The Golden Boy
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I'm not a fan of vocal processors in live performance.
Somewhere around the turn of the century, the singer in my band used one. He'd drag it to gigs, sound men would be perplexed by it- and the singer really only used it like an effects pedal- adding chorus or flange to his vocals. Maybe it was a rough autotune thing that I didn't understand back then. I thought it sounded stupid- but I wasn't the one singing main vocals, and I sort of get that feeling insecure need to sort of cover up your naked vocals.
More recently, I was playing with a guy who had a harmony/pitch modulation/orchestral arrangement thing that he wanted on his voice all the time. Again, I thought it sounded stupid- he has a great voice, but he was enthralled with the sound. I'm relatively good at adding a girly 3rd or 5th on to stuff- but beyond that, I need to do a whole lot of thinking and practice-
More recently than that- another guy I've been working with for several years said "hey I got this really cool vocal doubler- you should try it out- it'll fill out your vocals..."
Am I the only one who thinks those things make your voice sound ghoulish? It sounds just regular awful if the singer is using one by himself with no other harmony vocalists- but 3 extra shades of vomit on a turd patty if you've got competent vocals, but you're adding artificial 5 part harmonies weaseled in there...
Somewhere around the turn of the century, the singer in my band used one. He'd drag it to gigs, sound men would be perplexed by it- and the singer really only used it like an effects pedal- adding chorus or flange to his vocals. Maybe it was a rough autotune thing that I didn't understand back then. I thought it sounded stupid- but I wasn't the one singing main vocals, and I sort of get that feeling insecure need to sort of cover up your naked vocals.
More recently, I was playing with a guy who had a harmony/pitch modulation/orchestral arrangement thing that he wanted on his voice all the time. Again, I thought it sounded stupid- he has a great voice, but he was enthralled with the sound. I'm relatively good at adding a girly 3rd or 5th on to stuff- but beyond that, I need to do a whole lot of thinking and practice-
More recently than that- another guy I've been working with for several years said "hey I got this really cool vocal doubler- you should try it out- it'll fill out your vocals..."
Am I the only one who thinks those things make your voice sound ghoulish? It sounds just regular awful if the singer is using one by himself with no other harmony vocalists- but 3 extra shades of vomit on a turd patty if you've got competent vocals, but you're adding artificial 5 part harmonies weaseled in there...