a few recording questions and one gear question for ya...

[guittarzzan]

Just a few basic questions on recording and one question on the tc vocal processor devices.
-when you record a vocal double, do you usually use it faintly throughout the entire song or is it generally only used in choruses, bridges etc to make it bigger?

-do you generally use different compression settings for bkgrd vocs than for lead?

Ok, gear question...How are those tc helicon and voiceworks gadgets at sounding human? I basically just want something that I can sing into and have it come out an octave higher to do high voc harmonies. Do these units accomplish that sounding fairly natural or are there chipmunks in the box?

thanks,
steve

[Jay Kahrs]

Originally posted by guittarzzan
-when you record a vocal double, do you usually use it faintly throughout the entire song or is it generally only used in choruses, bridges etc to make it bigger?

Yes.

Originally posted by guittarzzan
-do you generally use different compression settings for bkgrd vocs than for lead?

Usually it's a different compressor. That usually means I need different settings too. YMMV.