Vance records the vocoded copy of the lead vocal on the choruses to a new track in Pro Tools. Once he’s got the sound he’s looking for, he uses the lead vocal track as the modulator and has Jeff playing the chords of the chorus into the keyboard-controlling the carrier sound. Triple-Layer Vocalsīack to the excerpt, Vance has Jeff test out how the vocoder setting they’ve dialed in on the MicroKorg by singing into the built-in mic. For thicker and richer results, it’s useful to have the carrier playing chords. If the carrier is a single-note melody, you’ll get a single note result from the vocoder. With a voice used as a modulator, the result sounds like a talking synth or robot voice.
As a result, you get the characteristics of the modulator superimposed onto the carrier’s audio. The vocoder essentially morphs the modulator onto the carrier sound. As we know them today, vocoders, both hardware- and software-based, are used in music production to create robotic-sounding vocal parts and more.Ī vocoder requires two different signals to work: The modulator (which is usually a sung or spoken voice, but can also be an instrument, even a percussion instrument) and the carrier, which is usually a synth sound-either an external one or one generated in the vocoder. Jeff Gorman plays the chords to the chorus into the MicroKorg creating synth like pads from his lead vocal track.īefore discussing what Vance ends up recording, let’s talk a little about vocoders and how they work. It comes with a microphone attached on a gooseneck, which allows you to sing into the vocoder.
We pick up the action in the control room with band member Jeff Gorman sitting in front of a Korg MicroKorg keyboard, which is a compact synth with a built-in vocoder. In it, Vance takes the lead vocal track and runs it through a vocoder several times to create a cool texture to layer underneath the choruses. You’ll see an example of one of these techniques in this excerpt from Start to Finish: Vance Powell - Episode 9 - Vocal Editing And Background Vocals. He’s always coming up with ideas, both big and small, to improve the sound of existing parts or create new ones. One of the many advantages of working with Vance Powell as a producer is that he knows so many creative studio techniques.
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