gerh
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Now I have been trying to cover many of Brad’s Songs but..
I just seem to suck at singing Brad’s songs…
The vocals seem easy if you listen the first time but…
So this is my question to you Brad… How the fuck do you sing so Awesome and do you have any REALLY Easy Song?
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Tolwyn
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I'm hearing antares autotune on the double-track vocal lines (8va octave).
But really good double-tracking, relaxed singing in his range that's comfortable.
And good mastering. Good 3-band compression, from what I can hear, possibly Ozone.
Great vocal compression – wouldn't mind some tips, Brad.
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Brad
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The only song I can remember using autotune on is Overreacting. My vocal recording on most tracks — for the basic vocals — usually goes like this:
1. Record several (maybe 5?) takes of the vocal parts (usually I do each section — verse/chorus/bridge separately).
2. Go through the takes and pick out the best one and the second best.
3. Put the best take on one track and the second best on another.
4. Drop the level of the second best track by maybe 6-8db (it's different on most tracks, I adjust it till it sounds subtle.)
5. Run both vocals through a compressor pretty hard. Maybe 6-10db of compression at 5:1 or higher.
6. Usually I'll throw on some tube saturation for some subtle distortion to make my voice a bit dirtier/grittier sounding.
7. I EQ out the low-end (<200 hz) as there's nothing much of value in my voice down there and it gives space to the bass and kick.
That's about it.
For choruses I'll often add some more doubles, harmonies or octaves panned 50% left and right. Just to make it sound bigger.
I haven't used Ozone for anything. I tried it out but it seemed confusing and I could never tell if it was making things sound better or worse.
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Jamais Vu
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That's pretty cool info…not to mention Brad can sing over anything and make it sound great!
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Brad
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I now remember Never Get Out obviously has autotune also.
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Tolwyn
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Antares can be a GREAT tool; especially for what you do. And if used sparingly, again is a great tool in the ol' box.
Here's what I use:
Reason, Cakewalk Sonar, Etc. Maudio, K2000, D50, PRS guitars.
Your octave higher dubbed tracks are trying to "snap" to a note, so what are you using there? I'm not talking using the thing like Cher… besides, using a vocoder is more "cool" now anyways.
Ozone you have to avoid depending upon all the presets. There are hundreds out there, and are good for a baseline, but use it like a multi-rack device. It's a great mastering tool. It's multi-band compressor for mastering is top notch.
I kinda do what you do. I have a guide track that has some quick compression and reverb, etc. But when ready to bounce, I keep it dry with compression only.
Usually a 3 band compressor. Then I'll normalize it, then compress it again or hard limit depending… What tools do you use? I'm using Adobe Audition 1.5, and pretty soon, Reason's Record (ASIO compliant).
Auto-tuning is completely okay to use if it's done vary vary sparingly. I mean, it's great to use to pitch correct in a "nominal" way. I mean, we all know you can sing, so as a tool, you know… :)
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Brad
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For high vocals I use a plugin called "voice tweaker". It's a formant pitch-shifter. I think it does some basic autotune stuff as well but I always leave that turned off. I just throw some pitched-up vocals over top of choruses a lot of the time to make it sound more interesting.
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