Re: vocal effect (was Re: [linux-audio-user] How to get good vocal sound)

From: Cesare Marilungo <cesare@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Dec 07 2005 - 00:07:47 EET

Pete Leigh wrote:

>On 06/12/05, Cesare Marilungo <cesare@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
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>>Pitch correction with drastic settings (like the Atares AutoTune).
>>Sometimes it's also used to fake the sound of a vocoder.
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>Funnily enough, curiosity sparked by the original question,
>I was reading Tweak's guide to recording vocals[1] and
>I read this:
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> Q) How do i get vocal effects like on Cher's "Believe"?
> I heard it was done with a Vocoder.
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> A) Nope. It was done with a pitch/intonation processor,
> like Antares AutoTune. You get that effect by "abusing"
> the settings. You tell autotune you are singing only Ab
> and and Eb notes and you sing F and C notes. Auto tune
> will bend your vocal notes to the closest selected pitch
> giving that "yodel-like" sound
>
>Is that the same thing? Unfortunately (or fortunately,
>according to taste :) I haven't heard Cher's "Believe".
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That's exactly what I was talking about. There are lots of it. I think
one of the first was the Antares (it exists both for ProTools and as a VST).

You want to hear how it sounds? Just watch MTV.

c.
www.cesaremarilungo.com

>1) http://www.tweakheadz.com/how_to_record_vocals.htm
>and http://www.tweakheadz.com/how_to_process_vocal_tracks.htm
>No Linux content, but an interesting read..
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>- Pete.
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