You can then delete the instrumental track. Then you can use the beat as a reference to sync everything back up. They will be very subtle, so I recommend exporting the beat at the same time as the vocals. I should give you a heads up that you might run into weird timing issues when bringing vocals from Cubase into FL. I did beats in FL and vocals in Cubase for a long time. You wouldn't want any distorted artifacts within your final product. Given that you have to use your master fader to reduce the volume you may have some tracks going above 0dB. simply make sure no processors are on the master before you do so as to not change the character of your song due to preset parameters reacting from a different input.Īlso be sure to check each one of your tracks within the mix for clipping or distortion. You should be able to lower the master faders volume though. But be sure to have a headroom of -4 to -6 for headroom for vocals and FINAL mastering. Go ahead and implement the processing you need to in order to make the mix sound as good as possible before laying the vocals over. Whats more important is that your instrumental is absolutely solid. Of course you don't want to FULLY master the track to 0dB as you need headroom for your vocals (and the final mastering), so as you said, you should leave a little headroom. IMO its alway good to have the mix on the track solid before laying the vocals on top.

However don't overdo your instrumental and fully MASTER it. As Long as you've got some headroom to work with you should MIX it as good as possible.

The question is should i use compression, eq etc on master bus in FL before exporting a beat to Cubase and laying vocals on it? If not, how much headroom should I leave (I've heard that around -6 is enough)? Also, is there a way in FL to somehow select all channels and lower the volume, or could I just lower the master channel before exporting since theres no compression on it? I use FL studio to make beats, and Cubase to record and mix vocals.

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