Originally Posted By: BlueAttitude
Yes, too bad those threads died off, I was quite interested in those discussions after I got over my initial prejudice about what is "good" and certainly learned a few things along the way, especially the discussion on processing vocals.

Maybe you could break down what you used on the vocals? I'm sure I'm not the only one that would be interested in that.

Sounds good to me, the chorus is especially strong.

I'm no expert on what is hip and current, not even close! But, this sounds modern to these old ears smile


Dave - thanks for your continued support... appreciated...

And in response to your question... (be careful what you ask for - HA!)




Generally I group the mains vocals on one bus and the harmonies on a separate bus.
For some songs I don't group the harmonies - and then process them separately.
For this, all the vocals are group in a single bus which include these plugins:

(this acts as a D-esser: I know the line looks crazy - but it works... based on A Studio One preset for d-essing, then "increased" some)



EQ:



"regular" Compressor...



Analog Delay...



Room Reverb...



Limiter... (does very little)



And another reverb...



The Limiter and 2nd Reverb were "something new and different" for this effort.
The EQ, 2nd Compressor, Analog Delay and 1st Reverb are my normal go-to group.



I duplicated the main vocal and processed with these, then blended the two tracks.

EQ - dropping out the highs (and lows)...



Chorus... (fattens the vocal a bit)



This is a stereo "spreader" - increasing the distance between the left and right channels...




In addition to the big group above, the harmonies all got a Beat Delay...
(this is a very cool Studio One delay)

[img]http://floydjane.com/Pix/GDelay.JPG[/img]

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