2 tracks hard L/R trick for lead vocal

[Dynodawg]

I know I posted something about this earlier this year but I'd like to get some fresh feedback on the subject. I've been playing around with vocal tracks, trying to make them more interesting scince I rarely use any effects on my lead vocal tracks and like them fairly dry. I've had some great results lately by making a copy of the vocal and panning them hard L/R. I leave one track flat with no EQ or compression. On the other track, I roll off the lows, boost the highs and compress so it pumps a little (finally, I found a use for my crappy D8B fat channel compressor). What I get is a psuedo stereo interplay between the 2 speakers that really adds life and dimension to an otherwise boring, dry vocal.

Just wondering if anyone is doing this or something like it...

Dyno

[DanV]

Sometimes I will unlink a stereo eq, and where I boost one side I cut on the other.
It can be pretty neat sounding, especially if I make a lot of little notches.

A lot of older recordings will treat vocals with plate reverb panned mostly to one side, and process the other side with some other groovy effect.

I wish there were a plugin that would separate a stereo field into left, middle, and right; then separate each of those fields into separate channels based on frequency. So for instance left would turn into 3 channels, low, mid, and hi. On these channels you would be able to load a chain of vst's... the plug in would then sum everything back and spit it out... I reckon something like this would open up a lot helpful control

Cheers!

[BobbyPeru]

Have you tried this:

1) Double track the lead vocal. I.E. Sing it twice.
2) Make one the Main and pan it center.
3) Copy your secondary track.
4) Now offset both the secondary and the copy. Make one slightly ahead of the Lead and one slightly behind.
5) Pan both Secondaries Hard Left/Hard Right.
6) OPTIONAL: Detune the secondaries one +1-3 cents, the other - 1-3 cents.
7) Blend to taste.


Or how about:

Attatch a PZM to a wall at head level and sing into to it at about an arms length away.

Or:

Track your vocals with 2 mic's: one close and one room mic. Do 3 vocal takes. Now erase 2 of the close mic'd takes and the room take from the one you want to be the main. Pan the Rooms Hard Left/Right.

Bobby Peru
Milwaukee, WI

[BobbyPeru]

Originally posted by danv1983
Sometimes I will unlink a stereo eq, and where I boost one side I cut on the other.
It can be pretty neat sounding, especially if I make a lot of little notches.

Cheers!

That would be cool to try with a couple graphic EQ's. Notching every other one.


Bobby Peru
Milwaukee, WI

[Jules]

"Or how about:

Attatch a PZM to a wall at head level and sing into to it at about an arms length away. "

I've done that, its cool blended in with a close mic..