when they sing, it sounds like there are multiple of the same guy singing. how do they do that? anyone have any idea how they get that effect?

edit: its kind of echoy or something? i dunno. total newb here help pls!

thx! XD

ghermination

United States2851 Posts

April 13 2009 14:07 GMT

I would guess back-up singers, or, the original recording was taken and then modified multiple times and added again to make it sound like there was more than one singer.

edit: Also, echo effect lol.

streampowered

United States60 Posts

April 13 2009 14:17 GMT

a wizard does it

Vharox

United States1037 Posts

April 13 2009 14:22 GMT

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverb

closest thing I think I can find ;-p

SilverskY

Korea (South)3086 Posts

April 13 2009 14:32 GMT

If you're talking about when they are rapping their verses, the producers probably made them rap their verses multiple times, and then they layer them over each other. But for the echoey effect in the very beginning for example, I would say it's like the reverb, or some echo effect like sweep/tape echo.

Navane

Netherlands2727 Posts

April 13 2009 14:33 GMT

Combination of dubbed, harmonized and delay ( delay = echo )

barth

Ireland1272 Posts

April 13 2009 14:40 GMT

Delay on the beggining and then just few overlayed voices.

RaGe

Belgium9942 Posts

April 13 2009 14:46 GMT

please tell me you're producing a rap song

stanley_

United States816 Posts

April 13 2009 14:54 GMT

T-pain uses autotune to make his voice like that.

Roffles

Pitcairn19291 Posts

April 13 2009 15:06 GMT

#10

Voice Synthesizers?

Pholon

Netherlands6142 Posts

April 13 2009 15:14 GMT

#11

They're actually singing into a well

ZeroCartin

Costa Rica2390 Posts

April 13 2009 15:33 GMT

#12

Yep, reverb + autotune

The autotune basically makes it sound alittle computery since it really deforms the waveform *hear Cher lol*, same as this guy. The reverb gives it a delayed echo feel

GogoKodo

Canada1785 Posts

April 13 2009 15:40 GMT

#13

Aww shit, get your keyboards ready it's about to go down - (Shorty, yeah)
Everybody in the place hit the fuckin booth - (Shorty, yeah)
But stay on your motherfucking toes
We running this, let's go

I'm in Korea (I'm in Korea)
I'm in Korea (I'm in Korea)
Everybody look at me 'cause I'm playin in Korea (playin in Korea)
I'm in Korea (I'm in Korea)
I'm in Korea
Take a good hard look at motherfucking Korea (Korea, yeah)

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Straight commentin' in Korea, hang out with Sea
Busting DT drops, come on Protoss get a new idea
You can't stop me motherfucker cause I'm in Korea

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I'm in Korea, bitch (bitch)
We drinking Captains champ,
Cause it's so crisp (crisp)
I got my keyboard
And my headphones
I'm flipping gamers, you foreigner
Straight losing drones

I'm riding on a lurker, doing flips and shit
The lurker's burrowing, getting hold position set
But this aint Ultimate Gamer, this is real as it gets
I'm in Korea, motherfucker, don't you ever forget

I'm in Korea and
APM so fast and
I got a Starcraft themed
Coke pop-can
I'm the king of the world
In Korea like Really
If you're on US soil,
then you're sure not ready

Get the fuck up, Korea is REAL!!!

Fuck the globe, I'm in Korea, motherfucker (motherfucker)
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In Korea not China, this isn't for Mao (isn't for Mao)
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Boxer
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With Korea coming my way
Believe me when I say
I fucked a GGPlay

I'm in Korea (I'm in Korea)
I'm in Korea (I'm in Korea)
Everybody look at me 'cause I'm playin in Korea (playin in Korea)
I'm in Korea (I'm in Korea)
I'm in Korea
Take a good hard look at motherfucking Korea (Korea, yeah)

Could've been better, strapped for time.

Killy

United States39 Posts

April 13 2009 15:44 GMT

#14

T-Pain=Vocoder effect
SNL Guy=Chorus effect or layering/multiple takes

Layering is a VERY common audio production technique. Most of the time when you hear a monster kick drum or a killer snare drum, you are actually hearing 3 or 4 kick/snare sounds layered together to get massive sounds. it's kind of tricky, you just need a good ear.

For the main vocal it would not suprise me if there were 7 seperate vocal tracks. 1 main mono panned center, and 6 more hard panned L and R and pitch shifted up and down in tune and mixed a little quiter than the main. Make sense?