[linux-audio-user] Re: How to get good vocal sound

Loki Davison loki.davison at gmail.com
Wed Dec 7 02:40:31 EST 2005


> >>A tip for using Freeverb: It may seem a bit plain
> >>and sometimes harsh
> >>for vocals by itself, but you can get very good
> >>sounds out of it with
> >>some tricks:
> >>
> >>First, set the "damping" really high, that makes it
> >>smoother.
> >>
> >>Now try adding some predelay - a simple delay plugin
> >>in front of the reverb,
> >>at 100% wet; try around 50 ms delay to start with -
> >>that makes the
> >>"room" a little bigger and more interesting.  Lower
> >>the delay time to make it more subtle; bump it up to
> >>100 ms to make it a more obvious effect.
> >>
> >>Finally, try post-filtering; follow the delay/reverb
> >>combo with a low
> >>pass filter (the simple one-pole filter from CMT
> >>will do fine); set the
> >>cutoff around 5000 Hz to start with and adjust to
> >>taste. Smooooth.
> >>


I'm shocked no one has mentioned jack_convolve, or dssi_convolve yet.
A truly wonderful reverb that works well on everything with the right
choice of impulse. Though i haven't tried it that much on vocals. It's
by far the best sounding reverb i've ever heard and is all round
wonderful ;-). It's actually not that heavy on cpu either.

Loki




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