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Pro Tools: Achieving Better Vocal Sounds Technique : Pro Tools Notes This month we are going to look at a range of techniques you can try to help you produce a better vocal sound for your project. Mike Thornton In a vocal session you would normally record a number of takes and/or do drop-ins to patch up an otherwise good take. Vocal compositing or 'comping' for short is usually the first stage in producing a good vocal line. The first is to use multiple Pro Tools tracks with the same processing applied to each. The other approach is to use Pro Tools's Playlists feature. If you go for the second approach, it is usually easier to create a new Playlist as you record each new take, but it is possible to create a set of Playlists afterwards by spotting each take from the region list into a new Playlist on a Vox Comp track. Fattening Your Vocal Sound Once you have comped your master vocal track, there are other tricks you can apply to improve the vocal sound further. Use small amounts of doubling via a very tight delay.
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Writing Better Songs - Part I Have you ever stopped for a moment to imagine just how many songs, in total, have been written? Consider... many thousands of years of songwriting, countless millions of songwriters during that period... there must literally have been billions of songs penned. What aspiring songwriters need to do is stop and ask themselves this question: "What can I do to make my songs stand out from all the others?" In this multi-segment feature, we'll try to go about answering that question. Types of Songs Most songs written in the last one hundred years can be loosely grouped into one of several categories; songs written around a chord progression, songs written around a melody, or songs written around a riff. Songs Written Around a Chord Progression - A favored method of songwriting by musicians like Stevie Wonder, the concept of writing around a chord progression involves initially creating an interesting series of chords, and then basing the vocal melody on that chord progression.
Free Music Archive Free Audio Samples - WAV, SF2, EXS, Loops, Acapella downloads Download Tech House loops and samples Tech House Construct the late night sound of the underground with Sounds To Samples endless catalog of Tech House packs! Build the late night shuffle in your next Tech House track with the 1000's of loops available in all formats from Sounds To Sample. Latest release Deeperfect Tech and Tech-House Tools Vol. 2 Deeperfect Records Full Demo Deeperfect Records is following their collection of grooves and sounds packages. Sample Surgeons deliver an inspired collection of modern sounds rooted in a style that first emanated from Berlin’s infamous Hard Wax record store and the legendary Basic Channel and Chain Reaction labels. Ground breaking sounds that will get your production skills to a new level , this pack will inspire you to think outside the box and help you create sketchy grooves that the dance floor needs. Drum maestro Futuristic Groove (HY2ROGEN) whips out a batch of 100 tech house and minimal oriented kicks. Other releases in Tech House
Untitled This is the second series of "percussion glitch samples" packages. this pack contains 50 one shots samples. it is recorded at 32 bit. the pack supplied in Wav format. we give you a great opportunity to keap your beats fresh with this quality percussion collection. this glitch samples pack was built and designed in thought to create a new original samples for lovers of glitch sounds. unlike the first glitch pack, this package recorded in low tones which creates a longer loops. the color of the sound, we decided to add with the vocoder effect that creates remarkable influence combined with the glitch sound. these glitch samples designed for producers such as: idm, ambient, techno, breakbeat, psy chill, trip hop, electro, tech house, dark / psy music and more that associated with electronic music production and glitch in general. these samples are supplied in a rar file, so after you download the pack, you'll need to extract them before you can use them.