What are the basic vocal effects needed!!!

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Hi Forum mates!What are the basic effects needed exclusively for vocals while recordings on softwares?
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There are no "exclusively for vocals" effects. You use what you need to get what you want to hear.
 
I think he meant "what plugins must you have if you want to record vocals."

In which case: Whatever you think will make your vocals sound better. Reverbs are common, and some prefer an auto-tune of some sort (but lots consider it "cheating"). Really, any plug that will work with other instruments will work with singing as well. I've even heard people experiment with running vox through amplitube/guitar rig type stuff. It's definitely fun to play around with sometimes.
 
I pretty much always use a very short tape delay, reverb, EQ, and compression on lead vocals
 
my desert island list in order of importance to me;

good e.q.
reverb
compression
pitch correction

i do mainly demos for hard rock, and rock/pop style stuff. i frequently use something from this list.

as mentioned above, there is no definitive list to be used with any track. this is just my list. i don't use them on every vocal track, but if i look back i do tend to use them on most.

ymmv

later...
 
I usually apply a de-'s'er, compression, EQ, panning, and reverb to my vocals (in that order).

Autotune, gate, and any other effects that sound cool or good to you are good options to try as well. (I've personally used pitch shifters, reversers, octave jumpers, delay, distortion, and all kinds of other stuff as well).
 
i've found that de-essers take away too much quality from the vocals (or maybe i just have a crappy de-esser).

compression is number 1
followed by (light) eq
then reverb

im not a big fan into eq. once you start eqing its hard to stop. starts to get messy. if someones voice requires too much eq, they either have (a) a bad voice, or (b) poor microphone choice. usually i try to assume option (b) as much as possible for the sake of my income :)
 
Hmmm...no doesn't seem to be a requirement according to the music industry these days.
 
What kind of panning do you guys use for vocals? Sorry for the question in a reply!;)
 
I like lead vocal in the center, harmonies/backing panned hard left and right
 
Which is exactly what MM said.....

solaris1982 said:
I think he meant "what plugins must you have if you want to record vocals."

In which case: Whatever you think will make your vocals sound better. .
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I would suggest that most singers can benefit from a flanger, a wah-wah, and a distortion box :)
 
I couldn't live without compression and EQ.

Peace!

~Shawn
 
Spitfish rocks. But let's keep in mind also that sibilance is caused by the vocalist -- Everything after will either (A) do nothing (B) minimize it or (C) make it worse.

Tracking too hot - Worse. Much worse. SO much worse. And soooo many people are tracking waaaay too hot - It's not helping the issue.

Compressing the input - Same thing. Take a hot signal, make it quieter so you can add more gain to it. Overdrive the input chain twice before it even hits the converters. Worse. Much worse.

Using condensers when dynamics would suit the vocal much better - 'Nuff said there. The last 5 years has been some sort of LDC love-in. Good marketing, I guess... I rarely have sibilance issues with a SM7b or a RE20.

Sorry - I'm ranting. Spitfish!
 
I think the two biggies are compression and reverb (though some, like bob rock [love him or hate him] dont even use reverb).

Which leaves you with compression.
 
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