5 Effects To Make Your Vocals More Interesting- RecordingRevolution.com 

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1. Distortion 2:22 2. Doubling 5:20 3. Delay 9:44 4. Slap 11:34 5. Harmonics or Saturation 14:10

The distortion really surprised me. It made the vocal blend with the fuzzy guitars wayyyyy more. I love it.

WOW! Graham really nails it. I am humbled by his abilities to utilize the concept of "Less is More".

Man inside the 22 mins, you made me lss of your song. Now I love listening to it 💓

That doubler with switching the chorus tip could be life saving

Cool video. For years I thought more reverb meant better vocals, but I've found all it does is make the vocal sit further and further back in the mix. I usually try to stay away from reverb on vocals now unless it's real subtle.

Dude this guide is GLORIOUS! Thank you so much man. I’ve been studying and creating music for quite some time now, and this list puts everything I’ve learned right at the forefront. It’s so easy to just forget things over time. This guide is PERFECT for someone like me who’s been experimenting through trial and error for years! Much love, Brail Watson (if you wanted to look for my music lol)

I just wanna know why he would love to see the sadness behind a pair of wasted eyes..

Great tips! Another Grohl technique is singing 1 octave lower from the lead vocal on certain parts. Adds a nice texture!

Graham, you're the BEST MAN! Best teacher on the subject of recording out there!

Your trick with singing multi vocals worked like a charm. I’ve done the copy and paste, layering, altering slightly for delay, but never thought about singing along to double the vocals. I’ve been working on a song, turned out great except the vocals weren’t quite “vibrant” enough. Singing over top of original worked like a charm. I have gotten quite a bit of useful recording mixing advice from you over the years. THANK YOU FROM TEXAS and keep on posting. Much appreciated.

I'm straight up loving the music in this even before you started making it more awesome

That distortion was actually pretty cool.

That vocal distortion was great!!! Listening on my iPhone too.

Harmonics was my favorite on this song. Distortion close second. Great tips. Excellent demonstration and explanations. Thank you!

you're always teaching and challenging me... thank you for all you do!!!

wowwweee the last tip in the mix blew my freaking mind

The slap effect gave a me a Neil Young, Phil Collins kind of feel. Cool effect- never knew short delay was called slap 👋

Fantastic song!!! It’s reminding me of my favourite songwriters such as jellyfish, the beatles, soulwax, cord and chris cornell!!!

That delay make this sound like Thom Yorke i think that’s how it’s spelled. Dope.

Thank you. A skilled vocalist can create #5 by shifting their placement.

Brilliant Video! - Exactly what I need to see and learn - Thank you so very much! Now I think it's time to go into the bedroom studio and bring to life that vocal I thought was past the point of rescue - when all it needed was resuscitating. x x x

I really like that Fuzz effect. I usually like to use Waves MV2 for providing this type of effect, but I really like this idea as well. The fuzz and the distortion are the two that I hadn't thought of in that way.

Great video your voice is really soothing to. It's a good voice to learn from.

Thank you.. . This really helped me a lot with my vocals!!! Helped me develop the skill of making the vocals fuller in the mix

I really like the song you're working on, I hope that you'll release it as soon as possible.

Use these tricks live. Best shows ever

Was all set to get back into recording. Watching some vids to get ideas etc and this just reminded me of the monotony. Having second thoughts. Thanks

The saturation sounds sooo good

this is the first song i've heard someone fuck with in these tutorials that actually bangs

All of these are awesome tips. So helpful. I'm going to try the distortion trick this week.

Knowledge is Power. Thanks Recording Revolution. I listened from start to end. Very very helpful.

Awesome info. I just started recording my own stuff... I’m fascinated. Thx for being so clear and not skipping around everywhere!

Incredible! Am using these on my lead guitar

Always a way better day when one of your videos pops up! Thanx Graham!

This songs great! But man how cool would it have been if the guitar was like super sludgy sounding, loud/quiet/loud style. Kinda like Nirvana, or early Weezer. Thanks for the tips Graham, they're seriously good as gold

Great tip on blending the separate saturation track. The slap on his falsetto sounds just like Aaron Bruno 😳

Almost choked when "DIRTEH SLAP" came in. Thanks for the video tho!

What I've learned in the last couple months is that I have to double my vocals, or it's flat and very thin. Doubling with some Boss RC-505 chorus, dynamic compression and a little bit of reverb or delay is my favorite vocal effect...SBN

Wow that harmonics🔥🔥

Thanks! Great tips. I will try some on my next project.

That slap delay part was insaaane

U made my day bro..... Thank you so much..... It really helps me a lot U really have good vocals too Upload new techniques

Hey, Graham, thanks for this one! Even though I've been focusing more on video game audio recently, I can definitely see distortion, harmonics/saturation and even the subtle reverb working out with voice-overs.

Thanks Graham. Very helpful and informative tips. Vocals sound like Gerry Beckley from America.

Excellent lesson. Excellent song.

I was searching for tips like that, THANK YOU 🙏🏼

This was such a good and helpful video. Very simple, informative, and easy to watch. Thank you!

Great tricks but also you have such a good radio voice !!!

Thanks for this Graham. I didn't know about the harmonic fuzz vocal. I had thought about it but I'm impressed at how well it workd!

Awesome video. Super helpful. Thanks!

you put a ton of work into this video and it shows. thank you!

So cool! Awesome information! Thank you!!!

that harmonic tricks are sick, thank you mate

Thank you! Great tips! Can’t wait to try these.

Your voice is so Chilling

You are GENIUS! Thank you for this great video! ❤️🌞🥁

Doubling is similar to harmony, copy it and alter position behind or in front of main track. Don't forget to eliminate breath (gain line edit LPx).

Great stuff man.... Will try this on my sax lead tracks also....thanks

The "slap" delay effect so used on John Lennon's vocals and, of course, many others... ...I feel like I was listening "Imagine" or the "Dark" series theme...

Awesome tips man. Thanks for recording this video!

You are wonderful bro keep what are doing when u share your knowledge like mean u'll never die bro.

Patches O’Houlihan’s “5 D’s of Vocal FX” 1. Distortion 2. Double 3. Delay 4. Dirty Slap 5. Distortion

Cool song, dig the mix, love the vocal processing!

16:08 Graham gives himself the chills :D

Interesting. These are all great ways of improving your vocals. I use the distortion one a lot.

Exactly what I needed. I just could not find the sound I wanted for some vocals. This was the trick that made the mix. Thanks!

Thank you so much! This video was very helpful!

I've done all these, but this was still a great video because I do the saturation harmonic trick different, I like your way, maybe better.

Fantastic training, thank you so much!!!

Really cool stuff. Specially the distortion technique. Thanks a lot :)

Thank u very much for the valuable information and tips. Very appreciated

This is my problem at the very moment. Thank you!!!

Graham, you’re the BEST!

This short vid taught me many invaluable lessons, so thanks a lot, i always wanted to cut back on my over-reliance on reverb for vocals but never knew quite what to put there instead. Since i also grew to like the song while listening to it, i followed the link in the description. Two things stood out: (1) uploaded 1 year ago and only...110 views?!? Wtf? (2) i didn’t really like the final vocals mix for one strong reason: too obvious! This vid worked really well because it showcased the effects in a subdued manner, with hints of the effects. The final mix relied too obviously on effects to make the vocals cut through the mix (e.g. 2nd layer vocal harmonics effect too high in volume so the top end of the vocals is placed somewhere above the whole band’s wall of sound which is ok if you wanna showcase the dude on vocals but kinda doesn’t work if you wanna stick to what i perceive to be the true vibe of the song). Almost like the sound engineer felt compelled to push some effects into the “obvious zone” in order to justify the fee (many lawyers do the same, for instance, when asked to review a simple agreement: in order to justify the fee, they’ll not stick to the very necessary items but rewrite and amend as much as possible the content so that the client gets a sense of worth for the top dollar they paid).

SuperMadInformative!!!! 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽 Deserving a far more than just one thumbs up!!!! Thanks!!!!

Hell yeah! This is so helpful! Awesome video!

Tip number 5 is my fav. I need to practice this.

awesome Video Graham , Love that Delay and the Reverb

for rappers, pitch drop is a very good way to start or end something, search it up on youtube for you that know a little inside your program then just fade out a vocal then find a slow down button then click that!!!!!! so awsome

Graham,.. You did a bang up job ! Great video !! 😃🎧🎸🔊🎼

Great video! Thanks so much!

Bruv got me hooked on this song

12:03 had me dead with the dirty slap 💀

I have very very little experience in music tech, i tried it as an enrichment in collage and found it very complicated and confusing, although i managed to make a few simple beats / tracks. Do you think it is possible for me to learn as i go by self teaching on how to use this software and create my songs on there with no experience hardly?

Thanks so much for the ideas. Hoping you'll fix the bad pitches at the end of the phrases.

I use this tricks,but it was great to hear those together. Thanx!

WOW THANKS FOR BREAKING IT DOWN. THANKS FOR THE MAGIC👍🏽

Great song! Reminds me of Semisonic.

Thanks for the tricks. Love your videos

For the Vox technic you implemented It’s seem you can save some cpu by just putting a eq on it and high pass the lows and crank the highs near the 3-6 k mark and just add like 3 - 5 db That’s will give your vocals that same thin crispy high end you want

Unbelievable.. thanks so much for this

Nice effects....the "I'd love to see the sadness behind those wasted eyes..." I hear strains of Gerry Beckley from America :) Almost.

Just saw the whole video! Awesome stuff right here.

You're the man. Thanks for making this video.

Woah lots of golden nuggets of wisdom here

This words tremendously.. Thank you

U r the great explainer..I watched manny of ur videos..And other Chanel's videos too. But they r in a hurry i think. U r cool.

Hey Graham, great videos keep up the awesome work. Quick question with all our plug in technology do you think its still good to have out board effects like lets say a 480L? I have all the plug ins and got a hold of a 480, and the sound is just something I feel that these plug ins can't emulate. What are your thoughts? Overkill? or no.