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Adding an edge

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  • 20-10-2010 2:09am
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    Aridstarling
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    What do folks use to add a little bit of an edge to a sound? I've got a vocal here that is just a little too sweet to fit with the rather raucous music surrounding it and I'm trying to figure out a way to make it sit a little better without telling a young girl to start smoking and drink her whiskey straight. Any thoughts?


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    DamagedTrax
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    re-amp it and blend with the original for a bit of grit. a bit of aggresive and fast compression.

    in plugin land soundtoys decapitator does the job very nicely.


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    PaulBrewer
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    That's what an 1176 is for !


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    Aridstarling
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    If only Paul, if only! I've tried re-amping it with Amplitube as I'm not in the studio again for a few days, seems to be doing the trick upon first listen. Thanks lads. Any other suggestions are welcome, I have a couple of tracks with this girl so I want to try as much as possible.


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    PaulBrewer
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    Or a plugin ... if you want I can squirt it through my rig here and send it back to you - just send me the vox file ?


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    Aridstarling
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    That'd be deadly, I'll send you on a link in a bit.


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    PaulBrewer
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    Cool - if it works it works , if not , no harm done .


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    studiorat
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    Sans Amp on an Aux Send.

    Be careful of latency through the buss though, makes it phasey!


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    [Deleted User]
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    studiorat wrote: »
    Sans Amp on an Aux Send.

    Be careful of latency through the buss though, makes it phasey!

    Isnt the latency from sansamp just the 1ms?


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    PMI
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    Ive dropped a vocal into amp farm a few times and used their so called clean sounds and you would be amazed how it sits :) no crazy distortions just add's small amount of nasty girl to it :)


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    studiorat
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Isnt the latency from sansamp just the 1ms?

    Haven't a notion...
    I've a HD rig so it's not an issue either way.


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