About Me

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Ghost Vocal Engineering by Ariel Chobaz:

Jo Jo "Too Little Too Late" and "How To Touch A Girl" from the album The High Road - out now
Hilary Duff "Play With Fire" from the album single

I started working in the entertainment industry after graduating at the head of my class from the Recording Institute of Technology. My career took off at Enterprise Studios, the number 2 rated billboard studio in the world, working for various artists; namely Brittany Spears, Christina Aguilera, The Roots, and Busta Rhymes. While engineering at Enterprise, I was spotted and then finally recruited by the world famous Dave Pensado to be his assistant mix engineer and vocal producer and during that time completed hundreds of major label singles including the latest singles for Destinys Child, The Pussycat Dolls, Keyshia Cole, Nelly, and Christina Aguilera. Thanks to my unique engineering and commercial vocal sound I earned the respect of Ron Fair, which led to me engineering again for superstars Christina Aguilera and Missy Elliott in "Sharks Tale" as well as "First Daughter" which was produced by Damon Elliott. Since going independent 2 years ago I've been mixing and taking "vocal production" to a new level. Phycho-Acoustic tuning combined with phase and dynamic blending and smoothing of Backgrounds creates a contrast that stands out against all other mixes. Most recently I have mixed for Dionne Warwick, Brittany Spears, Mya, Kelis, K-Ci, Ikon, Crazy Bone, Gloria Estefan, Reba McEntire, Lisa Tucker, Wynona Judd, and Olivia Newton-John. My knowledge and experience brings sound production to a new level and I'm excited to be making music history.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 5/23/2005
Band Members: Feel free to contact me any time!
Influences: Dave Pensado, Ron Fair, Will.I.Am, Scott Storch, Dr. Dre
Sounds Like: Most recently I have mixed for Swizz Beatz, Snoop Dogg, Akon, Nicole Scherzinger from The Pussycat Dolls, Dionne Warwick, Brittany Spears, Mya, Kelis, The Game, K-Ci, Crazy Bone, Hillary Duff, Gloria Estefan, Reba McEntire, JoJo, Mary Mary, Trinity 5:7, Lisa Tucker, Wynona Judd, Olivia Newton-John, and Ashanti.
Record Label: Interscope, A&M, Def Jam, Atlantic, Universal
Type of Label: Major

My Blog

The Best Way to find bad frequencies!

iZotope's Ozone has the best filter sweep I've ever used for quickly finding target frequencies, and most people have no idea the plugin does this!!! In Ozone, open the EQ page. Then hold down "optio...
Posted by Ariel Chobaz on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:06:00 PST

Vocal Tuning is an art, a simple way to master the beast!

Doesn't matter what tuning program you use. Somewhere its going to track the pitch wrong, usually where its extra breathy or where there's distortion. It can track the pitch a whole octave off somet...
Posted by Ariel Chobaz on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:40:00 PST

How to Make ProTools' Meters jumbo

This is for anyone that might not know... Do the three fingered salute (control+option+command) and click on any meter. This is more fun than it is useful....
Posted by Ariel Chobaz on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 05:20:00 PST

Did you know iZotope's Vinyl plugin has a hidden layer under the face plate???

How to remove the face plate on iZotope's Vinyl plugin!!!Just click your mouse on each screw until the face falls off!!!...
Posted by Ariel Chobaz on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 04:29:00 PST

GREAT FEMALE VOCALS!!!

Dave Pensado taught me this trick on Christina Aguilera. Best for female vocals that get too shrill or piercing! With the plug-in monitoring the sidechain, sweep the sidechain for the worst frequenc...
Posted by Ariel Chobaz on Tue, 03 Oct 2006 05:36:00 PST