Larger Than Life Vocals [Recording Vocals Pt 10]

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Larger Than Life Vocals Recording Vocals Pt 10

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There are other things you can do to vocals, to
make them pop a little more. Achieving a strong,
natural sound is important, but there are times
when the vocals in a song require a little
something else. Well cover a few of them here
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Auto-Tune
Sometimes called pitch correction, Auto-Tune is a
computer-based effect that emerged in the early
1990s. As the singer approaches and dives away
from true pitch, the tuned voice helps create a
shifting chorus effect. Experiment with mixing
the tuned voice at different levels. Faster
tuning makes more robotic sounds and slower
tuning yields a sort of natural, pitch perfect
performance.
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Modulation
Modulation effects, like chorus, flanger, phaser,
and vibrato, are very good at highlighting
specific elements of a voice. The difficulty of
applying such effects is knowing when its
appropriate. Thats really the challenge of
engineering and mixing as a whole. Though they
might add to the song, overusing them pulls
attention away from the vocals. 
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Doubling 
If you really want to double a voice, the easiest
and most powerful way to do it is to record the
vocal twice. Literally, double it. Doubling is
an effective way of thickening the vocal sound or
adding width. You can do this with delays or with
a dedicated doubling plug-in.
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Additional Compression
The idea of this is that each compressor handles
different parts of the voice, each sanding away a
little of the roughness. Its possible to get a
more controlled and dynamic performance in this
way.
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Filters 

• Filters take the simple principles of EQ and
  expand them to mind-boggling complexity. There
  are about a million different forms and uses for
  filters, but they all stem from three basic
  principles.
• High Pass  High pass filters cut off the low end
  of a signal. 
• Low Pass  Just the opposite.
• Band Pass  Also called notch filters. These let
  you cut out a chunk of frequencies somewhere in
  the middle of the full spectrum of sound.

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Distortion and Saturation
Distortion on vocals is a very stylistic choice
and is usually accompanied by some sort of
filter. Saturation, on the other hand, is a
remnant of the days of tape and engineers are now
using saturation plug-ins to add the fabled
warmth back to their recordings.
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