What effects are good for a decent vocal track?
I used some reverb 40m room, 1.8ms and 8% mix. Its not sounding good. What shall I use?
Fun stuff. And if I'm not mistaken (.. I have once already today , you get an example of the Haas pan image shift effect in there as well... explains how to get the Split Harmonizer effect, which is handy if you're going for an 80s sort of vibe... It's a Logic Pro video, maybe it's not the software you use, but it's all a similar principle, I suppose. Split Harmonizer effect in Apple Logic Pro 9 - YouTube ..
That's a hard one to answer because it depends on the tune and what you're trying to do with the voice. AND it depends on the voice you are recording. Experiment! Have some fun with it. You may discover some combination that nobody is using and it will become the defacto standard for future recordings.
A vocal spreader will greatly improve the track.You need a stereo multi-effects plug-in or external hardware processor,...I use the Digitech Studio 400 multi-effects processor.You then program the left and right channels with different reverbs,very short delays,pre-delays,pitch shift.Because each channel has different settings the vocal track will widen significantly and with the proper settings for a specific track will have the vocal cut through a mix and sound larger than life.This method has been used for years in the recording industry and once you have incorporated the method into your recordings you will be able to recognize the effect when listening to commercial recordings with ease.I will post an example of settings I use including what milli seconds I use on various effects.
You can also use alone or in combination with the above the Behringer Sonic Exciter,Aphex Aural Exciter and many other similar external and plug-in signal processors.The Aphex products are very good and have been used in many major commercial studios since the 70's.It was considered the secret magic box to enhance just about any track or stereo mix.I use these regularly during mixdown and mastering in combination with a TC Electronics Finalizer Plus and the results are amazing.
Oy vey..........
Hard to use all these steps without basic knowledge of vocal production
Thank you to everyone. I thought one setting will be good for most of the vocals. I am just learning about these things and I have figured it out that different situations may need different settings.
That's really impossible to answer. As mentioned above, it will be different for every tune. Reverb, delay, compression, EQ, etc....are all used or not used, depending on what you think the track needs or doesn't need.
The most inportant thing is capturing a good, and good sounding, performance before worrying about what effects you're going to add.