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Professional vocal mixing typically involves several steps and techniques to achieve a balanced, polished sound. Here’s a simplified overview:

1. **Organization**: First, the engineer groups the vocal tracks in a sensible manner, often creating subgroups for lead vocals, background vocals, ad-libs, etc.

2. **Cleaning Up**: Next, they remove any unwanted noise from the recordings, such as breaths, lip smacks, or mouth noises that don’t serve the song. This can be done using a noise gate or a similar tool.

3. **Satisfying Levels**: They then adjust the volume of each vocal track to ensure they’re balanced appropriately against each other and the rest of the instrumentation. This is often an iterative process that continues throughout the mix.

4. **Equalization**: The engineer uses EQ to shape the tone of the vocals, adjusting frequency