Anyone doing the Dolby vocal trick?

[Kris_R]

Then you should make an impulse of it!

 

[Jaymz]

What's the Dolby vocal trick?

 

[Kris_R]

It's a little vocal exciter trick that used to be pretty popular. You take a Dolby noise reduction card (type A) and modify it to bypass the lower signal bands. When you encodes the signal, you take it (without decoding it) back into your DAW. It adds air to vocals. Andy used it on Jesse's clean vocals on the new Killswitch.

 

[Harley Barley]

Going to be trying it next week on a new mix i'll let you know how it goes! i don't think you can take an impulse of it though.. since i think its program dependent will let you know how it goes with some clips probably !!!!

 

[Kris_R]

Awesome! I kinda want to get a feel for it before I shell out the bucks on the hardware.

 

[Harley Barley]

Got bored tried it early

Original
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14412995/Cold Shower Original.wav

Dolby A
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/14412995/Cold Shower Dolby A.wav

definitely doesn't suit this vocalist/song but its just working as an exciter. nothing too special i don't think could work some magic on a specific vocalist/song probably not worth the buy honestly.

 

[Ihsahn1981]

http://rhythminmind.net/STN/?page_id=3330

This?

 

[Kris_R]

Yeah, I saw you posted that over on gearslutz haha. I don't have Nebula though. Harley said you couldn't make an impulse of it. I figured it'd be just like getting an impulse of any other piece of outboard gear... just run the sine sweep through it and deconvolve it. What do I know though, I've never made an impulse lol.

 

[pipaguapique]

im using it right now...i'll try to make one once i finish the mix.

 

[Mikaël-ange]

It's a little vocal exciter trick that used to be pretty popular. You take a Dolby noise reduction card (type A) and modify it to bypass the lower signal bands. When you encodes the signal, you take it (without decoding it) back into your DAW. It adds air to vocals. Andy used it on Jesse's clean vocals on the new Killswitch.

From memory you don't have to mod it for make it work, only filter what you don't want after and your done.

 

[FarBeyondMetal]

For all the ITB warriors out there, SKNote's RoundTone has a B-Exp knob which does something very similar. I don't know much about the hardware but it definitely imitates something Dolby, I am assuming the B Card instead of the A?

http://sknote.it/Roundtone.htm

 

[botus99]

That Nebula program posted up sounds amazing! This isn't just a vocal trick, I love using it on overheads and acoustic guitars too. Anything that needs more air to it, really.