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Originally Posted by Sorrrell  Hi there.im a producer and i have a small studio.I not new in production and mixing i did it 10 years.
So what is my problem..
I have a lot of rap accapelas like 50 cent dre busta and so on.Now..every single vocals have some kind of distordion on top mid high frecuencies especially on esses and shh words.I cant get that effect no matter what i did.
i searched a lot on gearslutz how to make this sound but every tip i tried was not the same.
first please tell me if it is a hardware effect.I tried a lot of parallel hp eq and distorsion and a lot of distorsion plugs.the effect is almost the same but not that effect.i mean if i cut frquencies with a hp to lets say 6k or 7 k and distrot that and add that to the main vocal its sounds something like that but on all the words not only on the shh and esses and the distorsion is not creammy its more like irritating.it is like adding a hi distorsion wich is present on all the words and i dont like it.i even tried to put a parralel de esser and put that on monitoring to hear only the esses and distort that but sound very bad.I tried all the exciters on vst area (working in logic) nothig sonds like that period.
the effect im looking for is like when the vocalist say some word with an ess or shh its like the "shh is hitting some harmonic overdrive and it sounds...perfect.not like a vst distrorsion.on some acapellas the effect is very very loud and i really like it.if you listen to the acapellas you tend to say that the vocals are not recorded well but in the mix...the distrition is not that present.Just please listen to some acapellas.
im curently have a neumann u87 and im recording thru spl gainstation retubbed with telefunken tube.Should i record hotter?should i record with fet limiter on and drive the signal hard?
i just dont know.if you want i can post some examples.
my vocals sounds so undistorted so clean no matter how many parallel comprssion and no matter how hard im compressing.and i dont like .I want THAT sound.
So again its the rcording stage sounding that way?or the post production.
Any good advice will be great.thx all |
seriously dude, lay off the crack!
what you're hearing is either badly recorded vocals or really bad mp3 conversion. either is to be avoided at ALL costs.
do yourself a favour and listen to some raphael saadiq - beautifully lush vocals with just a hint of ear pleasing saturation. thats the quality we should all be aiming for.
here, ill even make it easy for you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udPZwivhERY&feature=fvst YouTube - Lucy Pearl - Dance Tonight
(and before anyone says anything about the first link "not being hip-hop", go and search discogs for raphael saadiq and his credits.)