Vocal effects chain - VST or RTAS

[JayB]

Hey , I just got VST wrapper and I use PT 8 LE. Can anyone tell me a decent starting point for vocal effects chain ? I'm really new at mixing vocals... I am right now only using the standard PT Compressor and EQ , along with the VST Blockfish , which sounds pretty cool , I like the Saturation effect.

Edit : Do you usually use different settings for screaming and singing? Or do you pretty much keep them the same?

 

[Skinny Viking]

for me I use very light EQ, some heavy compression, MAYBE some saturation or just the tiniest amount of distortion (you shouldn't even really be able to hear it) and then send the main to a delay and a verb on separate aux tracks. I may EQ after the verb as well a little bit

background vox tend to get a more dramatic low cut but not too crazy. They get sent to the verb at a higher level than the main vox but I don't send them to the delay. Usually compress the back vox a bit harder than the main on their own bus to squeeze them together a bit more

 

[guitarguru777]

+1 to all of that

 

[kev]

oui

 

[ahjteam]

Not to sound like a dick, but I personally really prefer to have atleast some some analog processing on vocals instead of digital only.

 

[Skinny Viking]

true but he asked about vocal chain with plugins .. maybe he doesn't have access to anything anything worthwhile outside the box

 

[ahjteam]

true but he asked about vocal chain with plugins .. maybe he doesn't have access to anything anything worthwhile outside the box

well, I find using OTB compression while tracking is pretty essential because it affects the performance a lot too.

 

[Skinny Viking]

well, I find using OTB compression while tracking is pretty essential because it affects the performance a lot too.

+100000 and I do the same as well

but again, he did specify "mixing" vocals, not "tracking" them

I'm really new at mixing vocals...

 

[guitarguru777]

Do many people new to recording understand the difference

 

[Skinny Viking]

Do many people new to recording understand the difference

are you just gonna assume that he doesn't?

 

[guitarguru777]

No ... I wasn't saying him specifically, but just in general.

But to that point are you going to assume he does

 

[Skinny Viking]

No ... I wasn't saying him specifically, but just in general.

But to that point are you going to assume he does

well, I think its best to assume someone does know what they're asking until they say something to contradict themselves or show differently, otherwise you might as well assume that everything anyone asks is being asked wrong

That could REALLY slow things up around here

 

[guitarguru777]

Fair enough

 

[JayB]

Thanks for all tips guys , I subscribed to this thread but it never told me anyone replied so sorry for delayed response !

 

[JayB]

and for the record , yes I know the difference between mixing and tracking lol , and no I have nothing worthwhile OTB