Skindred vox fx

[whitedamp]

Do you know how to achieve that classic reggae vocal fx like Skindred?

 

[Seizure.]

Get a big negro with dreadlocks?

 

[Manicompression]

sounds pretty straight forward to me, sounds like hes just capable of harmonizing with himself on those kinda sung parts, maybe singing them an octave higher or duplicating the track and setting the pitch an octave up or something, I dont have perfect pitch or anything though, the different interval could be something other than an octave, most decent singers can harmonize like this.

 

[Loren Littlejohn]

Get a big negro with dreadlocks?

 

[whitedamp]

Oh, I thought that was a slight fx like chorus and reverb going on

 

[JeffTD]

Nah, he's just really tight with the harmonization.

 

[everybody's x]

they fucking rule,

 

[greyskull]

indeed.
very nice chaps too

 

[elmuchoescadawg]

IMHO one of the best vocalists around today

 

[mjlaudio]

Benj is seriously one of the best vocalists I have ever worked with......Most vocals used are first takes.....no tuning needed. He harmonizes himself usually in an improv style. sometimes he sings a double, sometimes there are octave harms

c800g -> api on rrr

not positive what is going on in the mix....but id venture the guess that there is some micropitchshift happening.....especially on state of emergency.

but the sound you are hearing is probably just him.

 

[everybody's x]

cool, so you know anything about that guitar tone?

 

[sparkyness]

It's nice to see something cool come out of Wales other than Anthony Hopkins and Joe Calzaghe....

"Nobody" just rocks.

Guitar tone: To hazard a guess.....I see that they've worked with Jason Biehler (ex-Saigon Kick) and I know he has a Rivera TBR-1SL that ends up on a lot of his productions that he's had since the Saigon Kick days. I've been trying to pick up one of these for years as the tone on the "Lizard" and "Devil in the Details" albums is immense.

 

[alan1990]

it sounds like a rectifier... at least on rat race

 

[elmuchoescadawg]

Mikeys been a randall player for quite some time

 

[mjlaudio]

randall plexi and bogner uberschall
uberschall and marshall jubilee

mikey played his ass off......and the crazy sounds that are all over the new record are largely his genius with manipulating guitar pedals.

not sure what ended up in the final mix because rick will mixed it....but it sounds like the marshally sounds dominate the mix.

 

[everybody's x]

awesome I have a jubilee and love it

never heard it sound that meaty