Pitch Shifting FX for the Lead Vocal
We’ve just added some examples on the use of Pitch Shift FX. We share detailed signal flow and audio examples.
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Bonnie Raitt
Reverb: The drums throughout this tune sound live and open, exquisitely recorded by one of the greats: Ed Cherney. But note the extra room sound added to the drums in the breakdown after Bonnie's slide solo (at about 2:30). The ear-grabbing room ambience is helped(...)
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Aretha Franklin
Echo: Aretha's vocal gets a rather surprising special effect in this recording, in the form of a regenerating echo. Those Aaahs/Ooohs get a bit of ear grabbing spin, adding motion and support and interest to her long sustained single syllables. Such an effect risks being(...)
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Don’t Do Me Like That
Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Pitch Shift: Engineer Shelly Yakus fabricate a high harmony vocal in each chorus by pitch shifting Tom Petty's lead vocal by a fixed interval of(...)
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Hold Me My Daddy
XTC Chorus: Lush thick chorus appears on tasty guitars throughout. Pitch Shift: Note the 1-octave-down layer beneath the electric guitar solo. It's not about making the(...)
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