Re: Harmonizer question?

Pt wrote:

I for one do not like voice modifying effects (even something like
reverb is much better if it's the real reverb from a suitable
venue). I prefer to hear the singer's real voice with all its properties and maybe some faults, so what.

Even though the singers pitch is spot on it will correct any pitch
errors.

Nobody's voice is perfect all the time and I can't see wanting each
note to be perfectly pitched, where's the feeling ?

It also has the global setting set for reverb, delay, voice doubling
and pitch correction when the harmony is off.

I particularly don't like voice doubling or chorus type effects. You
get this central voice (which hopefully is pretty good) and then you
get all this harmonic buzz around it that prevents you from focusing
on the real voice. I particularly dislike listening to someone sing
with themselves, that's just plain weird. Find some backing vocals
somewhere, they'll probably do it for free.

The more I listen to recordings the more I realize that they are using
harmonizers for the harmony.

Yeah, it's all over the place and it's awful. And it's getting worse.
Now even really good singers are getting their voices messed with.

Maybe for music where the singer is just part of the rest of the noise
but if you want to be moved by a real person singing I say get rid of
all the effects.

A similar thing is with acoustic guitars. There's no way you can get
the sound of an acoustic heard on a popular recording without a ton of
effects. I don't know what they do exactly, probably compress the
hell out of it, but it ends up being dead with each note sounding the
same as every other note.

Paul P
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