OK, so I've started singing again...... lot's of reasons for this, the 2 main ones being that it's cheaper and I tend to interprete my own songs better than others do most of the time. I've also recently found out that ones singing can improve with practice - hey, what a concept!
OK, on to my query! I'm using my voice as an instrument part of the time and playing around with effects and atmosphere. Anyone have any favorite techniques that they would care to share? Please post! Thanks again, Fred
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multitraking vocals.
i have always liked huge vocal production.
i will do things like gtting a singer to sing the same line in a coule of diferent voices. normal 2x up front, second voice mixed so it is just barly noticable. and bunch of funny voices , accents, charecters. jeneraly if myself and the singer start laughing out of control i have something i can use. lol.
all the funny stuf gets used in parts to add color. a choral kind of sound.
other than that i dont realy like to go to nuts on vocal fx`s.
verb, ddl`s.
the room you track vocals in makes a huge diferance as well.
i like what was done on david bowies ziggy stardust.
big room, 2 mics. one close one far, gate on second.
when the singer realy opens up, the second mic picks up the room.
goofy ideas often woork well.
i have always liked huge vocal production.
i will do things like gtting a singer to sing the same line in a coule of diferent voices. normal 2x up front, second voice mixed so it is just barly noticable. and bunch of funny voices , accents, charecters. jeneraly if myself and the singer start laughing out of control i have something i can use. lol.
all the funny stuf gets used in parts to add color. a choral kind of sound.
other than that i dont realy like to go to nuts on vocal fx`s.
verb, ddl`s.
the room you track vocals in makes a huge diferance as well.
i like what was done on david bowies ziggy stardust.
big room, 2 mics. one close one far, gate on second.
when the singer realy opens up, the second mic picks up the room.
goofy ideas often woork well.