Gating Vocals

[nvisibl]

What do you find is the best way to Gate vocals?

I'd love to find out as i'm pretty clueless as to how to achieve it the way many artists do.

[AlexHall74]

Me too, like the effect, never read how to do it.

[jasedee]

Please explain?

Do you mean a kinda stuttered vocal effect? How about an example?

[nvisibl]

yea the stuttered effect thingy... i'll try dig out an example

[nvisibl]

http://www.sectionz.com/temp/frognt_...arket_8317.mp3

.. forward to about 3:23

[Logic Circuit]

Hello,

You could pop the vocal into a sampler and use a square wave LFO to modulate volume. Kontakt 2 is good for this as there are so many modulation options.

Or you could draw in level changes in a sequencer's volume automation lane.

Dave.

[bishopkris40]

for that type of effect think of bad time stretching. Infact listening to the song it really sounds like some very simple sample manipulation.

exagerated example:
Think of a sample, short say 1 bar, stretch it out so that it lasts for 4 bars the sounds will stretch out and will leave gaps in between and will sound really low in pitch. now adjust the pitch increase by say +24 semitones for this example and it will have the same pitch as before you stretched it, but now it will sound really gated.

This is a really old technique and was a problem that has been overcome by new timestretching algorithms so go old school.

I have a es-1 from korg that allows me to do this really easily. Sorry I can't tell you more for now but I'll try and look in to it.

the 1-4 ratio goes with the +24 increase in pitch, 1-2 goes with +12, and so on.

I used this technique to show a mate of mine years ago, so I know exactly what it is

A suitable vst would timestretch and not compensate pitch and, you'd need to adjust the pitch without adjusting the time stretch.

I'll look at the settings on my korg in the morning and tell you the proper name and may even do an example.

Kris

[AlexHall74]

Good tips, thanks comrades!!!



-Alex

[S@wtooth]

that vocal effect sounds like akai timestretch being used to the extremes (200% +) and then gated
.

In Cubase I use the effect called "midi gate" on the audio channel (in this case the vocal)
Then set a midi track\channel to control the gate plugin (instead of selecting a VST instrument)

Now whatever patterns you draw into the grid on that channel will cause the gate to either open or close depending on how you set it. you also have control for depth, attack and release

not sure how you'd do it in Logic but i assume it would be similar

[nvisibl]

Originally Posted by AlexHall74

Good tips, thanks comrades!!!



-Alex

seconded, thanks guys