Vocal reverb

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The Quiet Minded
Member Since: Jan 01, 2003

I am using the Waves Rverb Plugin but I can find the setting that will give the strenght to the voice that most rock vocalists use, like Cornell in audioslave an such.

I cant even know if it is a hall or plate reverb.

Reverb tips are very welcome.

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Since: Dec 30, 2002


Oct 13, 2003 11:11 pm

The Dark Chamber Preset is a good starting point.

Regards
jues.

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Since: Jun 28, 2002


Oct 14, 2003 12:37 pm

i have the same plugin and i have a hard time finding a reverb sound that i like. i'm looking for the sound of ether the reverb on life is peachy (korn) or more like the reverb on the drums in 3 dollar bill (limp bizkit) can you help or tell me of another reverb that will sound more like that? the Rverb sounds awesome but not what i'm looking for.

sloppy dice, drinks twice
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Since: Aug 05, 2003


Oct 14, 2003 12:43 pm

what IS the dif between hall and plate? I always wondered...

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Since: Jul 02, 2003


Oct 14, 2003 02:26 pm

Basically Hall reverb is a "natural" reverb like you get in an aditorium. Plate reverb is what was used to simulate natural reverb in a small soundproofed room. It was/is a thin plate of metal suspended in the room that bounced sound around and was the "wall of sound" phil spector was famous for.

Dan

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Since: Dec 30, 2002


Oct 14, 2003 08:06 pm

Rverb is an amazing reverb processor, most probably the most powerful I have avaliable to me.

The fat one always watches us.
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Since: Nov 08, 2002


Oct 17, 2003 08:05 am

just leaving the vocal track dry and copying it to another track, then sliding it back just a touch in the timeline, and altering its eq's and lowering its volume can give an amazing reverb type deal. give that a shot

Administrator
Since: Apr 03, 2002


Oct 17, 2003 08:22 am

The new issue of Music Tech Magazine has a huge article on vocal processing. Very interesting stuff.

The Quiet Minded
Member
Since: Jan 01, 2003


Oct 17, 2003 08:40 am

I have used the copy track stuff to get fat guitar sound when only one track was recorded, like live recording. and I must say it is VERY handy to just copy a track and slide the copy in the timetable.

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Since: Apr 03, 2002


Oct 17, 2003 08:43 am

Another way is to just have two mics recording on two different tracks. Have the mics located differently and you will get a double track of the same performance with two diff sounding mics with a VERY subtle delay that can really fatten stuff up.

With vocals, try having one mic right in front of the singer like usual, and another a few feet away up in a corner where the ceiling meets two walls and pointing toward the corner...leaving a foot or two between the corner and the mic. That'll give you good natural reverb and won't use any extra CPU power :-)

Cone Poker
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Since: Apr 07, 2002


Oct 17, 2003 11:03 pm

My board has a spring reverb built in that I use a lot on vocals, but other than that I use Ozone, or sometimes I use my own reverb box. It's a square plywood box with a speaker attached on one side in the middle are a few springs and a slinkey, all of which are removeable so that you can alter it, and a metal plate, and on the other side of the box, pointing in towards the speaker, is a mic. It addsa nice spring reverb that is unique to whatever you run through it. It's not that expensive to make either.

Cone Poker
Member
Since: Apr 07, 2002


Oct 17, 2003 11:05 pm

I also have an outboard phonics reverb unit, but it's kind of noisey so it doesn't see that much use.

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