doubling vocal track

[guttadaj]

I'm new at this and read somewhere that one way to get the vocals to have a little more umpfh (hmm... never really thought of how to spell that before ) you can always just copy the vocal track into a second track to get a doubling effect.

What I don't understand is this: Wouldn't making an exact copy of the track be almost the same as having just the one track? Ok, I can see how it would be louder, but that doesn't seem to be the same kind of power/presence boost that this supposedly achieves.

I guess if you made a copy and then did slightly different things with the tracks after the copy, then it could enhance the vocals - say a little different EQ and maybe different reverbs or chorus settings for the two along with panning them a bit apart. Is this when doubling really pays dividends, or can just simply copying the track provide a big benefit too? Can anyone explain?

Thanks!!
-Jeff

 

[jrosenstein]

you're right. simply copying the same take over will just make it louder. but if you tweak one of the tracks it often adds some OOOMPH. you could: compress one of the tracks ...... add reverb/echo ..... offset one of the tracks by a few milliseconds .... record a whole new take of the vocal track, and set it lower in the mix

just try whatever you can think of and see what sounds you like.

 

[Ace_TX]

jus record 2 good vocal takes and blend 'em together

done all the time

better than drowning them in reverb