Vocal guide
How to sound like Post Malone
Genre-bending Hollywood's Bleeding chain.
What defines Post Malone's vocal sound
Posty's chain has to handle melodic singing, rap delivery and screamed hooks in the same song — this preset uses a transparent multiband compressor and adaptive EQ to keep the vocal sitting through every dynamic.
The chain, step by step
- Clean-up EQ — cut low rumble and muddy low-mids so the vocal sits forward.
- Pitch correction — set the speed to match the artist's style (hard and fast for melodic rap, gentle for R&B/pop).
- Compression — even out the level so every word stays upfront in the beat.
- De-essing & tone EQ — tame harsh "s" sounds, then add air on top.
- Space — reverb and delay on sends, tuned to the record's era.
Dialling this in by ear takes hours. The Post Malone preset loads the whole chain in one click, with only stock plugins.
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