Those vocals came out so cool. Love the guitar tones.

Those vocals came out so cool. Love the guitar tones.

Thanks! I'm pretty happy with the H90 as a vocal pedal. That preset had the formants pushed pretty low (which I like), though it was pretty heavy on the pitch correction (which I thought kind of fit here anyway).

I'm also glad I didn't ditch my Quad Cortex - I had it on the "to sell" pile the last year, but plugged it back in and feel like the latest updates made it even snappier than I ever remember. Definitely been getting more mileage out of it now than when I first got it years ago for Bass.

[quote=BarristerPlong]Those vocals came out so cool. Love the guitar tones.[/quote] Thanks! I'm pretty happy with the H90 as a vocal pedal. That preset had the formants pushed pretty low (which I like), though it was pretty heavy on the pitch correction (which I thought kind of fit here anyway). I'm also glad I didn't ditch my Quad Cortex - I had it on the "to sell" pile the last year, but plugged it back in and feel like the latest updates made it even snappier than I ever remember. Definitely been getting more mileage out of it now than when I first got it years ago for Bass.

The voice sounds really cool―like it could be over 90% natural, with hints of uncanny effects here and there.  Is that basically the timbre of your natural singing voice, or was there a lot of formant tweaking/"general vocal magic" going on behind the scenes?

The voice sounds really cool―like it [i]could[/i] be over 90% natural, with hints of uncanny effects here and there. Is that basically the timbre of your natural singing voice, or was there a lot of formant tweaking/"general vocal magic" going on behind the scenes?

hell yeah! love the dirty guitar and vocals. keep up the good work!!

hell yeah! love the dirty guitar and vocals. keep up the good work!!

Unfortunately, I don't sound that cool for real. The H90 is the newest gadget, and I played with making my own preset, but didn't save any before I was set up to make this track. I went with like one of three vocal presets that didn't try to make me sound like some kind of biblically correct angel (they've got some weird ones). I haven't had a chance to plug it in to check, but this one ("Modern Vox") definitely had the formants lowered a decent amount, as well as fairly aggressive pitch correction. I'm hoping to use this pedal for more "clean" vocal effects for the most part + adding harmonies/depth (but I love weird stuff, so It'll probably get gritty too :-)

Thanks! Need to collab some more guitar tracks soon!

[quote=ineff]The voice sounds really cool―like it [i]could[/i] be over 90% natural, with hints of uncanny effects here and there. Is that basically the timbre of your natural singing voice, or was there a lot of formant tweaking/"general vocal magic" going on behind the scenes?[/quote] Unfortunately, I don't sound that cool for real. The H90 is the newest gadget, and I played with making my own preset, but didn't save any before I was set up to make this track. I went with like one of three vocal presets that didn't try to make me sound like some kind of biblically correct angel (they've got some weird ones). I haven't had a chance to plug it in to check, but this one ("Modern Vox") definitely had the formants lowered a decent amount, as well as fairly aggressive pitch correction. I'm hoping to use this pedal for more "clean" vocal effects for the most part + adding harmonies/depth (but I love weird stuff, so It'll probably get gritty too :-) [quote=tweidner103]hell yeah! love the dirty guitar and vocals. keep up the good work!![/quote] Thanks! Need to collab some more guitar tracks soon!

This is great! Love the vocals, and the mood of the track reminds me of an Everlast song (can't remember which one, maybe multiple ). Well done!

This is great! Love the vocals, and the mood of the track reminds me of an Everlast song (can't remember which one, maybe multiple :) ). Well done!

Love how that guitar is such a contrast to the smooth synth sounds - a layer of rust on the steel. Your vocals are like the blend of the two - with that edge of processing on it. Nice track!

Love how that guitar is such a contrast to the smooth synth sounds - a layer of rust on the steel. Your vocals are like the blend of the two - with that edge of processing on it. Nice track!

Missing you in W10! I commented on this track during the weeklymeets stream, but let me reiterate: I like the verse/chorus structure you have here, the vocal melody and chord is pleasant and builds well. I hope there's more where that came from!

Nitpicks: I have two. First, a dynamic difference between how you sing verses vs. chorus would make for a bigger impact. Now both have a similar level of energy throughout and I think the chorus deserves more punch. Compositionally it's there but it doesn't quite shine through in the production. My second nitpick is that some of the rhythm guitar is pretty loose in terms of keeping time with the rest of the track. Nothing major, just saying that if you pay attention to that a little, you could get the rhythm section sound tighter.

All in all though, I always super appreciate complete arrangments, especially with vocals and lyrics. So this is something to celebrate!

Missing you in W10! I commented on this track during the weeklymeets stream, but let me reiterate: I like the verse/chorus structure you have here, the vocal melody and chord is pleasant and builds well. I hope there's more where that came from! Nitpicks: I have two. First, a dynamic difference between how you sing verses vs. chorus would make for a bigger impact. Now both have a similar level of energy throughout and I think the chorus deserves more punch. Compositionally it's there but it doesn't quite shine through in the production. My second nitpick is that some of the rhythm guitar is pretty loose in terms of keeping time with the rest of the track. Nothing major, just saying that if you pay attention to that a little, you could get the rhythm section sound tighter. All in all though, I always super appreciate complete arrangments, especially with vocals and lyrics. So this is something to celebrate!

Thanks!

[quote=cortx]This is great! Love the vocals, and the mood of the track reminds me of an Everlast song (can't remember which one, maybe multiple :) ). Well done![/quote] [quote=Paisleyfrog]Love how that guitar is such a contrast to the smooth synth sounds - a layer of rust on the steel. Your vocals are like the blend of the two - with that edge of processing on it. Nice track![/quote] Thanks!

I didn't have any time to finish week 10 this weekend 😭 I almost recorded a jam with my Monotribe, but thought "maybe I'll grow as a person if I miss one". Unconfirmed 😁.

I think that's a great point about changing up the chorus vocals a bit. I'm still fumbling a bit with my new hardware setup, but I think I'll get ale to get there with multiple presets, or even being able modulate some of the settings with midi a bit differently. This week's track is still "un-dynamic", but I double tracked it by also splitting it out pre-effects to my vocoder, so still playing around and hoping the weirdness carries me across the finish line! My portastudio doesn't have midi I/o 😭so syncing a midi modulation tracks after laying down the main backing track is a bit of a nightmare. It does have a foot footswitch remote, which I took apart and hooked up my logic analyzer last week - so hoping to make a little microcontroller that can listen to midi transport and send the serial message so I can at least start things in sync.

And yes, my guitar playing is shite 😁 I think that's one part of why I wanted to go back to recording on the portastudio. I was leaning into comping in Ableton, and not getting much better in practice since I could easily record a bunch of takes on loop, and splice them together (which *is* wonderful). Here it's a little more monotonous a take at a time, and I end up "practicing" the parts more - but still left with what takes I have. I need to read the manual a bit more - I know it has virtual tracks, but I think I still have to record them one at a time. I'm sure I'll have it all together by week 53 🤣

[quote=RPLKTR]Missing you in W10! I commented on this track during the weeklymeets stream, but let me reiterate: I like the verse/chorus structure you have here, the vocal melody and chord is pleasant and builds well. I hope there's more where that came from! Nitpicks: I have two. First, a dynamic difference between how you sing verses vs. chorus would make for a bigger impact. Now both have a similar level of energy throughout and I think the chorus deserves more punch. Compositionally it's there but it doesn't quite shine through in the production. My second nitpick is that some of the rhythm guitar is pretty loose in terms of keeping time with the rest of the track. Nothing major, just saying that if you pay attention to that a little, you could get the rhythm section sound tighter. All in all though, I always super appreciate complete arrangments, especially with vocals and lyrics. So this is something to celebrate![/quote] I didn't have any time to finish week 10 this weekend 😭 I almost recorded a jam with my Monotribe, but thought "maybe I'll grow as a person if I miss one". Unconfirmed 😁. I think that's a great point about changing up the chorus vocals a bit. I'm still fumbling a bit with my new hardware setup, but I think I'll get ale to get there with multiple presets, or even being able modulate some of the settings with midi a bit differently. This week's track is still "un-dynamic", but I double tracked it by also splitting it out pre-effects to my vocoder, so still playing around and hoping the weirdness carries me across the finish line! My portastudio doesn't have midi I/o 😭so syncing a midi modulation tracks after laying down the main backing track is a bit of a nightmare. It does have a foot footswitch remote, which I took apart and hooked up my logic analyzer last week - so hoping to make a little microcontroller that can listen to midi transport and send the serial message so I can at least start things in sync. And yes, my guitar playing is shite 😁 I think that's one part of why I wanted to go back to recording on the portastudio. I was leaning into comping in Ableton, and not getting much better in practice since I could easily record a bunch of takes on loop, and splice them together (which *is* wonderful). Here it's a little more monotonous a take at a time, and I end up "practicing" the parts more - but still left with what takes I have. I need to read the manual a bit more - I know it has virtual tracks, but I think I still have to record them one at a time. I'm sure I'll have it all together by week 53 🤣