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What effects do you use on vocals?
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Mon Aug 13, 2012 10:50 pmby JoeAZ
When you guys are playing live what effects do you use on vocals? I've always liked bare bones no effects sounds, but getting more into playing the electric now and high reverb seems to go better, processed guitar=processed vocals? Any suggestions or input?
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Tue Aug 14, 2012 3:02 amby fisherman bob
I've never been a fan of reverb on vocals. Just a tad maybe, but a lot of rooms have hard surfaces with natural reverb. If your vocaiist hasn't got a powerful voice then reverb can make him or her sound better/fuller. It really depends on the genre too.
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Tue Aug 14, 2012 12:42 pmby jw123
Add digital delay of 10-20 ms to thicken your vocals or guitars, just a tad of reverb is all I would add. To my ears in a live setting all those room reverbs and long reverbs just get lost anyway.
Occasionally we have a song with long delay on the vocals and just change it up for that.
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Tue Aug 14, 2012 1:21 pmby GuitarMikeB
It all depends on the music and the venue. Like others said, most venues have more than enough reverb in them already. Sometimes a little chorus can fill out vocals. Not too much, though.
Much better to EQ for the venue, too - remembering that a floor full of bodies will absorb more high frequency, but an empty hard floor will be high-freq intensive.
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Tue Aug 14, 2012 11:36 pmby KLUGMO
Good advise GMike.[/b]
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Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:30 amby Chaeya
I only like a tad bit of reverb, not much. We've been lucky that most of the places we play have sound guys, so I don't need to think about it.
Chaeya
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Wed Aug 15, 2012 12:41 amby Etu Malku
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Wed Aug 15, 2012 1:12 amby RGMixProject
Feedback suppressor with a 16ms tad of slap back and compression.
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Fri Aug 17, 2012 12:55 pmby Paleopete
Light reverb, and I like a bit longer delay than a lot of people, but not real heavy. Just enough you can tell it slaps back. I like a single about half second delay for my guitar, a bit less for vocals.
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Fri Aug 17, 2012 4:38 pmby 1so-static
As little as possible unless is a production piece to paint fluid vocal pictures
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Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:19 pmby Chaeya
Etu Malku wrote:HEY! Chaeya is back!!!
Missed you momma, how is everything???
Go listen to my crazy sh*t!
www.tarkhem.com
Love Ya!
ETU!!!!! I've missed you too!
A lot's happened, but what doesn't kill you makes you more determined . . . I think, well I am. I'm digging your videos and the tune you have on your profile! I'm going in a more electronic direction as well and donig the video route because I honestly think that's where music is headed.
Chaeya
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Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:30 pmby jimmydanger
John, as you know I'm a big fan of doubling lead vocal tracks. Better than any other trick to thicken vocals.
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Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:45 pmby Chaeya
jimmydanger wrote:John, as you know I'm a big fan of doubling lead vocal tracks. Better than any other trick to thicken vocals.
I do this when I record only - sometimes triple and quadruple.
Chaeya
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Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:48 pmby jw123
When I record I always do two tracks for vocals or guitars, a simple way to duplicate this live is a slight delay of 10-20 ms to thicken either up live.
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Fri Aug 17, 2012 5:57 pmby Chaeya
This is a great little baby to have for singing live:
The TC Helicon VoiceLive GTX (has guitar effects also)
Here's the 14-minute demo you should see:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1maYsISWd1A
Chaeya