Vocal distortion plug-ins

[Ermz]

Yes, this has been a bit of a running theme with me lately.

I'd like to get a good vocal distortion plug-in to approximate the sort of grit Andy got on Devildriver's 'The Last Kind Words'. Anybody know what Andy used for that? Am I looking at needing to reamp vox through a triple rect, or just something as simple as using izotope Trash?

 

[~BURNY~]

I love this one:
http://hem.bredband.net/tbtaudio/archive/files/TLs-Saturated_Driver_v1-0.zip

 

[zvish]

i love this on vocals

 

[Morgan C]

I use Cyanide, which is helpful because you can adjust how much different frequencies get distorted (very coarsely, but still). It does sound a little digital though.

 

[LSD-Studio]

I'm using and loving to feed the recorded signal into the API preamp and cranking the Gain, then running it through Smart C2 on CRUSH and boosting the output into Apogee on softclip.

either that or I just use "distortion" in Cubase4

 

[Machinated]

I really used to live Silverspikes rubytube, that was by far the best vocal distortion I have used, and free. Shame they don't make it for AU (and I can't justify buying the VST-AU wrapper just for this).

I'm usually using anything I can such as logics distortions, vintagewarmer, urs saturation (extreme settings, sometimes 2 in a row) or anything else I can find.

Camelcrusher was also pretty good if I remember right.

 

[abyssofdreams]

don't know about Andy but my way to go is Steinberg Magneto + TLS combined. Super aggressive

 

[Jaymz]

Voxengo Voxformer

 

[KeithTidd]

i usually just use whatever amp sim i have available. I like guitar rig for vocals.

 

[Ermz]

Wow, everyone gave a different suggestion! Looks like there'll be some trial and error involved here. Thanks guys!

 

[AudioGeekZine]

Ohmicide might be a bit extreme but I like it.

 

[crosstalk]

i love this on vocals

I really like this on vocals especially for some warm distortion.

Camelcrusher was also pretty good if I remember right.

I like this to obliterate vocals. May need some low passing unlike the Saturated Driver

 

[Nebulous]

Wow, everyone gave a different suggestion! Looks like there'll be some trial and error involved here. Thanks guys!

Just re-amp the bitch through your Emr-screamer!

 

[Aaron Smith]

+1 to Machinated's rubytube suggestion...I used to use that thing a lot. Very good, and not fizzy sounding. However, I now have a Distressor which is quite awesome.

 

[abyssofdreams]

I now have a Distressor which is quite awesome.

I give you $5 and a bubblegum for the Distressor Deal?

 

[Seizure.]

Datube..

 

[ze kink]

I've used Guitarsuite's pedals and the Jcm900 model a few times, but anything goes really.

 

[brandy]

Are you looking for just that bit of distortion what makes a vox cut through but is not detected as "wow, distortion"? Or do you looking for a "uh - now that is crunshy"?

For the extra bite I usually take care while recording (driving the Avalon 737 hard) or I use saturation like the Inflator. Usually that combined with some nasty L1 type of "compression" does the trick.

For FX I have found the new Cubase/Nuendo 4 plugins cool - the distortion is awesome as well as it can sound cool to just throw the amp simu on the vox.

Btw interesting how many ways of doing it are there! That TL Saturation plugin looks worth a try as well as I have that rubytube since ages but never tried it on vox

 

[Seizure.]

The L1 is indeed a good one aswell to make stuff sound a bit more crunchy.. use it all the time on screamy stuff.

 

[James-Doolan]

Datube + camelcrusher sounds tasty for a distorted vocal sound i have not experimented much with other options though