Louis Bell

I like to use in mastering the Voxengo Elephant I don't even know if anyone uses that. For some reason I put it on years ago I'd try other things and now every time I try other things they don't give me A and B and I'm like something's missing I don't know what it is I use that to get my mix and get my blend before I send it off.

Louis states at 19:02 his mastering plugin

I do vocal tuning in Melodyne, and after that I add Antares Auto-Tune, very lightly, just to keep things tight. It's there just to make sure everything is locked in. Even after applying Melodyne there may be a note that strays a little. I know that many people think that Post Malone's vocals have a lot of Auto-Tune, but again, it's Melodyne, and I then throw Auto-Tune on specific lines, more as an effect, like a flanger or slap delay. It's not because he can't sing the part in tune, it's because it sounds cooler. People think that the shaking in his voice, for example in 'Rockstar', is Auto-Tune, but it's how he sings.

The Waves LoAir plug-in does the same thing. I also like to use the UAD Raw for adding distortion, and then cut off some high end if it gets too noisy.

My favourite reverb in general is the [Waves] RVerb, which gives you a classic sound, and I love the UAD SPL Vitalizer Mk2. It brings out high end in the harmonics and widens things nicely, it's just magical.

"I have a CLA"

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"For low-end, I love the bx_Subsynth Subharmonic Synthesizer by Brainworx, which is great at adding low-end to kick drums if there’s no actual 808 there or a natural sub creator. The bx_subsynth gives you a really clean, driving kick and bass tone that’s not distracting to the overall mix — and you can even focus it only on the middle channel without affecting the left and right sides of your mix — but it still adds a lot of beef."

"Rockstar" co-producer TankGod shows how Louis Bell made the background melodies of the song using Nexus.

A really cool tool that I also love is the Sonnox Oxford Inflator. Throw that on vocals and you can press them to the point where they have a brightness and a volume that you can’t get with any other effect.

Louis states that he uses the L3 ultramaximizer

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My go-to plug-ins for vocals are the UAD 1176, which really warms things up and makes them nice and loud, and the Waves CLA Vocals for EQ, which is a kind of one-stop shop which allows you to do many things easily.

"I use Izotope Alloy".

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Not having a bass can mean that you're lacking frequencies around 100Hz and the Waves RBass is really good for that. It allows you to saturate a certain frequency. You can literally dial in a frequency above the sub bass and bring that out. But you have to be really careful how you automate it, and when it comes in.

I do vocal tuning in Melodyne, and after that I add Antares Auto-Tune, very lightly, just to keep things tight. It's there just to make sure everything is locked in. Even after applying Melodyne there may be a note that strays a little. I know that many people think that Post Malone's vocals have a lot of Auto-Tune, but again, it's Melodyne, and I then throw Auto-Tune on specific lines, more as an effect, like a flanger or slap delay. It's not because he can't sing the part in tune, it's because it sounds cooler. People think that the shaking in his voice, for example in 'Rockstar', is Auto-Tune, but it's how he sings.

In the YouTube video titled "The Spirit: Getting Started with Louis Bell," Louis Bell uses the Cradle Audio The Spirit, an all-in-one vocal plugin developed by Cradle in collaboration with Bell.