To double vocals, or not to double vocals? - Page 2

Chas3 · 25th July 2007

In an article in the current issue of Recording magazine,Toby Gad states that he quadruples lead vocals and stacks "numerous quadruple background vocals".

rwhitney · 25th July 2007

Oh, yeah, I should add that I do approve of, and love to, double BGs. That's a great sound! Absolutely a must for a lot of things.

C Heat · 27th July 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chas3

In an article in the current issue of Recording magazine,Toby Gad states that he quadruples lead vocals and stacks "numerous quadruple background vocals".

Cool article.

Some cool videos on his site too.

Toby makin' waves.

ianvargo · 27th July 2007

I remember when I was 13 I heard my friend's copy of the Blue Album by weezer, and I loved the vocal sound on that CD. I listen back, and alot of it is doubled. It's a recording technique that's used throughout the album, and it works. And then their 2nd CD comes a lot, and none of it's doubled. How about you double it, and then don't use it if it sucks.

It's not a bad idea if the Beatles liked it. Yet later on they had ADT, which is a bit different.

thefunkhunter · 27th July 2007

instead of using a doubling plugin, if you did not record an overdub i would just copy the original vocal and paste into a separate track. Then make it slightly (maybe a split millisecond) out of sync with the other vocal to achieve the appearane of an overdub.

25th July 2007	#32
rwhitney Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2005 Location: Irvine, CA Posts: 1,035	Oh, yeah, I should add that I do approve of, and love to, double BGs. That's a great sound! Absolutely a must for a lot of things. __________________ Ross Whitney (non-professional) rwhitney@uci.edu

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thefunkhunter Gear interested Joined: Jul 2007 Posts: 25	doubling instead of using a doubling plugin, if you did not record an overdub i would just copy the original vocal and paste into a separate track. Then make it slightly (maybe a split millisecond) out of sync with the other vocal to achieve the appearane of an overdub.

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25th July 2007	#31
Chas3 Gear maniac Joined: Sep 2005 Posts: 168	In an article in the current issue of Recording magazine,Toby Gad states that he quadruples lead vocals and stacks "numerous quadruple background vocals".

27th July 2007	#34
ianvargo Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2007 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 284	I remember when I was 13 I heard my friend's copy of the Blue Album by weezer, and I loved the vocal sound on that CD. I listen back, and alot of it is doubled. It's a recording technique that's used throughout the album, and it works. And then their 2nd CD comes a lot, and none of it's doubled. How about you double it, and then don't use it if it sucks. It's not a bad idea if the Beatles liked it. Yet later on they had ADT, which is a bit different.