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Best Vocal Plugins

bbergbberg Enrolled Posts: 46
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Hi everyone, what are your go-to plugins for making vocals shine?
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  • highmtnhighmtn Administrator, Moderator, Enrolled, Pro, 3.0 Streaming Posts: 15,048
    Pultec equalizer and LA-2A or 1176 compressor-limiters by Universal Audio.
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  • streeterstreeter Pro Posts: 678
    Any of the CLA stuff produced by waves. Vocal rider is an awesome tool as well.
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  • bbergbberg Enrolled Posts: 46
    There are also some super-awesome FREE PLUGINS (I don't like to spend much money on software):

    If a female vocal is thin or lifeless you can make it much punchier with Ruby Tube (http://www.silverspike.com/?Products:RubyTube)
    One beast of a compressor for vocals is Blockfish (http://www.digitalfishphones.com/main.php?item=2&subItem=5)
    The same guy also makes a great De-Esser called Spitfish (see above)
    Another great sounding super-easy compressor is Klanghelm DC1A (http://www.klanghelm.com/DC1A.php)

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  • streeterstreeter Pro Posts: 678
    The CLA ones I have found make a huge difference. PHIL Maher got me onto them. Awesome results and extremely user friendly.
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  • bbergbberg Enrolled Posts: 46
    @blondiewales
    From what I've seen, the Sonar X3 plugins are super awesome! Have you seen those tricks here: https://www.soundonsound.com/sos/nov09/articles/sonarworkshop_1109.htm

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  • bbergbberg Enrolled Posts: 46
    edited October 2017
    A bit off topic, but I think some training is better for mixing skills than any plugins could be;)
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  • JusticeGemJusticeGem Pro Posts: 92
    iZotope does the work for me
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  • Furious_PhilFurious_Phil Moderator, Pro, 2.0 PRO, 3.0 Streaming Posts: 1,421
    Yeah, I've been seriously looking into Izotope Ozone 8 lately as well!
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,103
    I'm with bberg, If you don't have a good sounding dry track, what's the point of enhancing it, and let it be known that I don't believe in using software such as auto tune. I would rather work harder to sing something correctly than rely on using it.

    Peace, Tony
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  • Furious_PhilFurious_Phil Moderator, Pro, 2.0 PRO, 3.0 Streaming Posts: 1,421
    I totally agree with that, I was going on the assumption that the musicians were ready for it and doing their best, and that the person mic'ing everything up knows what he/she is doing, and that you had ended up with a very solid dry track foundation.

    Izotope Ozone 8 can sample the frequencies of the artist's previous albums, or use another album/song as a benchmark, and auto adjust everything to match it.
    This can be a wonderful place to start to add your own stuff, or just leave it.
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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 2,103
    For me, I only use 3 effects/enhancements on my vocals, and that would be delay, chorus, and reverb. And sometimes just a touch of reverb, and chorus unless the song specifies a particular effect like phase, flange, etc..........and I don't want to have to drag all that stuff to the club/bar to recreate those sounds. I guess I'm old school, I still wish we had analog lol.

    Peace, Tony
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  • Furious_PhilFurious_Phil Moderator, Pro, 2.0 PRO, 3.0 Streaming Posts: 1,421
    Yup... that's why I use the Helicon VoiceLive Play now... I can bring that sound wherever I go. It's DLC hardware, not a plugin... but can be easily put in the chain.
    I like the doubler, but tend to use reverb very sparingly, as it tends to place vocals way back in the mix.
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