Bill Laswell/Nicky Ryan vocal approach

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Hello folks,

I'm a big fan of Bill Laswell, and Nicky Ryan's work intrigues me as well. Both of them know how to create beautiful vocal landscapes through uses of reverb and delay. Whether it be live, or in the studio.

I was curious to know if anyone can lend me a helping hand as to how to create such lush sounds for vocals. Whether it's through a processor, and/or VST plugins (I'm using Cubase).

Another vocal technique I enjoy, and would like to learn about was used on Tool's last album Lateralus. It was in one of the latter tracks, and the vocalists' voice sounded like it was slowly backwards swelling just before the actual lyric was sung.

Any tips would be much appreciated...

thanks
 
thesedaze said:
...Another vocal technique I enjoy, and would like to learn about was used on Tool's last album Lateralus. It was in one of the latter tracks, and the vocalists' voice sounded like it was slowly backwards swelling just before the actual lyric was sung...
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Reverse reverb. In the old days, it was done by recording the vocal, then flipping the reel upside-down so it played backwards. A reverb was patched in, and the wet signal was recorded to a new track. The reel was then flipped back.

What with DAW's and DSP, I don't know if this is how it's done anymore.
 
thank you. I think Nicky Ryan's big thing is using multi vocal tracks.

I suppose if I can't get efficient repetitive vocals I could use the same track, and slightly change the pitch for each one, then layer them.
 
reverse reverb

yeah hey i've been trying to find out where to get an effect that will do that for me for a long long time..i actually posted about it on here not too long ago but it got lost in the sands of time i suppose...i also called it the "poltergeist" effect :). thats a really cool song, i believe the drum danny plays that changes pitch is the korg wave drum..very cool..his set is pretty nuts..not terry bozzio nuts but nuts nonetheless..you can also hear a variation of that effect on siamese dream: silverf***.

dlv
 
reverse reverb

well it seems as though it is ridiculously easy

select the area you want this effect on and reverse it..make sure you have ample space for the reverb to resonate..apply the reverb to the sound and then flip it back..tadaa!

i admit i scratched my head at first and though that didn't make sense..then it hit me...

when you applied reverb backwards it trailed off from the end of the sound which was actually the beginning..when you flip it back to play normal the reverb is at the beginning..fading in...backwards!


dlv
 
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