Members philw44 Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 I'm just wondering the correct method to create a vocal effect similar to that in Avril Lavinges 'Girlfriend' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ25-glGRzI Heres the song if you havn't heard and it's present over the first few bars. I'm looking to do a similar thing on a few bars of a song i'm mixing for a bit of variation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 you mean the suck sound like here voice dissappears into a wormhole or do you mean the stackerd {censored}ed up kidsvoices sound like in the excorsist? That's two different effects. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Instrospection Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 It sounds like a backwards echo or backwards echo tape effect. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members yermej Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 Reverse the bit that you want to suck (uhhhh...yeah), apply reverb, un-reverse it. Voila, sucking vocals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 Reverse the bit that you want to suck (uhhhh...yeah), apply reverb, un-reverse it. Voila, sucking vocals. True,... but these vocals have a multi-delay also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 God, I can't get past the suckiness of the song long enough to listen for the sucking vocal effect of which you speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members boosh Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 God, I can't get past the suckiness of the song long enough to listen for the sucking vocal effect of which you speak. I had that too until I remembered my first Chef,..he told me,..although cheese makes you vomit and herring gives you the {censored}s,.. you have to taste it to see if it's good enough to serve your guests. He called it Tasting Technically. I had a co-worker in our kitchen who tasted fish every day and swallowed it. He could tell if a dish which contained fish was seasoned enough and ready to serve but he didn't eat fish himself,.. he hated it and it made him sick. Still he managed to taste every dish we made without even blinking. It's just my job,..I'm a cook,.. that's what he always said. I have the same with music. I only used to listen to music I like until I wanted to know more about certain stuff production wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 It's that Giant Sucking Sound all the kids are into these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimbroni Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 My daughter's been singing that for it seems like two months now I know where it came from. I figured it was Hannah Montana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blue2blue Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 I had that too until I remembered my first Chef,..he told me,..although cheese makes you vomit and herring gives you the {censored}s,.. you have to taste it to see if it's good enough to serve your guests. He called it Tasting Technically.I had a co-worker in our kitchen who tasted fish every day and swallowed it. He could tell if a dish which contained fish was seasoned enough and ready to serve but he didn't eat fish himself,.. he hated it and it made him sick. Still he managed to taste every dish we made without even blinking.It's just my job,..I'm a cook,.. that's what he always said.I have the same with music. I only used to listen to music I like until I wanted to know more about certain stuff production wise.[bold added] And heaven help me -- that is one real good reason I'm a database/web dev guy today instead of recording other people's music. (Also, I realized I not only enjoyed it a lot more [than working on other people's music], I realized I could charge more for it. Everybody wins.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 My daughter's been singing that for it seems like two months now I know where it came from. I figured it was Hannah Montana. Because they've been playing it in the "Kidz Bop" ads that run on Disney and Nickelodeon every five minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 Hey, this is a kewl record! Shades of Toni Basil and The Go-Go's... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimbroni Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 Because they've been playing it in the "Kidz Bop" ads that run on Disney and Nickelodeon every five minutes. Ahh... I hadn't noticed that, but I'm sure thats where she got it. I have to admit I like the Monster band, and Dan Zane's House Party. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimbroni Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 To me I don't really notice a sucking sound in vocals. There are a lot of delays or double tracking that maybe causing some phase thingy that creates the sucking illusion, but I'm noticing any kind of reverse echo going on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 Did you know Miley Cyrus made eighteen million dollars last year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimbroni Posted April 21, 2008 Members Share Posted April 21, 2008 Did you know Miley Cyrus made eighteen million dollars last year? There's that giant sucking sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jeff da Weasel Posted April 22, 2008 Members Share Posted April 22, 2008 Did you know Miley Cyrus made eighteen million dollars last year? At least her dad's remained relatively silent. Let's be thankful for the little things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Lee Knight Posted April 22, 2008 Moderators Share Posted April 22, 2008 On the hook, "Hey... hey... you... you", it sounds like they've taken another take of her singing the hook, one separate from the lead you hear in the forefront. Then they... Reverse the bit that you want to suck (uhhhh...yeah), apply reverb, un-reverse it. Voila, sucking vocals. ...but used a pretty tight verb. That secondary vocal is bandpassed as well. Mostly the highs are gone but some of the lows as well. Then they placed the climax of the procedure described by yermej above on the 8th note preceding the lead vocal as a pre echo. It's heard most clearly in the intro in the 2nd hit. Not the "hey, hey", but the "you, you". The lead's "you" lands on the 3 and the following 8th, "you, you". The effected "you" swells into the 8th note preceding, giving the the effect of "yo-you, you". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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