Side Brain's Vocal Chain
This Rack is included in Composition Power Tools by Side Brain
SIDE BRAIN'S VOCAL CHAIN
Get Progressional Sounding Vocals with Ableton Effects Only!
NEW UPDATE 12.1 now only using Ableton Suite Built-In Effects
This rack included a mixture of Gate, Pitch Correction, Pre-EQ, Compression, Saturation, Exciter, M/S EQ, Multi-Band Compression, and Parallel Time-Based Effects.
Essentially everything you need to turn dry vocals into production-ready takes with minimum amount of latency.
Check out the video for more info and an overview of the rack.
MACROS
Gate - A utility for a home studio with a noisy environment. Values of -45dB and -55dB usually work best. But it can change according to your pre-amp level.
EQ Intensity - Controls both Pre-EQ and Mid-Side EQ to clean the vocals and add depth
Verb - Parallel processes reverb using Ableton's Hybrid Reverb
Slap Delay - A short stereo delay to add dimension and size to the vocals
Air - Brighten and open up the vocals
Compress - Controls the amount of the Compressor and Multi-band Compression
Top Harmony - Add a higher and lower octave harmony
Echo - 1 bar echo with slight Auto-Panning (no Ping Pong)
INSTALLATION
1. Double click on the downloaded file to open it up in Ableton Live
2. Click on the Save button at the top right corner of the device to save to your User Library
ABLETON LIVE 10 & 11
The Ableton Live 10 & 11 versions are using the free plug-in Roth-Air which is an amazing free Exciter you can download from HERE.
I'm also using Auto-Tune pro but you can use any pitch correction plugin you want, just place it before the Rack or after the Gate (first effect in the rack)
I've included two versions of the Rack one with Auto-Tune and one without
Here is a list of Free Pitch Correction plugins:
- Gsnap
- Voloco
UPDATE FOR HUGE VOCALS!
I've now included a version of the rack for huge ethereal vocals!
It's using the Envelope Follower to get a big reverb with no tail.
Check out the 2nd video below for more info