TC-Helicon presents a video series that showcases the creative process in Making Hit Vocals live. Laura Clapp and Tom Lang bring you hooks, harmonies and various vocal ear-candy and reveal what effects are used and how they are tweaked.
Scroll to the end of the post to get these effects using VoiceLive 2, VoiceTone Create XT and VoiceLive Touch.
EPISODE 6: Long Echo & Delay
Beyoncé’s hit track If I Were A Boy has one of the best examples of tap tempo controlled, long echo or delay. Laura demonstrates how to add a signature effect to ballads by engaging a long echo on a phrase. (more…)
TC-Helicon Product Manager, Tom Lang, walks through the major new features of VoiceSupport and how to use them. He covers details on the new preset management feature mid way through the video. For more support click here.
TC-Helicon presents a video series that showcases the creative process in Making Hit Vocals live. Laura Clapp and Tom Lang bring you hooks, harmonies and various vocal ear-candy and reveal what effects are used and how they are tweaked.
Scroll to the end of the post to get these effects using VoiceLive 2.
EPISODE 5: Overdubbed Vocal Harmony
It’s very popular for singers to record their harmony voices themselves in the studio. Tom Lang demonstrates how harmony processing is perfect for replicating this sound live using John Mayer’s hit Belief.
VoiceLive 2
Download preset below to try out overdubbed vocal harmonies.
TC-Helicon presents a video series that showcases the creative process in Making Hit Vocals live. Laura Clapp and Tom Lang bring your hooks, harmonies and various vocal ear-candy and reveal what effects are used and how they are tweaked.
Scroll to the end of the post to get these effects using VoiceTone Harmony-G XT, Create XT and VoiceLive 2.
EPISODE 4: Vocal Doubling
Tom demonstrates what overdub / double effects sounds like on vocals, and explains the difference between an overdub sound vs. a detune effect. Black Hole Sun by Soundgarden is used as a perfect example for this technique. (more…)
TC-Helicon presents a video series that showcases the creative process in Making Hit Vocals live. Laura Clapp and Tom Lang bring your hooks, harmonies and various vocal ear-candy and reveal what effects are used and how they are tweaked.
Scroll to the end of the post to get these effects using VoiceTone Harmony-G XT and VoiceLive 2.
EPISODE 3: Reverb Decay Time
Laura Clapp highlights how important reverb decay time is to the tempo and style of a song. In this example, she showcases the longer decay times ideal for power ballads such Christina Aguilera’s Hurt. (more…)
TC-Helicon presents a video series that showcases the creative process in Making Hit Vocals live. Laura Clapp and Tom Lang bring your hooks, harmonies and various vocal ear-candy and reveal what effects are used and how they are tweaked.
Scroll to the end of the post to get these effects using VoiceTone Harmony-G XT and VoiceLive 2.
EPISODE 1: Group Vocal Harmonies
Laura Clapp demonstrates the live production of group vocal harmonies with Break Me Out by The Rescues. In the studio each part in a group harmony is recorded by a different singer. In this episode of TC-Helicon’s Making Hit Vocals the effect is produced live with a harmony processor by manipulating gender and humanization. (more…)
Tom Lang, with a focus on guitar playing singers, takes you through everything from hookup to editing and some advanced features in this video set. (more…)
A few weeks ago we shared a track from Robbie where all vocals were placed in the mix with VoiceTone Synth processing. Check out the video documenting the production on this track.
You can listen to the complete track in the player below along with other samples.
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