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I would say any music and not just metal. When you're looking and listening for doubled tracked vocals you will most likely find it. Especially in choruses in just about any genre.
I also would say not just for singing. New emmure has panned screams all the time. (hell I would even say more doubled tracked vocals than single)
So as i was saying, would it be right to assume that most metal bands clean vocals are doubled? I'm listening to TDWP now and the vox are just so solid
Yeah dude, but Joey did single takes on the new 'Silent Screams' CD, but otherwise i agree with Seth, Doubles mostly.
With regards to that actually: the song they put up for download on their Facebook, the dirty vocals sound a little, I don't know, weak I guess? I get the feeling it may be to do with the vocalist and not the processing but still, any one else notice this?
yeah good call, i wouldnt be suprise if that is why he did that.
HOW ABOUT SCREAM VOCALS! WOOO
what are some things you guys do to your scream vocals to make them sound nice and big. things you wouldnt do to clean vocals.
For my screams I like to add a lot of compressoin, a healthy amount of reverb and a little delay. I also like to stereo image them just very slightly to give it more "umph" and cut out some of the low frequencies. by then I have a pretty ballsy sounding scream vocal.
how bout you guys? feel free to continue if you have anything about clean vocals too.
For Screaming, i use stage compression (like 3 or 4) huge ratios, then a limiter and lastly a De-Esser on split mode. Works wonders for me.
Have you compared to the original at replay gain that does it actually sound better or just louder?
Im still not a fan of my vocals but I start with cubase de-esser than I like cla-bluey with the reasonable input gain either 20 to 1 or all buttons depending on how it sounds fast attack fast release then maybe another compressor with a slower attack la2a just to smooth it out a bit. then i'll add alittle bit of saturation (if they need it) with izotope thrash (wanna get decapitator) then into cubase's stock limiter then an eq cut some problem frequencies with my mic has some weird low end build up on certan vocals and then I'll usually add some reverb and alittle delay
I noticed and i could be wrong that screaming vocals in metal are alot like the bass you don't want much dynamic range at all if any, unless it's automated in.
What benefits do you gain from izotope thrash? or decapitator?
saturation its like adding distortion to vocals in a more musical way though alot of times the blue face will do enough of that as it is if you push it which i will do sometimes and sometimes it can sound kind of harsh if the vocals are already gritty so its more of a project by project type thing sometimes I'll just put it on the background vocals (doubles) to make them sound a little thicker and leave the lead vocal clean it really depends. I hear decapitator is really good for all thing saturation and especially vocals so I'm definitely looking forward to picking it up when I have the cashh