I use an envelope when I do that stuff? I mix it down, put it in an envelope, and mail it to somebody? And they usually write back, "this sucks..." Don't give up your day job.

1. You need to squeeze it, (compression) And comp it, do multiple takes, and use the tasty bits.

2. You should find a delay you like? And a nice effect is to have the delay kick in after you're singing. You can do this with an envelope.

3. You can try to double it in places "for emphasis." 

4. A nice plate reverb.

5. Bring your lead vocals down the pipe, and pan everything else. 

Those are a few of the simple bits? 

YMMV. And there are other tricks. 

bitflipper


Sure. I'll PM you my email address.

thanks i sent you an email

Got your file, Thomas. I'll send you a file back with various treatments.

Six variations in the file I'm sending to you:
1. Dry, as you sent it to me
2. Waves Doubler, light setting
3. Gated delay
4. Two reverbs, one short, one long
5. Waves Doubler, heavier setting plus the two reverbs
6. Same as #5 but with parallel compression  

The main non-bundled effect I used was the Waves Doubler plugin. However, you do not need this plugin to achieve the effect. It just makes it more convenient. It merely duplicates an old technique, which is to clone the vocal twice and pitch one clone up a few cents and the other down a few cents.

I also used FabFilter Pro-C for the parallel compression. Again, you don't need a special compressor to do this and it can be accomplished using only the bundled Sonitus compressor. Pro-C just makes it easier by providing a wet/dry mix, alleviating the need for a separate compressor bus.

bitflipper


Six variations in the file I'm sending to you:
1. Dry, as you sent it to me
2. Waves Doubler, light setting
3. Gated delay
4. Two reverbs, one short, one long
5. Waves Doubler, heavier setting plus the two reverbs
6. Same as #5 but with parallel compression  

The main non-bundled effect I used was the Waves Doubler plugin. However, you do not need this plugin to achieve the effect. It just makes it more convenient. It merely duplicates an old technique, which is to clone the vocal twice and pitch one clone up a few cents and the other down a few cents.

I also used FabFilter Pro-C for the parallel compression. Again, you don't need a special compressor to do this and it can be accomplished using only the bundled Sonitus compressor. Pro-C just makes it easier by providing a wet/dry mix, alleviating the need for a separate compressor bus.

thanks so much for your time! it sounds good thats kind of what i did in the original song.. i have pro tools so i duplicated the track twice and panned them in left and right 100 a little before and a little after the lead vocal.. you can tell i did it at about 1:10 seconds in this christmas  www.soundcloud.com/tfabes
 
thats kind of what you sent me but yours sounds a lot more professionaly done lol