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Originally posted by uniquu What efefcts you usually put to your vocals? I mean vocals that you have recorded (so the don't really fit to the song without some effects I think?)

EQ, delay, reverb.. depends what ur really going for.. those are mostly to fix it and make it blend better with the song..

Usually some reverb so it doesn't sound so dry. The overall level in the mix is important, so that it won't stick out like a sore thumb.

Sometimes an offbeat 1/4 delay at the end of a phrase can add some style. If you add too much all the time the vocals will sound unclear, but doing some timed effects works well.

Compression! It's almost necessary if the level of the vocal is uneven. And of course a noise gate to eliminate background noise and headphone bleed.

bitcrush, vocode, ringmod and filter

I don't record vocals. I use the fruity loops speech generator whenever I need vocals. By itself it's not very good, but when you add effects to it, it becomes useable. The effects I use include reverb and delay, of course, as well as compression, vocoder, grainulizer, and distortion. I love vocoding, I try not to overuse it though. I like using 2 or 3 note chords when vocoding, as well as chord changes.

I use a free vst compressor called "VoxengoVoxformer" that has a filter build into it, so you can get a variety of tones combined with compression. There are some nice presets that can make the vocals sound like they are coming through a telephone, an old mic preamp, or a transistor overdrive. It's buggy, and the audio will dump sometimes, so you have to freeze it or bounce it to audio.

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For making it more pleasent for the ears:
- Compressor
- DeEsser (For making the "S"-sounds more smooth and not as ear-piercing.)
- EQ
- (Sometimes) Tube distortion (For a bit warmer sound).

For making the vocals blend into the track:
- Delay (I most often have the delay as a send, wich I've put an EQ on and removed most of the lower mids and lower. I find this sounding alot more clean and doesn't disturb the original signal as much.
- Reverb

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Waves has a couple of plugins that can be used very effectively for compressing and processing Vocals. Try to flatten the dynamics by adding heavy compression and a limiter at the same time... the Waves L2 is just about perfect for that. 1 rule though, compress before adding other effects.

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Originally posted by cybernetica 1 rule though, compress before adding other effects.

no.
fuck your rule.

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Originally posted by I<3acid no. fuck your rule.

ok compress after and ruin the other FX have fun

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ahh yes... preVerb and preDelay.