Vocals

[The novice]

Hi all.
Im back again. I need help again :-(
This time though im just looking for advise re: vocal.
About layer techniques, revered ( & reverse reverb )
And compression.
I want to make my vocals sound cool. So. Any tips would be great.
The actually singing part is done. Its now the fx side im intersted in. I dont want to over do it. But i do want to give them some depth. And a certain something.

[rightonthemark]

check out this guy's video tutorials five minutes to a better mix.
there are several five minute videos on vocal mixing tricks.

http://therecordingrevolution.com/5minutes/



here's a link to some reaper tutorials.
there are a couple on vocals that might prove helpful.

http://tutorialsforreaper.com/?wizia...ut=html&back=0



goodluck and happy jammin....

rotm

[g8torcliff]

One of the most interesting and useful things I've read on here lately is the info on the 2k in audio. Since I have begun slicing it out of vocals it really makes a huge difference. That might be one thing you could experiment with.


cliff

[georgethedifferent]

Originally Posted by The novice

I want to make my vocals sound cool. [...] i do want to give them some depth. And a certain something.

The thing is, that certain Something usually comes from how you actually sang, not from FX. I'd advise you to read carefully these two posts:

http://forum.cockos.com/showpost.php...&postcount=364

http://forum.cockos.com/showpost.php...&postcount=365

I'd only add I recently discovered ReaComp for vocals, usually setting it to 'Modern' (can't remember exact preset name now), aim it around 6 dB comp. and 64x oversampling.

Being you I'd think and decide whether I want 'straight' singing which relies on just delivering the message and then it should sound already cool without any FX, or I want to catch the listener with some special effect. Then I'd experiment a lot with various FX, beyond any existing tutorial.

[technogremlin]

Originally Posted by georgethedifferent

The thing is, that certain Something usually comes from how you actually sang, not from FX.

Indeed. Your primary FX-chain should look like this:
Good voice -> good microphone -> good mike preamp -> good AD-converter. Anything missing in this chain is pretty hard to 'repair' with ITB FX

Mind you, I didn't say 'great' or 'super'... just 'good' as in 'good enough'

[The novice]

Have any of you heard a song by tubeway army called Listen to the sirens ??
I want my vocals like this on my track. Now obviously i cannot sing like that. But i mean the layers. The fx.

[The novice]

Originally Posted by technogremlin

Indeed. Your primary FX-chain should look like this:
Good voice -> good microphone -> good mike preamp -> good AD-converter. Anything missing in this chain is pretty hard to 'repair' with ITB FX

Mind you, I didn't say 'great' or 'super'... just 'good' as in 'good enough'

Se mic. Focusrite interface. Singing ( okay for what im doing. Im not trying to sing challenging songs )
But ive heard shit singers have their vocals made good.

[technogremlin]

Originally Posted by The novice

But ive heard shit singers have their vocals made good.

Any examples... because from my perspective that's pretty much a myth

[technogremlin]

Originally Posted by The novice

Have any of you heard a song by tubeway army called Listen to the sirens ??
I want my vocals like this on my track. Now obviously i cannot sing like that. But i mean the layers. The fx.

Gary Numan's signature sound is mainly based on heavy use of ADT.

[Swamp Ape]

Originally Posted by technogremlin

Gary Numan's signature sound is mainly based on heavy use of ADT.

This is what I was going to say. Try the vaccuum sound plugin ADT, it's free and simple.