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Question...

First of all...I've been reading the board for a few weeks now and there is some SERIOUS knowledge going on up in here...!

So...I figured this would be the place to ask this.

I've been home recording myself for about 2 years now and have collected a fairly decent little set-up of which I am starting to get some decent self recordings of.

I am running Compaq 2.8 gig processor, with a Gig of RAM (which still seems light) Cubase SL3 along with a Tascam FW1884, a fair amount of plug-ins and various guitars and gear.

My son has some friends in a hardcore band and I told him I would record a demo for them and it would help the band out letting them get an affordable demo...and give me good practice recording an entire band at once.

So, got them all set up and we then recorded a few, got the drums all tracked and layed down the guitars and bass...then it happened!

When I set up the vocals I used a GT-66 and got a nice, warm, clean vocal track...which is exactly what these guys DON'T want!

They wnat that "overdriven" vocal sound...and after fooling around with a couple of effects to get it..I just went ahead and clipped the mic they were sing through causing distortion and everyone thought that sounded great...so my question is this...

Is that the proper technique for getting that particular sound on the vocals...or is there another better way?

Any help on this would be most appreciated.

TIA

Hey Bryan,

I searched under "vocal distortion" clicked the "search all terms", sort by "tech room"

and found these:

CB vocal sound.

vocal distortion.

hth.



Faiz

Thanks Kerble...

This is not my first rodeo as far as boards go...so I actually did search so I wouldn't get my ass chewed out by all of the ol' timers for not using the search function...!



But didn't use Vocal Distortion...will try them.

Once again I appreciate it...

Hmmmmmmm...The CB one is not what I need...but...the general consensus on the Vocal Distortion one is to basically use either a distortion pedal...or run it through an amp...or...overdrive the signal through the board...(which is what I'm doing)

Thanks again...will experiment with those...

bryan3375 wrote:Thanks Kerble...

This is not my first rodeo as far as boards go...so I actually did search so I wouldn't get my ass chewed out by all of the ol' timers for not using the search function...!

Get off My Lawn!!!

I think sometimes people will just reamp vox thru a guitar pedal too. You might give that a shot.

I like to run a vocal through a redlined cassette deck every now and again.

If all you want to do is screw it up, there's not really a right way to do it.

But you might try the cassette deck sometime.

Thanks for the replies...

I wound up routing them through Amplitube and got the desired effect...

That cassette trick sounds interesting...may have top give that one a whirl on something...

Thanks again...

Sometimes I find having distorted vocal trac and keep the clean origional and mix between the two to make things clear to crunch buy balance mixing between the two. A little distortion can sometimes end up sluring things more in a mix than you thing and having the voice slide through the distortion allows me to make the vocal sound more 3 d. As well a short delay between clean and effected.

RAT pedal.

Try a really, really cheap karaoke mic, with the front cover broken off, through a really cheap distortion pedal.
Ideally, the mic should be practically inside the vocalist's mouth.
Or for greater effect, the distortion pedal can be put through a guitar amp, turned up to the point of feedback. The amp is then miked up in the traditional way.
If desired, the singer can clamp his hands around the top of the mic, making a seal with his mouth. This increases the level of distortion and the severity of the feedback.