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Eric J
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Originally posted by DjStephenWiley
Here is a high quality clip. That youtube just doesn't do it justice. It's way more complex than that. There is something that is hollowing out her lower frequencies and it's not just EQ.

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OK, I hear it now. Umm, it may be a combination of as few things. There is definitely some low and hi cuts along with maybe some mid boost. There may be some bit crushing going on because her voice sounds really lo-fi. There may also be a bit of distortion of overdrive on her voice. Really, it sounds like she is singing through a tape recorder, which is very cool.
MrJiveBoJingles
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Originally posted by Eric J
OK, I hear it now. Umm, it may be a combination of as few things. There is definitely some low and hi cuts along with maybe some mid boost. There may be some bit crushing going on because her voice sounds really lo-fi. There may also be a bit of distortion of overdrive on her voice. Really, it sounds like she is singing through a tape recorder, which is very cool.

Great minds, etc. :-P
MrJiveBoJingles
If someone has an un-effected acapella handy, I can try to emulate that vocal sound.
MrJiveBoJingles
Here is something sort of similar that I do with string sounds occasionally for ambient / downtempo stuff:

http://jbj.raceriv.com/sounds/strings1.mp3

Bandpass filter + lowpass filter + tape saturation effect + LFO on the pitch to make it "wobbly."
RichieV
the sound is a guitar with chorus with rather quick lfo modulation.
Vocals are just eq'd with some delay.
DjStephenWiley
quote:
Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles
Talking about that guitar-like thing?


Yes. Sounds like some massive portamento on the attack phase but i see everyone has said its some fast LFO mod. neat sound.
MrJiveBoJingles
It sounds like a sampled guitar to me rather than a synth sound. Honestly, guitars can make all kinds of beautiful sounds on their own and trying to get a nice guitar noise from a synth seems a bit backward to me. It's fun to try as a challenge, but if you want something that actually sounds like a guitar there is no substitute for the real thing.
RichieV
quote:
Originally posted by DjStephenWiley
Yes. Sounds like some massive portamento on the attack phase but i see everyone has said its some fast LFO mod. neat sound.


listen to soundgarden blackwhole sun. It is a bad version of that sound.
cryophonik
I'd say it sounds more like a guitar with a formant filter on it to give it a voxy sound. Also, I don't think that's portamento, because the pitch isn't ascending or descending to the tone - if it's a real guitar, it's just naturally going out of pitch on the transient as all guitars do. If it's a synth, it was probably programmed with an envelope that is modulating the pitch with a quick attack/release to give it a more realistic guitar-like transient.
RichieV
trust me , it is a guitar with a chorus effect with fast modulation. You can even hear the individual oscillations. It is a stock guitar effect that is on countless albums.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdWtIexZOAc
not quite the same but you get the jist.

Morvan
the guitar phrase is also playing in reverse.
Terrence Parker
Has anyone an idea about this nice pounding bass sound.:D around 1:20

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4bOYRM1Flc
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