improvin your rapper's voice

[Helios]

When I was listening, a time ago, to 50 cent - in da club accappella version, I was amazed how his voiced was changed, doubled and harmonized, because listening to the whole track, I didn't really hear that.

So my question is, what are the best fx I can use, that will improve the voice, without changin it too much.

Anynone knows some nice plugins? harmonizers?

 

[Equality 7-2521]

yeah i first noticed this voice enhancement trend with Aesop Rock. Its really obvious in his songs and now i notice just about every rapper has his voice enhanced. i think it works well for some artists but i really respect rappers who sound dope without enhancement, such as Labtekwon.

i dont know the specifics of doing it but obviously things like phasing and echo etc work well. Sometimes they record particular words with a different vocal expression/tone and place it over the top of the original lyric.

im interested in the response from more knowledgable people......

 

[Freakwncy]

Funny you say that... Pick up this month's copy of EQ...they have the guy who recorded his voice in there, giving pointers.

 

[DJlow2]

if you use FL studio by any chance... use the chorus, take the noise out of the acapella by using the free filter, solidify the clarity of the acapella use the 7 band eq cutting off the lowpass... play around with the presets..

-Dj Low 2

 

[vitaminman]

Hey,

I have a Yamaha DSP Factory soundcard, which is a card that has DSP chips on it to do effects like reverb, chorus, etc. One of my favorite things to do to vocals it to run them through the dual-pitch shifting effect and set the wet/dry balance to 50-50. Then I modify each pitched voice to only be a few cents of 0% and pan them hard left and right...this gives the impression that the vocalist has recorded his performance several times perfectly in time with each other but a little off pitch. It really thickens up the voice a lot.

There are plugins which will do something similar, you'll have to look for something like 'pitch shift'. Waves makes a really nice one, and Cool Edit Pro 2.x has one built into the software which you can run as a send or insert in the multitrack.

Take care,

Nick

 

[h2flow]

Try getting a new rapper.....who sounds dope..........

 

[Loose Cannon]

Once you lay the vocals down, record it twice (or copy it and put it on a different channel), then put the first channel panned all the way left. Then put the second channel panned all the way right. I do this all the time and it doesnt make it sound like you put it through 10 different fx, it just sounds a little more surround sound-like.

(I think dr. dre uses that on some tracks. Im not sure though)

 

[Helios]

yeah UGK is doin that too