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Posted by catalystG5 on Feb-28-2007 05:38:

Lead / Melody Helpes

Are there any specific guides i should go by when making a lead sound. Any tips and tricks and any no no's?

Posted by DJ Shibby on Feb-28-2007 05:51:

Re: Lead / Melody Helpes

quote:
Originally posted by catalystG5
Are there any specific guides i should go by when making a lead sound. Any tips and tricks and any no no's?

yeah, there's one rule that every producer knows, or learns fast:

never use the pre-packaged default first preset in vanguard.

Posted by catalystG5 on Feb-28-2007 06:41:

Re: Re: Lead / Melody Helpes

quote:
Originally posted by DJ Shibby
yeah, there's one rule that every producer knows, or learns fast:

never use the pre-packaged default first preset in vanguard.
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you mean the welcome one haha.

Posted by ASFSE on Feb-28-2007 08:26:

ok the between this and last thread....im high and confused...

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Feb-28-2007 09:37:

Re: Lead / Melody Helpes

quote:
Originally posted by catalystG5
Are there any specific guides i should go by when making a lead sound. Any tips and tricks and any no no's?

Yes - don't eat yellow snow.

Posted by cybernetica on Feb-28-2007 09:47:

Eh, you cant give general advise on creating lead sounds. Experiment, and keep what sounds good.

One thing I noticed... leads that are lowpassfiltered too much get lost in the mix. A "clear" lead should have some brigtness in the upper range. That can be anything from 3kHz depending on the sound. I often try to boost narrow frequency bands to accentuate certain frequencies... It will make you lead sound "clearer" and more dominant in the mix.
Also a good idea is some kind of exciter, voxengo has a few. They basically compress and boost certain frequencies, I find this useful for leads.

Posted by flutlicht junky on Feb-28-2007 11:11:

First work out what you want your lead to do.

Are you looking for the 'wall of sound' or sharp / smooth clear leads ala psy trance?

If your using many SAW noises perhaps try a square based lead.

Waves doubler is good for thickening leads and giving a wider soundstage.

You could run a send of the lead to a fx channel with some nice reverb and delay (remember the order of the fx used will change the effect that will happen e.g. a reverbed delay is different from a delayed reverb).

FJ