1) It sure sounds like there are a lot of punches on this vocal track, so much so that I'm not sure that they're all punches at all. The ones that are obvious are on the "Hello" part in the song's B sections. These were obviously just one section that was flown in as needed, with the initial breath being cut off.
2) As with most of the songs that we've listened to this week, there's a nice long reverb on the vocal. In this case it's definitely delayed and the top and bottom end is filtered a bit so it fits nicely into the track without sticking out.
3) Another thing that we've seen before that's also used on "Teen Spirit" is the arrangement technique of using a single lead vocal in the verse, then doubling it in the B sections and choruses.
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6 comments:
nice series. i love listening to elements of multitracks/mixes. always something there to learn from.
i found a video on youtube of the same vocal track, minus the dropouts/peaks. so i'm guessing bp2utv's upload got damaged at some point.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoQWxwmcIWs
That' one's cleaner but you can still hear some of the punchin / mouth noise in spots, like the beginning of the verse after the solo. Also sounds like ADT was used for the B sections, instead of actually doubling the sections? Very cool as always to hear the vox by itself!
Thanks for these isolated vocal examples, Bobby. Very informative.
Any ideas what sort of reverbs to reach for in our DAWs to approximate the reverb textures on these examples? Plate sims? Room sims? IRs? Pre-delayed?
Hal
Vancouver
Have you heard Layne Staley's Man in the box vocal track. Also verry awesome
Hal, most of the reverbs used on older tracks were plates. Most plates are dark sounding, so roll off the top end and you'll have a good approximation.
Anonymous, Staley's Man in the Box vocal is indeed cool.
There's something else on that track-it's either a compressor or a phase/flange-you can really hear it on the choruses. I could be some really odd verb too.
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