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A question about synthetic vocals
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| SiK |
Hello everyone - I guess the Music Discussion forum was the wrong place to post this question, so I decided to repost here :nervous:
This might seem like somewhat of a novice question, but I was wondering how people create natural sounding vocals with synthetic elements.
I've been messing around with a vocoder - one modulator and one carrier channel.
It basically "Plays" the vocals through a pre-made synth, but I just cant get it to sound natural with those synthetic slides.
An example of the sound i was looking for can be found in
"I'm Blue" (da ba dee) - by Eiffel 65 - Ive also heard it in various hip-hop tracks. Is there something im missing? Maybe skills.. hehe
Thanks to anyone who responds- nice to be part of the TA forums :toocool:
Cheers
~SiK |
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| chrisspob |
| i might be wrong but it sounds like a low voice pitched down then vocoded and pitched back up, i did a similar voice a while back then realised i was in the 22nd centry:stongue: |
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| SiK |
Ahhh man that thought never occured to me :) Thanks mate
I was hoping there might be an easy trick I was missing,
but I guess nothing good comes easy :(
If anyone has alternate strategies on synthetic vocals, or wants to share their technique, please feel free to post em up.
ps. I noticed some vocals are enhanced with a synthetic element to make them sound smoother or maybe not so harsh
(while holding a high note with no vebrato for example) So you dont nessisarily get such a warped effect
Aright, peace and thanks for the idea im gonna go mess with the vocoder :cool:
~SiK |
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| Eldritch |
| quote: | Originally posted by SiK
ps. I noticed some vocals are enhanced with a synthetic element to make them sound smoother or maybe not so harsh
(while holding a high note with no vebrato for example) So you dont nessisarily get such a warped effect
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AutoTune does that.
It can probably also be done with a vocoder too. |
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| SiK |
Eldritch I did some digging and you hit the nail on the head, man.
Just an example :
Auto- Tune 4 used in tracks like "Days Go By" - Dirty Vegas
props :happy2: |
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| thoughtlessjex |
| Yeh, Auto-tuner with the step at half step and slide set to minimum. I don't remember the track, but the technique was first used in some Cher track, as I recal. |
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| SiK |
Wow you wont believe this, but i just downloaded it as you posted your message
:eyespop:
I think "Believe" was the name - the one where shes like "do you believe in love after love"
thanks for the tip on the settings jex, ill try it out
~SiK |
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| SiK |
haha classic - good looks on that link :p
as for the cher song, yea imo i think the high band on the vocals could be turned down just a tad
Spots like 2:04-2:09, but i guess they wanted it to be powerful :)
~SiK
post script- thanks for all the replies this is good stuff
im out for the night, or rather morning ;) |
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