How do I really f*** up a vocal?

I have a vocal in a mix that I'm working on that really needs something special.  I'm not sure exactly what yet, but I need some ideas of things I can play with.  The only thing that I'm sure of is that I want something really screwed up sounding.  What do you do when you need something like that?  Is there a synth that you can run it through with various filters?  I'm open to any suggestions!
 
Thanks,
Seth

Melodyne the hell out of it. If you've got Editor or Studio there's tons you can do in the sound design department. VocalSynth by IzoTope is also cool and so is the Xilslab vocoder. Both of those are significant additional purchases though.

You could also try some delay and some console style overdrive (e.g. the console emulator).

Different approach, try this one:
 
http://www.qubenzis.com/vst-dblue-glitch-v1304-free-and-extremely-versatile-multi-channel-audio-filter/#.V5pfOY-cG00
 
 

Another thought (along the lines of Melodyne) is if you have V-Vocal installed on your system (you've been here a while so maybe you owned a version of Sonar that VV came with) it has some pretty intense controls that can twist up a file... and in different ways than Melodyne can.
 
It's just a lot less stable so you may want to do it in a completely isolated project the bounce/export and import the results into the main project. Like make a stereo mixdown of your backer tracks so you are dealing with one stereo file, import that and the vocal parts into a new project, use V-Vocal to do your mangling, bounce/render then drag the files back into the main project (to avoid corruption, crashes, conflicts).
 
Might work fine in the main project anyway but yanno... better not tempt fate.
 
Cheers.

Run it through zeta...

Thedoccal
Try making multiple copies of it...say 6.  Then do just a few things to each one.  Then mix them together.  Automate each one with pan and volume.

This is more or less how I do it. Distortion, eq, delays, reverbs etc.

Cool song, Craig! Not heard that one before

Any of the various granulaizers - I just got Siren's.
SFX Machine's stuff.  Frostbite is good, too.
 
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sethmopod
 The only thing that I'm sure of is that I want something really screwed up sounding.  What do you do when you need something like that?  Is there a synth that you can run it through with various filters?  I'm open to any suggestions!

A Granular effects VST would do it....  Melda productions MMultiBandGranular comes to mind.

https://www.meldaproduction.com/MMultiBandGranular

I think Vocal Synth from iZotope is one of the best:
https://www.izotope.com/en/products/create-and-design/vocalsynth.html
 
 

vocalizer such as izotope vocalsynth,
delicate editing tool such as celemony melodyne,
pitch altering tool such as dmg audio pitchfunk
- those all and many other are fun to mess with ;)

sethmopod
 I can't find that plugin...(voxtools).

In the Plugins tab of the browser look in FX Chain > Anderton Collection > VoxTools

I could sing it for you.  That would be pretty messed up.
 
www.themightykonrad.com

Having a couple of problems:
z3ta+ - I can't get any sound to come out of it.  When I put it on the bus, no sound.  Turn it off (via the power button in the fx rack) and sound comes back.
 
VoxTools - The Mayhem Distortion button does the same thing.  When I hit the button, it cuts off the audio.
 
Thoughts?

PS: If you are going to do a bunch of layering to smash a bunch of effects this is an EXCELLENT use for the new Aux Tracks. Basically set up a bunch of Aux Tracks and feed the original vocal track into all of them. Then add your effects on the different Aux tracks.
 
That way you aren't loading up the project with extra clips by cloning the original (which can slow down the system/be hard to keep track of) or busses (better to keep all your vocal mayhem in a nice neat folder in the Track Pane).
 
It also gives you a bunch of extra options as far as automation AND you can use the PC QuadCurve EQ on every Aux Track (you can only have one QC instance per track).
 
aaaaaand they can be recorded into (unlike busses) which means you can do realtime effects, record them into the Aux tracks then mangle the resulting clips further/individually with DSP and/or Region FX or whatever.
 
Then it can all terminate into a single bus (or multiples if you want) for final sound sculpting.
 
Also you can mute the main output of the original dry track (while the sends to the aux tracks are still active) to completely take it out of the equation OR automate the output for a wet/dry effect (but you have to make sure the sends to the Aux Tracks are PreFader).
 
 
Just some extra ideas for extra mangly goodness.
 
Cheers.