I know extremely little about this but I feel reasonably sure a plug-in like Waves vocal rider was used (as fj alluded to). Or maybe they manually rode the faders.

I hear more riding than compression as most of the dynamic range does not appear to have stripped out.

I’m probably the odd guy out here (ample precedent) but I do no editing of vocals and use minimal effects. Perhaps keener ears than my old pair hear “improvements” that I could make. Dunno. This curmudgeon just doesn’t get this super processed vocal thing; however, I’m absolutely not disparaging it.

Irrespective of genre we listen for soul in a vocal. I’m not sure I could offer a good operational definition of that. But I could give many examples of it.

Vocals edited for pitch perfection, overly fader ridden, significantly compressed, etc., seem to have the soul sucked right out of them along with nuances that help define the uniqueness of each voice.

I think this heavy vocal processing and vocaloids are on a collision course.

Bud

Disclosure notice: I’m aware I may have strayed from the thread topic with my rant. I’m aware that the older I get the harder it is to stay on topic. I’m further aware that it’s often better to keep my mouth shut and appear ignorant than to open it and confirm the ignorance. smile

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