May 31, 2007 11:56 pm ...i always record vocals dry (or with a bit of compression)....as for vocal 'essentials', eq, compression, and a bit of reverb/short delay is about all i use.
vocal effects
Posted on May 31, 2007 11:35 pm
aquateen_force
Member Since: May 11, 2007
what are some good effects for vocals, my singer isn't really that experienced, and is addicted to using way to much reverb, is echo (guitar pedal) alright?
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May 31, 2007 11:56 pm ...i always record vocals dry (or with a bit of compression)....as for vocal 'essentials', eq, compression, and a bit of reverb/short delay is about all i use.
Jun 01, 2007 09:53 am Ditto, I've done a classic series compressor on vocals, (there's a vocal setting). Then add a slight reverb, and a slight delay to fatten it up.
Practice will fix vocal weakness, not an FX.
As said many times: garbage in, garbage out.
There's always comping too, have the singer do multiple takes, then cut and paste the best parts of each one together.
Jun 01, 2007 11:07 am Try a little "ClassicChorus". There's a preset for "Rock Singer" and another called "Vocal Spread".
Fattens things right up. Careful on the reverb...Too much will mess with your overall picture.
Compression is a must. What medium are you recording to?
If you have a DAW on a 'puter...
Free VSTs:
Antress ModernChannel (eats CPU, so be careful)
ModernCompressor
Voxengo OldSkoolReverb
ClassicCompressor
ClassicChorus
Obviously you want as clean a signal as possible (too much FX will give you a nasty, unnatural sound). Don't use 'em all at once if you can avoid it!
Good luck.
PS: Tell your singer to practice.
Jun 01, 2007 11:08 am If you 'think' there is to much verb, There is!!!
I record with comp but almost always double track with one track dry and the other with whatever.
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is echo (guitar pedal) alright?
If it works for the song, then yes!
Jun 01, 2007 11:43 pm Chorus, Chorus and Chorus. Seriously though, that is one of the simplest and effective yet subtle effects to use on vocals.
Jun 03, 2007 02:30 pm Slapback delay is one of my favorite effects to run on vocals. Also a good way to thicken up the vocal a bit as well.
Jun 06, 2007 05:20 pm I would add a bit of Auto-tune or nice little distortion trick - Voxengo Compressor has a nice preset for that...But I'd do something funky with his voice..but that is just me.
Jun 07, 2007 09:10 pm Distortion is cool, if anyone has a used a Distressor, they can vouch for that. It's a compressor that add's harmonic distortion... Amazing piece of gear.
Jun 07, 2007 09:51 pm make no mistake about it, distressors are right up there (quality wise) with 1176's and LA-2A's....as for using the 'british mode' distortion on vocals, i think i'll pass....but on drums or bass it's the bee's knees.
Jun 08, 2007 10:28 pm You are talking the hardware Distressor are you not?
If so, hell ya they rock. I have access to them in a studio down town. In fact I just did some sample drum stuff using the K-Micros for the article that is running the matched pair of the K-Micro's and my beloved Oktava all through distressor's. I love thos things to pieces.
Jun 08, 2007 10:57 pm Yeah, I'm not about grinding the vocals with distortion, but just a hair on the harmonics adds an awesome touch to the recording. Inserting this on a snare track does wonders too. Hell, put Distressors on everything. Haha, if only I could afford my own... In time.
Jun 09, 2007 03:09 am Quote:
just a hair on the harmonics adds an awesome touch
holy crap, i never thought of using distortions in that way, well, i think i have, i just wasn't thinking of it in those terms....
you'd think to go for eq to add a touch of briteness...but that's just a hump or whatever....adding even or odd or even other types of harmionics, is a really cool alternative way to process vocals, tone wise.
this gets me thinking....i want the most subtle controls for such a distortion....and the distressors surely have fine controls....grr i don't get to play with them but once every few months.....any good plugins for 'subtle distortions...i guess overdrive would be better....uh, oh...now i want tubes.
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Jun 09, 2007 09:07 am Haha, yeah man. I have this plugin called the "Smack! Compressor", and I usually just run it as an optical style, but it has the option to add distortion to the odd, even, or both harmonics... It sounds fantastic. For guitars it adds a little more "bite", but basically it works great on everything. I believe it's only an RTAS plugin, but I'm sure there are VST style plugins that are similar. Have you guys ever head of a distressor plugin? I've never seen anything like that, but I'm sure it would be great.
Jun 09, 2007 04:25 pm WYD, I use PSP's Vintage Warmer for that all the time. On anything that need's it really. It works similar to the Distressor. Now in Sonar 6 PE I use the VC64 Vintage Channel as well. It can go from mild warmth to wild over the top. Actually both that and the PSP plug can do it. There is the new release of the PSP Vintage Warmer version 2 out now as well. They actually had to step it up to compete with the VC64 from what I have heard. Even though the VC64 is not yet available other then with Sonar 6 PE some peep's are actually switching to it just for the pluggin.
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