#vocal processing

[number9robotic]

I'm being stupid with my voice lol

[ariyan24]

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[kansamples]

How to Harness Compression for Stellar Drum and Bass Vocals

Compression, an essential tool in an audio engineer's arsenal, offers more than just dynamic control and can greatly enhance your vocal mix. Discover our latest post on Vocal Compression in Drum & Bass!

When it comes to Drum and Bass production, vocals can play a crucial role in creating a standout track. A well-processed vocal that blends seamlessly with the other elements of the mix can make all the difference. Compression, an essential tool in an audio engineer’s arsenal, offers more than just dynamic control and can greatly enhance your vocal mix. However, it’s important to understand…

[catmintnepetas]

[tea-cat-arts]

Shen Yuan getting transported into pidw isn't "the system punishing him for being a lazy internet hater," but instead representative of "step 1 of the creative process: getting so mad at something you decide to go write your own fucking book" in this essay I will

[cissa-calls]

Fight me but the best version of the Ballad of the Witches Road is Agatha Through Time.

Maybe it’s the layered vocals, the exploration of time periods through costumes (a genius with such thoughtfulness that deserves a long post in itself), Kathryn Hahn just HANDING it to the world with her acting like “What??? How could this possibly happen???” In that moment the two felt inseparable, it was so undeniable and palpable that THIS character is her creation, her passion and love, all the while doing it with such ease. Agatha is oozing charisma and power and treachery as we watch her cover and bury her pain of losing Nicky and betrayal by Rio as the centuries fly by.

Compared to the rest of the episode, where saw her at her tenderest, loving, and eagerest, we are physically watching a mask build. The wound doesn’t heal but is hidden as Agatha Harkness hardens into a new persona that disguises the ugly, gaping, scared memory that is her son and ex lover. By the time the song reaches the present, her current coven, it feels that much more fake and egregiously performative than the act itself already is. Or rather, Agatha does.

Musically it feels so charged and layered, voices building out from familiar ones as you realize just how expansive this has become, just how many witches have fallen into Agatha’s scheme. Like every witch who ever participated is being heard. It also has this unexpected playful element, like little bells in the chorus as Agatha (dressed in the iconic 1940’s ensemble) does a little shimmy with the music. A reminder that despite being this large, building, impactful crescendo, to Agatha? This is still all a game. The voices convey a raw wanton desire to run, to seize fistfuls of time and power.

Or maybe…it’s the realization that it HAS been Agatha All Along

[writing-is-hard-af]

For most of this season, I have expected it to be Buck to say/realize his feelings first. But now, with Eddie again not being part of them team when they're in danger, again being separate from them, not there, I think we very well might have him realize that not only does he never want to experience that again (hence choosing to come home to the 118 over the El Paso FD) but being apart from Buck when he is hurt is one of the worst feelings on the planet. And forcing himself into the rescue, taking turnouts and going to save Buck himself, I think he'll realize that this is different, this is more than friendship, this is family, love, Buck. And maybe he won't say it out loud to Buck yet, or maybe he'll say it when they're home and safe and he's spoken to Chris about staying, but he knows. And Buck, Buck won't be the one begging for someone to love him, won't be the one terrified of another person leaving again, because Eddie will know that Buck is all he wants, Buck and him and Chris together. Never separated again, no more "wasn’t there"s.

[crispy-crust]

i fell in love with a robot Girl

[yuzuyoon]

wanna know a secret? there's basically no such thing as "raw vocals" in kpop.

there are some rare, specific moments in kpop that are completely raw but they're so rare, they're pretty unremarkable. for a majority of fans, it's difficult for them to understand what raw vocals are, especially when all they've heard is a voice with vocal processing affecting their every syllable. but when you get into mixing (live or studio) and you actually hear raw vocals and your job is to make them sound not raw, it's easy to pinpoint where the vocal processing is.

it's difficult for kpop fans to understand that they almost never hear their idols sing completely unprocessed and insulting for some reason? it shouldn't be insulting though, every single artist out there uses vocal processing. kpop, western, etc. and the thing about vocal processing? it isn't just so that they hit the right notes or their voice doesn't sound shaky. it's also about making sure that their dynamic level stays even so they aren't either inaudible or making your ears bleed. it's about cutting down cutting down certain frequencies so that you aren't flinching cause when they hit certain notes it sounds like an icepick to your ears. it's about making sure their mic isn't picking up the noise around them and making the mix muddy or feeding back.

have we heard jimin's raw vocals? actually yes. when you see a clip of jimin, or anyone in bts, singing without a mic, that's raw. it's kinda hard to explain, but i think the best example is bts's perfect man performance. i made a video (of course i did)

so in the first clip, i really hate to say it because the behind the scenes showed that bts was completely capable of singing the song live, but the official released performance is lipsynced. i mean, it's really really obvious. but that makes this performance perfect for a comparison.

in the first clip, jimin's vocals are completely flat. as in there are no pitch deviations or shakiness, which is only possible through autotune and pitch correction. no singer, no matter how good they are, can sing a song with notes so perfect their note looks completely flat. additionally, his volume, or dynamics, stay completely the same. when you sing, especially while dancing, some words and parts of the phrase are going to come out louder or quieter. his dynamic range does not change in the first clip. his voice is completely smooth. it's perfect. which just is not possible

in the second clip, you can hear the natural "shakiness" or his voice. now i don't mean his voice is shaky or pitchy, i just don't know how to put it. our voices aren't pianos that can produce a perfectly on tune note. you can hear that in the second clip. you can also hear his dynamics and how he gets louder and quieter on different words. it's not perfect. which is how he actually sounds.

i think bts fans are lucky that we have so many behind the scenes, lives, and variety episodes where we do get an opportunity to hear bts's raw vocals because tons of artists dont have those types of things online (because their companies know that their raw voice doesn't sound how it does on the records).

if you have any questions about this, like a clip that you think might be raw, or a clip you want analyzed, or something that you're confused about, just send me an ask! i can tell you if a clip is lipsynced, backtrack, live, etc. not with 100% accuracy but my job is to listen to raw vocals and make them sound...not raw and i grew up around this stuff, so i have an ear for it.

[sysig]

Ellen McLain’s commentary from my trivia playthrough

[singemall-stayallnight]

"Outstanding candidate for super-stardom is the group's luminary vocalist, Robert Plant. His soaring, spellbinding voice revealed an extraordinary physical and emotional range, as he wove Zeppelin's demanding musical atmosphere with apparent ease. This, combined with his wantonly awesome stage presence, drama of movement and searing improvisation, all testify that Robert Plant may very well be the artist who can employ all nine muses at once."

—Excerpt from the Cashbox review of Led Zeppelin's performance at the 1969 Schaefer Music Festival

[nofacednerd]

As much as animated shows getting cancelled is awful and tragic and displaces so many employees from work for an extended period of time to the point where there might (MIGHT) be a strike about it, I do love the trend of “what are you gonna do? Cancel us more??” And going balls to the wall with as much queer content as humanly possible last minute

[faunandfloraas]

Sometimes I remember lee know saying he wants to do a song with Seungmin and I.N bc he'd like to be a part of vocalracha and then I remember that was well over a year ago and there's still nothing.... </3

[breadmecoshy]

Marissa, victimized by an infection

I came up with the concept of an infected Marissa who could become a secret boss in the game

When you come to her for the first time, she behaves as usual and asks you to listen to her song. You sit down in your seat, listen, she thanks you, and you leave. However, if you don't convert her into essence right away, the next time you visit her, she changes her appearance a little, and again asks you to listen to her sing, a little more insistently. As a result, with each of your visits, the signs that she is infected will become more obvious, and she will ask you to stay more and more intrusive, until finally she wants you to listen to her forever, and then the boss fight will happen

I think the Radiance captured her mind with bright memories of her beloved city and its inhabitants, now stricken by the plague, of her bright concerts and former glory, and of close friends who disappeared, were infected or were preparing to fall asleep forever. Most likely, she died possessed by these visions, and her ghost, who remained on the stage, unaware of his death, was also possessed

[khazure]

miku x sekai (my brainworms)

[gaydexvocaloid]

What is your process for tuning, if you don't mind me asking? 👉👈

idm u asking at all dw :3 i can try explain but i am So bad at explaining this stuff so bear w/ me and expect the worst LOL

so ( usually ) what i do is get some ( what i like to call ) “base” tuning done before i do anything, so pitch dips at the start and end of words etc!!

after that, i’ll add vocal modes ( so softer parts have example: gentle vocal mode, and powerful parts get power vocal mode ) after that, ill usually add some “pitch cracks” on the more powerful or emotional parts ( unsure what else to call them ) so instead of a dip when a note starts, i’ll remove any dips i added and change them so it ascends downwards onto the note like the singer is starting off on a higher note? sometimes it doesn’t work great so i’ll do notebending and take part of the note up .. i feel lke i’m explaining this poorly LOL. hold on ..

so here is what i’d personally call “base” tuning, it’s got the basics for how i’d want it to sound if i’m going for realism, this would fit for basically anything

but if i want it to have more power, then i’ll do this

but sometimes doing this with pitch bending doesn’t give me the desired effect or the “crack” can sound off, so i’ll note bend it instead like this

im still very inexperienced with tuning so maybe i’m going abt this the wrong way but it’s what works for me LOL . i really like doing pitch cracks, it’s probably the most fun i have w tuning alongside vocal modes!! i have a LOTTT of fun wuth vocal modes and messing with tension, breathiness,gender and tone shift!!! def my fave things 2 mess w:3