Vocal effects are often done with plug ins in the DAW, but what if you could use the guitar pedals that you have to create your own unique vocal reverb or effect?
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For this episode, I went to Miner Street, home of Weathervane Music and the Shaking Through music series to talk with Brian McTear about creating a unique vocal effect that is a part of the inspiration of the recording day.
It is important for inspiration to stay in tact with the music, and using a vocal reverb long after the musicians have left the studio may not have the same impact as creating a reverb or effect on the day. Group participation is key, and when you create an effect using pedals that the musicians bring in that day, then it will always be a unique sound.
The crew at Weathervane Music create and perform their own vocal effects all the time, and it's a way that they can make each session unique to them and the artists they record.
The vocal effect starts out by using a reamp device, such as a reamp box or a rack mount reamp box. Then the signal goes into the Roland Space Echo, and then into a series of pedals such as delays, chorus, and tremolo. The tremolo is a stereo pedal that feeds left and right channels out to a pair of amps in the live room. The amps are set with the built in spring reverb all the way up, and volume at a medium low volume. These amps are recorded with a pair of ELA M 260 SDC microphones. The microphones go into a preamp, and back into the recording DAW.
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