Probably should be in "Share Your Music"...

[Dankology]

...but there's not much footfall there, plus this is really a request for advice rather than a proud unveilling.

 

My band is working on some tracks at the moment, recording and mixing ourselves at home. This particular song has been through a few mixes and we've got a bit stuck with the vocal sound. The singer is very keen to have a distorted, almost megaphone effect throughout the verses while the guitarist is not so keen. I sit somewhere in the middle - I think it might work as an effect on a single verse or half of each verse.

 

Please have listen and let me know your thoughts - we've likely lost all perspective here. (Also, we're hoping to replace the rather formless guitar passages in the intro and prior to the second verse with something a bit more melodic and definite.)

[Dad3353]

14 minutes ago, Dankology said:

... let me know your thoughts ...

 

It's fine as it is; there's enough character in the voice to carry it, right through to the end. It needs no gadget megaphone. 

Edited August 26, 2023 by Dad3353

[Dankology]

4 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

 

It's fine as it is; there's enough character in the voice to carry it, right through to the end. It needs no gadget megaphone. 

 

Now you've confused me... the effect is on both verses at the moment - are you saying it's fine as-is, or that the vocal would be fine without them? 😆

[Dad3353]

Whatever is being used on that track is fine 'as is'. If that's with the 'megaphone' effect, keep it. Sorry for the confusion; it would have been more clear if we had one track with, another without. 

[Dankology]

9 minutes ago, Dad3353 said:

Whatever is being used on that track is fine 'as is'. If that's with the 'megaphone' effect, keep it. Sorry for the confusion; it would have been more clear if we had one track with, another without. 

 

That would be very sensible but risks drawing you into the vortex of uncertainty I now find myself in.

 

To be fair, the fact that an outsider hasn't immediately said that it sounds odd or gimmicky is very helpful indeed.

 

Unless you have terrible taste, of course.

[TheGreek]

I'm on the other side of the fence. I don't think the distortion brings anything to the track - especially as the singer has quite a good voice. Personally I'd take it out.

[Dad3353]

1 hour ago, Dankology said:

... Unless you have terrible taste, of course.

 

Disclaimer : I have terrible taste. 

[MichaelDean]

I quite like the effect in the verse. Gives it a different texture. I wouldn't use it anywhere else in any other songs that you're planning on releasing at the same time though. I reckon it's a one song only sort of a thing. 

[dclaassen]

I tend to be a grumpy old fart, and I like it as is…agree it shouldn’t be an effect you use on lots of tracks.

[Jackroadkill]

I like it as is is; distortion's very easy to over-use on vocals, and what you've got there sounds like plenty to me.