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Clear Warm vocal effect
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:03 am
by Andy4028
Hi, I am about to record a female voice on a ballad. I understand that all voices differ in texture, but are there any standard effects to use to make the voice clearer or warmer and overall sound better/richer other than a touch of echo and reverb? Many thanks in advance. 2.3.3 with Windows 10 going through an Allen & Heath Zed 16 FX. Thx
Re: Clear Warm vocal effect
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 8:36 am
by kozikowski
Stay away from the loudness tones. Musical tones peaking around 3000Hz, generally written as the equal loudness contours.
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You may know it as "baby screaming on a jet." I fuzzy remember there used to be an Equalizer (or Filter Curve as it's known now) preset for Loudness, but now I don't see it.
That and "Essing." That's the ice pick in the ear sounds from boosted SS and FF sounds. Audacity has a DeEsser you can install.
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The only problem with avoiding those techniques is the competition from people who are using them and the fact that many people are trying to listen on the "wide range speaker system" in their phone. It's a good way to make your performance vanish.
Good luck.
Koz
Re: Clear Warm vocal effect
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:37 am
by Trebor
Andy4028 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:03 am
... make the voice clearer or warmer and overall sound better/richer ...
Some plugins offer "warmth". "JB Smash Pro" is a free one ...
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In their case "warmth" amounts to precisely controllable vocal exciters.
Andy4028 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 6:03 am
...voice clearer or warmer and overall sound better/richer other than a touch of echo and reverb?
Echo & reverb makes vocals less clear.
Re: Clear Warm vocal effect
Posted: Fri Apr 17, 2020 1:20 pm
by Andy4028
Many thanks Koz and Trebor! Stay safe!
Re: Clear Warm vocal effect
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:22 am
by Andy4028
Hi, I downloaded the JB Smash Pro file. I dragged it to the plugin folder in Audacity, where all the other effect files are but all other effects in there are .ny files. The JB file says WinRAR Zip Archive next to it. It doesnt show up in the list for me to 'enable' a 'new' plugin on the platform. What am I doing wrong? Seem like a really good tool and I'd love to try it out! Many thanks
Re: Clear Warm vocal effect
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 8:28 am
by Andy4028
Sorry guys, scrap that. I've done it!!
Re: Clear Warm vocal effect
Posted: Mon Apr 20, 2020 10:58 am
by Trebor
Trebor wrote: ↑Fri Apr 17, 2020 9:37 am
''JB Smash Pro'' warmth = exciters .png
In their case "warmth" amounts to precisely controllable vocal exciters.
Not exclusively for vocals ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exciter_(effect)
If you use too much exciter it will just sound like overdrive distortion.