vocal effect (was Re: [linux-audio-user] How to get good vocal sound)

[Cesare Marilungo]

Pete Leigh wrote:

>On 06/12/05, Cesare Marilungo <cesare at poeticstudios.com> wrote:
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>>Pitch correction with drastic settings (like the Atares AutoTune).
>>Sometimes it's also used to fake the sound of a vocoder.
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>Funnily enough, curiosity sparked by the original question,
>I was reading Tweak's guide to recording vocals[1] and
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>   Q) How do i get vocal effects like on Cher's "Believe"?
>   I heard it was done with a Vocoder.
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>   A)  Nope.  It was done with a pitch/intonation processor,
>   like Antares AutoTune.  You get that effect by "abusing"
>   the settings.  You tell autotune you are singing only Ab
>   and and Eb notes and you sing F and C notes. Auto tune
>   will bend your vocal notes to the closest selected pitch
>   giving that "yodel-like" sound
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>Is that the same thing? Unfortunately (or fortunately,
>according to taste :) I haven't heard Cher's "Believe".
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That's exactly what I was talking about. There are lots of it. I think 
one of the first was the Antares (it exists both for ProTools and as a VST).

You want to hear how it sounds? Just watch MTV.

c.
www.cesaremarilungo.com

>1) http://www.tweakheadz.com/how_to_record_vocals.htm
>and http://www.tweakheadz.com/how_to_process_vocal_tracks.htm
>No Linux content, but an interesting read..
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