1176N > UAD Oxide Tape > Autotune and then I decide based on the situation what I will do next

My dream chain is having the emulations as outboard gear 😂 And I need to invest a lot into my room. Proper room acoustics are more important imo

Luther Vandross chain ?

Manley Reference Cardioid,Manley VOXBOX and my old Appogee Ensemble interface ( first version ). Never upgraded the interface because I feel attached to it 🤣. Would love to know if you think a different interface might give me a better sound. Your channel is the bomb my G. Abundance in all that you pursue! 🙏🏽

The SE RNT mic is on my list especially after listening to comparisons on Audio Test Kitchen. My vocal recording chain is GIK Acoustic Monster Bass Traps as portable recording booth (big difference compared to no treatment or Kaotica eyeball - will never use eyeball again because of too much coloration) > Townsend L22 (LD-12) mic > RND 5211 mic pre > Apollo X6 audio interface.

I would love to see the vocal chain of The Killers. They have been around forever and have a unique sound.

I've been using the Slate ML-1 modelling mic straight into a my interface. It gives me tons of flexibility in software, but I've always craved a little mojo on the raw tracks. I've had my eye on the 6176 for a long time. If it's good enough for Adele it's probably good enough for me. 😁

I used the Classic for many years and I own the K2, they are worlds apart. The Classic and the Classic 2 have a character like nothing else. The k2 will sound really great on this type of vocal for that round woolly valve sound but the Classic and the perfected Classic 2 is in a dimension of its own.

The original rode Classic had an issue with the valve the Classic 2 never had, and the classic 2 sounds a little cleaner than the original classic.

Love the vocal chain series.

Edit: This is not to say the K2 won't sound incredible, it will.

People always said ROLLIN IN THE DEEP WAS la 610

I use that RODE classic II with the Avalon and it sound really good. Thanks for the video.

Thank you for the video! I'm the lucky 100th like for the video 😂🎉

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Well, I don't really care for Adele or her production style, so it doesn't really matter if it was $8000 or $8.

Vanguard V13 and Stam Audio Sa-87i, into heritage audio ha-73 eq, into audioscape 76D, into audioscape opto. Classic chain.

Could you do ed sheeran's vocal chain?

Dream-Vocal-Chain would be a Sony C800G, Neve 1073 and a Tube Tec CL 1B. At the moment, i only have the U87AI with the Neve 1073.

hello my vocal chain u87>neve1073>cl1b

Usher vocal chain climax song

What do u Think of the upton 251?
(Its a 251 clone)

Great content bro!

Archie you got some KILLER GEAR THERE! My vocal chain at the moment is a Mojave MA-1000 or 300 Tube Condenser with a Neve 1073 and a Tube Tech CL-1B or a Disstressor or 1176 and a BLACK BOX HG-2 for saturation.. All my Processing is UAD2 Unison / Plug-ins. Just got a pair of Auratone 5c's to switch back and forth with my KRK Rockit 5's. It's true what they say about the cubes allowing you to focus on the mid range for better translation with your mix. But that being said, I'm a professional carpenter of 38 years and recently built myself a state of the art vocal booth with another fully functional DAW in the booth linked together with my main desk so no need to run in and out to access my DAW controls. Super efficient. But the vocal booth acoustics have made the biggest improvement with my vocal sound. It was the missing most critical part. Instantly made my vocals sound totally professional. Keep up the videos . I love this stuff..

My vocal chain is 103 microphone to the Apollo 737 with La-2a from universal audio

My vocal chain is a u87ai > chandler redd pre > audioscape opto compressor :)

My vocal chain is the U87 to the 6176. Sometimes the c414 to the 6176.

I rock with the Neuman tlm 103 , neve 1073 spx and warm audio WA2A . The tlm 013 is a bit harsh on my voice but do you think the kaotica eyeball is worth it ?

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