Christopher D
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Need a Good Chorus Effect for Backing Vocals: Chorus/Flanger Not Cutting It
I’m currently working on a tune with Brian Wilson-esque backing vocals, and I really want a lush and easy to use chorus plugin. The only chorus FX I see in X2 Pro is the Chrous/Flanger, and I’m just not digging it for this application. To my ears it really seems to be geared more for guitar, and I don’t want the flanger at all (i.e., just chorus). Is there another chorus oriented plugin in Sonar X2 Pro I’m missing—maybe one that’s called something else?
I have a hardware unit that rocks on verbs and chorus FX, but it only has analogue and digital optical ins and outs. I prefer sending and returning digitally; so, if I go that route I’ll need an optical to coax cable. I’m not even sure if they make those.
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Re:Need a Good Chorus Effect for Backing Vocals: Chorus/Flanger Not Cutting It
2013/05/22 15:40:42
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If you have X2, then you should have guitar rig 5' Try loading the app blank. pick one out of components......worth a try
If the effect is too much, load it in a bus, route it back to the master, assign a send to the vocal track.
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Re:Need a Good Chorus Effect for Backing Vocals: Chorus/Flanger Not Cutting It
2013/05/22 15:41:19
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I like the doubler effect in the VX-64 for chorus effect on vocals...
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Re:Need a Good Chorus Effect for Backing Vocals: Chorus/Flanger Not Cutting It
2013/05/22 15:46:46
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Christopher D
...Is there another chorus oriented plugin in Sonar X2 Pro I’m missing—maybe one that’s called something else?
Try the Spectra FX.
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Re:Need a Good Chorus Effect for Backing Vocals: Chorus/Flanger Not Cutting It
2013/05/22 16:30:38
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Why not just double track the vocal or clone it and add in a few ms of delay by using the nudge feature. Another cool effect is to clone the track - put in offset mode and insert a chorus. Take the dry signal right down have it 100% wet. Take the volume fader right down. Now hit play and raise the volume fader until you hear the chorus effect start to blend in.
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Christopher D
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Re:Need a Good Chorus Effect for Backing Vocals: Chorus/Flanger Not Cutting It
2013/05/22 17:50:22
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Thanks for the advice thus far.
To clarify X2 Pro doesn’t come with Guitar Rig 5. It comes with Over Loud 2, which is great for guitar. I really p refer choruses that are calibrated specifically for voice.
The backing tracks aren’t just doubled. This is an actual Beach Boys type track; so, I have about 15 backing tracks, each with at least 3 lanes. I’m keeping every lane unmuted; so, there is already a natural chorus there. But I’m a bit of a BB and Wilson buff. Those dudes are notorious for stacking like that and still using nice choruses, comps, verbs, and delays to provide an additional sense of space. That’s what I’m going for.
I'll check out the VX and Spectra effects....thanks again...
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Re:Need a Good Chorus Effect for Backing Vocals: Chorus/Flanger Not Cutting It
2013/05/23 05:50:28
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Check out the free plugins by Melda Productions. Some of these, for freebies are absolutely top notch If you can't find what you want from a plugin, I'd persevere with out hardware box and forget about digital - just run it analog in/out and record the results onto a spare couple of tracks. PS - The Beach Boys probably did it this way - no digital back then 
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Re:Need a Good Chorus Effect for Backing Vocals: Chorus/Flanger Not Cutting It
2013/05/23 10:19:00
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I may be wrong about this, but I don't think Brian Wilson used electronic choruses at all. I think what you hear is multiple highly-complementary voices mixed acoustically into a single omnidirectional microphone. Very hard to duplicate, so congrats in advance if you pull it off!
One of my favorite references for that kind of thick BGV is "Little Lies" by Fleetwood Mac. No choruses or other electronic help on that one, either, except for the ubiquitous Lexicons. Another, of course, is Bohemian Rhapsody. These two examples may seem to have little in common, but the way they were recorded was the same: multiple passes of multiple simultaneous voices.
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