There is a band TWOD and I want to know ow o get that same vocal delay as on their new cd.
http://www.thewarondrugs.net/
The War on Drugs vocal delay
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The War on Drugs vocal delay
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Re: The War on Drugs vocal delay
The first tune sounds like it is capitalizing on some heavy phase cancellation. Some of the other stuff seems like old "Elvis" style 'natural' reverb. I wouldn't be surprised if they did a lot of that stuff with creative live mic placements in front of speakers during performance and not necessarily as a digital insert on a track. Not my cup of tea, but well done walls of sound. The mastering certainly holds your interest.
Re: The War on Drugs vocal delay
So a plugin chain would not work?
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Re: The War on Drugs vocal delay
You're asking the wrong guy. I am something of a traditionalist but maybe one of these smarty pants guys can answer you. It should be possible with the right delay-compression-reverb settings. If I had to do it for a project, I would figure it out, but it reminds me of my acid guitar days using an actual amp as a preamp. They seemed to have really captured the power of live speakers kicking-arse! That's it! I'm taking my guitar out tonight!
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Re: The War on Drugs vocal delay
You need a lot of reverb on the delay only.
Set up your delay on an Aux track as a 100% wet insert. Bus your vocal to that Aux Track via a Send. Then Send the delay's output to your reverb via an Aux Send or insert a Reverb below the Delay. Adjust the delay and 'verb character and levels to taste.
For the sound you seek, a big hall 'verb on the delay would do the trick. A bandpass filter inserted after the delay is also a good way to tune the character of the delay and reverb.
By the way, adding reverb to delays as noted above is almost always a good thing. Delays sit IN, not ON, the mix that way.
Set up your delay on an Aux track as a 100% wet insert. Bus your vocal to that Aux Track via a Send. Then Send the delay's output to your reverb via an Aux Send or insert a Reverb below the Delay. Adjust the delay and 'verb character and levels to taste.
For the sound you seek, a big hall 'verb on the delay would do the trick. A bandpass filter inserted after the delay is also a good way to tune the character of the delay and reverb.
By the way, adding reverb to delays as noted above is almost always a good thing. Delays sit IN, not ON, the mix that way.
Re: The War on Drugs vocal delay
Oh cool! I like that idea. Thanks.HCMarkus wrote:You need a lot of reverb on the delay only.
Set up your delay on an Aux track as a 100% wet insert. Bus your vocal to that Aux Track via a Send. Then Send the delay's output to your reverb via an Aux Send or insert a Reverb below the Delay. Adjust the delay and 'verb character and levels to taste.
For the sound you seek, a big hall 'verb on the delay would do the trick. A bandpass filter inserted after the delay is also a good way to tune the character of the delay and reverb.
By the way, adding reverb to delays as noted above is almost always a good thing. Delays sit IN, not ON, the mix that way.
I really want to get vocal sounds like that or like the band Beach House.
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