Colin and As I lay Dying "I never Wanted" vocal effect

[VH100R]

As I lay Dying "I never Wanted" vocal effect...

In the beggining of the song sounds like filtering but there's something else... I'm not talking verb/delay.

Its very noticeable on the words "wanTed" "Care" and "Before"

sounds like a click in the voice that makes such a beautiful and original FX.

I'm going nutz to find out how Colin did that.

 

[KeithRT99]

autotune? melodyne? all the clean vocals on that album sound super-tuned to me. I think the accented stuff your hear is just plosives and sibilance. The vocalist is hitting hard T's, B's, S's, etc.

 

[ashgallows]

sounds like they used a bandpass filter with some heavy compression, you can kinda hear the plosives smacking against the threshold there.

 

[VH100R]

sounds like they used a bandpass filter with some heavy compression, you can kinda hear the plosives smacking against the threshold there.

you are right but there must be something else in there that makes them pop like that

 

[Sinister Mephisto]

I'm not sure dude, I think it's just ultra processed. Wouldn't surprise me if the guy had just sung one note and then created the melody with autotune.

Seriously though, I think it's just a filter cut, some serious compression and a little delay/reverb. It's powerful if you do it right, and Colin certainly can.

 

[s34nsm411]

just sounds like fast attack compression to me

 

[Aaron Smith]

Wouldn't surprise me if the guy had just sung one note and then created the melody with autotune.

I agree that the vocals sound super tuned, but I remember reading an interview with (or a quote from) Adam D where he mentioned that recording that dude's vocals was the easiest time he had ever had getting good takes from a vocalist. I don't know if this means the actual notes though, or if Adam was just straight up looking for the tonal/emotional aspect of things and then tuning.