Advanced EQ by FabFilter LTD

"The chain starts with the Pro‑Q 2 (here Pro-Q 4), which is a low cut. That's very standard."

Vintage tube compressor by Waves

"The next plug-in is the Waves PuigChild 670, which is a compressor I use on all vocals, because I just really like the sound of it. It doesn't hit it very hard, but it smooths the vocals out a bit and adds some colour. With another singer I'd have had the Waves RVox before the 670, as a more aggressive compressor, but because Finn's stuff comes to me already processed, I don't want to add more."

Sibilance reduction tool by Waves

"In this case the Waves De-Esser is the third plug-in, set to 6557Hz. It's my standard de-esser, and it catches some post-compression nastiness. If a vocal is really tricky, I'll sometimes add the FabFilter Pro‑DS at the end. The Waves is purely surgical and pretty transparent. You can hear when it messes up. "

Advanced EQ by FabFilter LTD

"The fourth plug-in in the vocal chain is another instance of the Pro‑Q 2 (here Pro-Q 4), taking out some mids between 200Hz and 2kHz"

Class-A Preamp EQ by Universal Audio

"And then the UAD Neve 1073 EQ, which in this particular session is just engaged. I like the colour it adds, so I just throw it on."

Automatic vocal leveling by Waves

"Finally, there's the Waves Vocal Rider, which does 1.5dB of treatment. If there are some words that drop out, it brings them up, and vice versa. I do my vocal level automation after all this, by hand, using the Avid Artist Mix."