#Waves maserati vx1 vs cla vocals software#

You just missed their half price sale, but they will have another one. Fab filter L2 is the most transparent one I've ever heard, and is great on the master bus as well.

Limiting can also help if it's a good limiter. 12dB or more if you want a more radical compression, which can also help male vocals to stand out (or try a higher ratio 5:1, 8:1). Most compressors set to 3:1 ratio, adjust the threshold so the loudest note has a gain reduction of -6 to -9dB, and it should be good to go. Some compressors like U-He pressworks gives you character (make fatter or warmer) as well (the waves CLA 2 or 76 compressors could give you some less expensive character), which can be important for a heavy male vocal (like Bing Crosby or a metal vocal) but less so on lighter voices. Novotron from Kush Audio gives bass and vocals extra punch, clarity, and saturation: Fab Filter has a good one C2, that is the most transparent. My favorite EQ is Fab Filter Q2, can do surgical work and tone mods, with extras like sidechain controls and EQ matching. So these frequencies on any decent eq with a bell curve and fairly narrow Q will help you to poke that vocal out, especially that magic 5k. Male vocal bass is usually around 800hz, female vocal about 900hz, mid-range for both is 1k to 4k, with clarity being around 5k (sibilence about 8k-9k). Try messing with the vocal a bit in Melodyne, after the pitch correcting, you can try raising the formant without changing the pitch that might help a male vocal stand out.Д®Q-wise, most vocals land in the mid-range of frequencies.

That's worth a lot to me when I'm recording a real person and don't want to break to flow.ДЄntares doesn't sound as good or natural as melodyne, it's a bit metallic/robotic by comparison. I'm not saying that means you have to use an LA-2A emulator - there are lots of plug-in compressors with different sounds, and you have to try them to get a feel for them - but the LA-2A ones I've heard are all very easy to use and don't require phaffing around with endless parameters. That's because its optical sensor (is that what it's called?) reacts dynamically to the input. The reason the old LA-2A compressor is famous is that it can give you crazy amounts of compression, like 15dB, and still sound natural even though you can hear it working. One of the basic answers that applies to *pop* vox in general - yes, male or female - is that compression is what gives you the smooth, even sound you hear on records. (Obviously there are other uses for both.)Д®DIT: I'm thinking you use the gate for the tails? expander/gates increase the dynamic range, compressors limit it. What is the gate doing? In other words, I generally think of gates (when they're not being used for noise removal) as the reverse of compression - i.e. Okay, now this is getting much more interesting. IMO, forum users have reflected a gradual shift from intimately understanding the basics.different EQ, M/S techniques, parallel/series and different types of compression, gain staging.your foundational tools to 'what VST improves male vocals.'ДЄpologies if I sound like a pompous jerk. I too usually ignore the posts because a reply is futile until specific questions are asked. I can't speak for Nick, but I understand the frustration when someone asks a wide open question and the replies are rose fertilizer to custard mix. So what motivates these type of questions?

#Waves maserati vx1 vs cla vocals software#

Today most, or at least a lot of software can be demoed and compared and its relatively ridiculously cheap compared to any time in the past, so it's not always 'what they've bought.' The playing field is leveled. You didin't generally go out buying this stuff until you knew the benefits of.what was a real investment. The Native Power Pack (laughable today) was very expensive. When Waves first released their tools they were extremely expensive. I think that transfers to software too however due to cost not as much. It gave engineers a fantastic general knowledge about a lot of competing gear. So it's not necessarily 'what they bought' except for their golden boxes or special monitors etc. There was a time when users relied on what was available in whatever studio they rented.