Music Production Tutorial: How to Chop Vocals Like a Pro

Music Production Tutorial: How to Chop Vocals Like a Pro:

They’re in nearly every Top 40 song these days, but they’re no strangers to the world of electronic music. Vocal chops are the fragmented vowels that act as melodic or percussive pseudo-vocal elements that have infected our ears and have us singing all day long. There’s no doubt that they add a unique and catchy element to songs, and now it’s time for you to experiment, too. Follow this easy guide, and you’ll be chopping vocals like a pro in no time!

I thought vocal chops were skills. I have learned a new use of the word. Looks like I need to read some Ableton tutorials.

Point Blank: Using vocal stems in Logic Pro X

Point Blank: Using vocal stems in Logic Pro X:

In Point Blank’s latest tutorial, producer Risa T demonstrates how vocal stems can be creatively manipulated to make your songs pop. In the video, she uses stems from Hoodboi’s Glide as an example.

Cutting the ends of words and phrases and putting them on a delay track sounds “easier” than automating a delay on the main track. You can always “rejioin” the regions into the main track.