Feb 14, 2007 09:44 pm Vocoder .
Is there a prize for this contest ?
Oh, and you can produce that with a vocoder plugin/effect, like the one they have in Fruity Loops .
name that effect....if you can
Posted on Feb 14, 2007 09:42 pm
sdp530
Member Since: Jan 19, 2005
Hey, I have been mixing hip hop vocals for a couple years now and there is a certain effect that I am trying to recreate. Its kinda hard to explain but a lot of the mainstream rap has it. It sounds almost like the lead vocal is over processed, it sounds like there is some sort of light grain distortion applied to it....let me know if you have heard what I am hearing and how that could be recreated...thanks.
-C
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Feb 14, 2007 09:44 pm Vocoder .
Is there a prize for this contest ?
Oh, and you can produce that with a vocoder plugin/effect, like the one they have in Fruity Loops .
Feb 14, 2007 10:00 pm Thanks, any suggestion on a vst or directx vocoder?
-C
Feb 14, 2007 10:02 pm I've only messed with the one in FL, but someone may have a clue 'round here .
Feb 14, 2007 10:13 pm heh Here's one with an epilepsi disclamer ! wtf ?
www.vocoder-plugins.com/more3.html
Feb 14, 2007 10:24 pm wow, thats some crazy ****, not lookin to put the audience into seizures, haha
Feb 14, 2007 10:40 pm Here's one from MDA, who do no-frills freebies:
www.kvraudio.com/get/803.html
Also the effect may be an auto-tune, which has become popular lately. Sometimes they really exaggerate it, like in that song Cher did a few years ago. Or Kid Rock had a song with that exaggerated auto tune effect in it.
Feb 15, 2007 12:20 pm hmm, name a popular song that you hear it in, and maybe that will help people come up with a more definite answer...
Feb 15, 2007 12:34 pm it could be just distortion too, like the overdrive type of clipping. but too much, so the track is pretty fuzzy.
lenny kravitz comes to mind, he seems to do this on a few different songs. (though I can't remember which one's at the moment)
*edit* i think american woman has this effect on it.
Feb 15, 2007 05:02 pm lenny kravitz's 'fly away' or whatever it's called, sounds like he uses a light flanger on that one mostly.
Feb 15, 2007 09:03 pm One of my friends whos in a label band uses his outboard preamp, and cranks the gain until the signal distorts. this gives kind of the effect ur talking about. And u could add flanger and such to it, i think if u do this though, ull need to put ur compressor after to make sure its an effect more than a clipping signal.
Feb 18, 2007 01:34 pm Quote:
sounds like he uses a light flanger on that one mostly
alotta times a god solid doubble track performance will yeald that sound...i've noticed it alot in the hip-hop world. the trick is to pronounce everything EXACTLY the same way on each take. i pan each performance hard L/R and choose which of the two i like best, and use that as the 'main' vocal, then i just 'salt and pepper' it with the doubble...the goal is not to get two distinct sounds, but to get them to gel together as one. then just pan back to mono...if the vocalist is good, it'll sound real nice.
Feb 18, 2007 01:47 pm Does anybody make a plugin that mimics tape distortion? The Cars' producer used that to great effect. Not that I'd use it. Heh. Tape seems like so long ago. Ya know, we could also use a good wire recorder plugin.
Feb 19, 2007 09:01 pm Yep Steinberg Magneto was probably the very first one. Used it for years and still do on occasion. The newest one is from PSP called the Vintage Warmer. It goes way beyond simple tape saturation though.
I think there were a few freebies on KVR as well that did simple tape saturation.
I actually owned a piece of hardware in the early digital days before Magneto and the like were out that would do the saturation thing. Really cool piece of gear until I found Magneto of course.
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