Thickening vocals

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Another thing to consider is how you apply reverb to a vocal track. Usually subtle is better to help the vocals stand out, and also you should think about dialing in some of your reverb's predelay setting, so that you give the vocals a little time to be heard nice and crisp before they get wet down with reverb.

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-Jeff
 
the motown trick is real nice...but it is killer on tape..not as "excited" digitally..this is due to how much warmer tape already is.

To adjust for this, I like to run my main vocals through a warmer like Magneto. I then have the singer double the take and I will comp it and boost the highs.

Another thing to consider is that a lot of singers have bad technique and can't double. That is one of the few things about Protools that I like..you can use Vocalign which makes all the vocals lineup and sound real big...that is most likely what you are hearing on a lot of songs. It is just the best way to get a big vocal sound. I wish you could get Vocalin in VST...that is proably #1 on my wish list.it is just the perfect plug for getting the vocal sounding real big.
 
I like to get a 2nd take, duplicating it, pan 1 @ 9:00ish and the other @ 3:00ish with about a 30 ms delay and pitch shifted about very slightly. Then you can cut the volume, EQ and reverb to taste.
 
strings012 said:
A newbie here, just learning. I once read Jim Morrisson did this with "Riders On The Storm." Does Anyone know if this is true? It sounds like theres a whisper there to me.
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I hear those too... but my doctor gave me meds to help with that...

Anyhoo... I was playing around with this after reading your problem and did this:

Dupe the track twice (so you have 3) then I had one panned center, and each of the other two panned 75 degrees left & right. Next I "nudged" each of the left and right tracks out of phase in opposite directions about 50-100ms, lowered their volumes a bit then played it... don't think it's what your looking for, but it sounds pretty cool!

- Tanlith -
 
ecktronic said:
thicken up a vocal.
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Its funny how we can use many different descriptive adjetives to describe mny different things...:D

If the vocal sounds to "thin" adding a couple dbs at like 175hz could give a little more "weight".....


Damn...gotta run......will post later with some other thoughts...

Cheers!!! to no more finals!!!
 
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