avaris Posted November 22, 2006 Share Posted November 22, 2006 I saw a judging decision where zircon recommended the Antares Autotune plug-in. You can download a 10-day demo here. WOW...too bad the PC demos aren't out yet. If i did all vocal mixes all the time I would def invest $100 in this plugin as long as it does what says it can do. Good luck on the judging DA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted November 22, 2006 Author Share Posted November 22, 2006 Whoa, this came back from the dead, haha. I never did do any sort of auto-tune to the voice, so depending on judging I may just try it. Thanks for the link, Dhsu, and thanks for the well-wishes Avaris! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Raijin_ Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 so this has been submitted? not to put a downer on you but I doubt this will pass the judges. Did you think to double track and/or harmonise the vocals at all?(this should help to take the focus off of bad notes and flat areas whilst also fattening the sound and giving it more presence and diversity). Even with layers of reverb (and still a very annoying and noticeable delay effect) the vocals still dont sound great. Your voice has a lot of potential, in the hands of a good mixer. You just need to learn a few more techniques on mixing vox to get the overall sound that the vox need for this track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted November 23, 2006 Author Share Posted November 23, 2006 so this has been submitted? not to put a downer on you but I doubt this will pass the judges. Did you think to double track and/or harmonise the vocals at all?(this should help to take the focus off of bad notes and flat areas whilst also fattening the sound and giving it more presence and diversity). Even with layers of reverb (and still a very annoying and noticeable delay effect) the vocals still dont sound great. Your voice has a lot of potential, in the hands of a good mixer. You just need to learn a few more techniques on mixing vox to get the overall sound that the vox need for this track. I realize that it's got a good chance of not passing, however at the time it was at the best it was gonna be. I don't want harmonization, I want this as a solo track. I also don't really know what you mean by vocal doubling, but it sounds somewhat opposite of "solo," so, probably not. The vocals might not sound that great, but it was a pretty hard track to sing (ninths are hard! lol), and I am by no means practiced in singing, really. I do it for fun, and I enjoy it, but I certainly need work at it. For now, that's the best I've got. As for getting a good mixer, I had three people offer, as you might have read earlier in this thread, so, those where the options I had, and I personally thing The Prophet of Mephisto did a good job. We're all learning here, I believe that's one of the points of this. I'm keeping my fingers crossed, if nothing else! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted November 23, 2006 Share Posted November 23, 2006 Good luck on the judging. If it comes to the worst and you're rejected on grounds of the vocals, I strongly suggest that you submit the original instrumental. It's strong enough to stand on its own, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Raijin_ Posted November 24, 2006 Share Posted November 24, 2006 I realize that it's got a good chance of not passing, however at the time it was at the best it was gonna be. I don't want harmonization, I want this as a solo track. I also don't really know what you mean by vocal doubling, but it sounds somewhat opposite of "solo," so, probably not. The vocals might not sound that great, but it was a pretty hard track to sing (ninths are hard! lol), and I am by no means practiced in singing, really. I do it for fun, and I enjoy it, but I certainly need work at it. For now, that's the best I've got. It's cool if you dont want harmonization, it was just a suggestion for adding a bit extra to the track. As for double-tracking, this is a very common (and often overused) method of beefing up vocals or instruments. Basically it jsut consists of performing the piece, be it (usually) vocals, guitar, strings etc, twice or more, the exact same, or as close as possible. Due to inevitable human error you'll never record the same thing twice exactly the same and it's these small differences in the parts that, when put together, usually panned to opposite sides, that give a much fuller effect. I use it a lot on guitars and my own vocals, for heavy guitars its used on almost every song you'll hear these days, for vocalists though like me who arent all that strong it helps give a good overall sound, even though it may not have been the best performance(s). Completely up to you though what methods you use. If nothing else though you might want to try it and see if you like the way it sounds, just for the sake of trying something new, you'd be surprised at the results Good luck with the submission! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zipp Posted November 30, 2006 Share Posted November 30, 2006 I hope the judges accept it, it's got my nod of approval, anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dhsu Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Well, looks like all your hard work paid off. I'd like to be the first to congratulate you on the acceptance of your track...you deserve it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avaris Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Congrats DA! How many takes did u have to do for this one again? I'm glad to see some of the WIP forum junkies get some of their tracks on OCR (u know im talkin bout u OA!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted December 12, 2006 Author Share Posted December 12, 2006 *SHHH* it's supposed to be a secret. ...*does a dance* Thanks, both of you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotaki Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 Omg, finally! w00t. Ever since you helped me get on my feet (After my first terrible SoE remix, haha) I've been rooting for one of your tracks to get on the site. Guess this is the one. ^-^ GJ! Hope this'll just be the first of many too , k? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted December 12, 2006 Share Posted December 12, 2006 grats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Wait, did it make it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 Wait, did it make it? It says 'to be posted'...is there something I should know about? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jillian Aversa Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Wait, did it make it? It says 'to be posted'...is there something I should know about? Aw, Larry's just teasing you. Yes, it passed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicole Adams Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Hooray! I really liked this song. Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robotaki Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 haha, it'd be such a shot in the foot if everyone thought it made it but it actually didn't =/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 Wait, did it make it? It says 'to be posted'...is there something I should know about? Aw, Larry's just teasing you. Yes, it passed! Geez, I actually had a dream about this last night. AUGH! *phew* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tweex Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Was it a direct post? If not, where's the judges decision? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted December 13, 2006 Share Posted December 13, 2006 Was it a direct post? If not, where's the judges decision? it's in the 'to be posted' section of the judges decisions. i say that we stop posting in this thread and instead post adulations of praise in the review thread when it gets posted =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonAvenger Posted December 13, 2006 Author Share Posted December 13, 2006 Was it a direct post? If not, where's the judges decision? it's in the 'to be posted' section of the judges decisions. i say that we stop posting in this thread and instead post adulations of praise in the review thread when it gets posted =) You're silly, Proph. I'll take money over praise anyday (just kidding of course!) Actually, I'll take more people willing to arrange new stuff for me over all of that. The judges decision will get posted when the song is posted, that's usually how I've seen it run. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liontamer Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Was it a direct post? If not, where's the judges decision? it's in the 'to be posted' section of the judges decisions. i say that we stop posting in this thread and instead post adulations of praise in the review thread when it gets posted =) You're silly, Proph. I'll take money over praise anyday (just kidding of course!) Actually, I'll take more people willing to arrange new stuff for me over all of that. The judges decision will get posted when the song is posted, that's usually how I've seen it run. Yeah, ya'll can keep talking about it here until it's actually posted. Go right ahead. EDIT: Reviews go here - http://www.ocremix.org/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=98089 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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