Need Help Recreating This Vocal Effect

djglenn · #1 04-08-2010, 12:38 PM

Really looking to dig your brains on this one.....

I'm putting together some demos for the local radio stations. I've been trying to copy this vocal effect, but haven't been able to nail it yet. I guess it's pretty common to hear this one back home, but I've yet to hear it over here, so it could give me a leg-up if I can figure it out.

Listen to the the guy saying "Noise 4" and later "Crazy Bands".

I've messed around with compressing the hell out of the vocal to get it sounding really grainy, then adding a wee touch of distortion, followed by some wide chorus. But it doesn't sound right at all. Just sounds 'broken and not so tight'. I'm guessing they have some type of "I'm in a can" reverb going on there too. But what's getting that grainy sound?

Thanks for any help. I'll try everything you guys suggest. And if I can get it, I'll be happy to share exactly what I did.

Glenn

Medway · #2 04-08-2010, 10:06 PM

Thats a flanger type effect with a decent amount of feedback and probably almost no modulation on the offset. Gives it that metallic sound. Hipass it a bit to further thin it out.

Might need two flangers, one with less delay offset for that tight 'phasing' sound and then the previous one with more delay, like 10-15ms maybe with more feedback to get the metallic portion.

Eventide stuff is good for this, if you have soundtoys that might get close. Or the audio damage Dischord2. I used that on a iPhone app commercial for some guys here and it works well for those radio effects since its based of the Eventide units which used to be used for them back in the day.

djglenn · #3 04-10-2010, 10:06 AM

Thanks man. But did you mean Liquid? I wasn't aware that Discord could do the flanger effect...

Medway · #4 04-19-2010, 11:36 AM

I probably wouldnt use liquid for flange but ya dischord is just good for that overall radio sound, widening and I think it can flange a bit using the feedback.

But I'd probably use another flanger than liquid for this, I love liquid but more for the airplane type flange effect. Maybe something by waves or even your DAW one would be good.

Then just mix in some stuff from dischord to further process it.