Parallel Vocal Distortion

[codeman]

What do you guys use for distortion on death metal vocals? I'm not talking about adding a little analog dirt to the tone rather than something evident.

 

[Skinny Viking]

you are or you AREN'T talking about adding a little analog dirt to the tone rather than something evident?

 

[Heabow]

psa 1

 

[sawtooth]

Decapitator is really good for this.

 

[codeman]

you are or you AREN'T talking about adding a little analog dirt to the tone rather than something evident?

Damn it, sorry. I am talking about adding analogue tone, to dirty up the vocal yes.

 

[Skinny Viking]

ok well in that case lots of people like the Decapitator plugin from Soundtoys, or the AC1 plugin from McDSP. Trash from Izotope is also cool

 

[TimatWaves]

SoundToys Decapitator is really good for this. I've used their DevilLok for a bit of parallel nastiness on about everything as well....

Uh oh...I completely plugged SoundToys and not Waves >.> Oh well Ken and Mitch are great guys so I'm ok with that.

 

[Ermz]

Decapitator owns this.

Trash works too. Tape Saturation mode.

Have yet to try the PSA-1, but I hear good things.

 

[dcb]

clas effects sound very aggressive to me and sit very nicely in the mix.
also podfarm is a good choice here (try lofi preamp model). even cubase stock distortion plugin is pretty good for distorting vocals.

 

[Damian B]

Get Decapitator. So awesome on vocals, and snare too.

 

[MetalSound]

uad nigel is pretty nice, too.

 

[Uros]

How do you guys go about using it? As an insert, or on aux?

 

[amarshism]

if its in parallel it has to be an aux unless it has a blend knob built in

 

[Sloan]

having a boner for decapitator sounds gross. ugh.

 

[Uros]

if its in parallel it has to be an aux unless it has a blend knob built in

I obviously meant on Decapitator. Just curious if someone has tested it on an aux track with mix knob maxed, versus as an insert, adjusting its amount via mix knob.

having a boner for decapitator sounds gross. ugh.

 

[OneDaySky]

Decapitator is really good for this.

^^^^^
THIS

 

[pattonfreak1]

CamelCrusher works good for this also. Has a comp built in too... Did I mention its free?

 

[maxwellroad]

Been using massey tapehead for this most of the time. Download the trial version for free i ended up paying for it to get the automation

 

[Heabow]

Damn I gotta try this Decapitator! I have psa1 only as saturation...

Friday 25th nov, Waves is gonna make special offers on all their stuff, could some of you give me an advice on a saturation plugin please? It would be the moment to get something good for a decent price

 

[Mikaël-ange]

For me most of the time Decapitator win for this application. But when Decapitator don't work, I use a TS for vocal.
Sansamp work for it too (Dave Way style )