Reverse Swelling vocals?

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Hey guys,
I was listening to a Tool track today and heard this efect.
It sounds like a Swelling reversed delay effect. I cant figure how to make that work, its almost like it is predicting when hes going to sing. I have heard this effect in modeling amps and some processors.

My question is how can one do this with the effects in CEP2.1 or some plugins?

Thanks
-Reco
 
i dont know about an effect but i bet you could get the sound you want by putting two of the same tracks together but slightly off maybe make the first one a lot quieter and add a nice echo or delay untill it swells into the second.........just a thought
 
Try reversing your track, adding the delay or reverb, then reversing it back.

If you want the track to be backwards, then add the delay while its playing naturally, then reverse it.


These are pretty standard tricks, so it might not be what you're looking for.

-Chris
 
In Edit view, highlight the part you want to reverse, then hit Effects-->Reverse. This reverses the selection. Keeping it highlighted, add you delay/reverb to the reversed track, then reverse back with Effects-->Reverse. You track is playing the original program material, but with an added reversed delay.


I think this is what reco meant by 'predicting when he's going to sing'


or I may be way off
 
Yeah, I tried it too. It's interesting, but with the reverb I used on it, it's way too coarse. How do you tone it down? Make the reverb milder, presumably, but what settings in the verb are the important ones? Must be the length of the verb, right?
 
The decay time is most important, obviously. The mix ratio, and room size are also important. You'll be amazed what a tiny little bit of delay will do.

With tricks like this, it really is a special effect, so it needs to be used sparingly. Its not very pleasant to swap reversed reverb all over a track, as Dobro discovered. Try only certain words of a vocal track, or specific drum hits. I usually try the effect, and sample it, and incorporate it into my composition, as either a errant hit, part of a percussion track, or a special effect to introduce a change in song structure.

It's also important to do this to a dry track, then add reverb to the entire track, to keep it in the same space. Else, it will be VERY distracting, and the effect won't be appreciated as clever.

-Chris
 
use a strong reverb with a lot of sustain when you do this. I love this ghostly effect . Vocals sound so awesome with this effect. Try it on guitar leads and even drums. Very psychedelic uses. To make it even sound crazier, reverb it again with high sustain after you reverse it back!
 
"use a strong reverb with a lot of sustain when you do this. I love this ghostly effect . Vocals sound so awesome with this effect. Try it on guitar leads and even drums. Very psychedelic uses. To make it even sound crazier, reverb it again with high sustain after you reverse it back!"

"ghostly"

"awesome"

"psychedelic"

"crazier"

Okay, post a link to something you've done with all of this on it - I want to hear it.
 
me too...

You're homepage doesn't work, btw.. (I was hoping to hear some tracks)
 
eeerrriiieee

i remember asking about this many moons ago..the effect is used on stinkfist but is even more prevalent (spelling?) on silverf*** by the smashing pumpkins....about half way through the song when ol' billy boy starts saying "bang bang you're dead..."

dlv
 
The process you guys are talking about is called Preverb. Zeppelin did on a lot of stuff. It is a fun effect.
 
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