PSA1 on vocals

[Heabow]

Hi everyone,

I know a lot of mixers use Sansamp PSA1 on vocals with great results. Every time I tried to get some good dirtiness with it, I was getting shitty nasal sound and even EQ'd, the disto was having a big boost at 1-2kHz. So I always ended to finally remove it.

Many love Decapitator or other distortion plugins but I only have the PSA1 and no money to buy something else. I was wondering if some of you that use Sansamp on vox would share tips or basic settings that could help me...

Thanks!

 

[BLUElightCory]

Duplicate the vocal track and put the PSA-1 on the duplicate. Then just blend it underneath the main vocal.

 

[amarshism]

or use those free air distortion plugs that came with pt, sometimes i just use that one as it has a mix control

 

[Trevoire520]

I've used Air distortion a couple of times, might give PSA1 a go though!

 

[Deuteronomy]

Yes the PSA works great for vocals.Use a lot of Punch,Pre-amp at maximum and a lot of drive,i'm sure it works

 

[Heabow]

I've already tried to the 'duplicate tip' but didn't get a cool effect. Maybe I did something wrong...
I will tweak around these settings Deuteronomy.

Thanks anyway!

 

[BLUElightCory]

I've already tried to the 'duplicate tip' but didn't get a cool effect. Maybe I did something wrong...
I will tweak around these settings Deuteronomy.

Thanks anyway!

Try the "MXR" distortion preset as a starting point for the duplicate blend, it sits in the mix well (at least, it has for me). I generally put it after any EQ or compression, or I'll blend it in on an aux track.