Some people have ****ed about the technique used in my latest? 

I like to sing "the lead" and then double it in places? (as closely as possible) With the doubled part, cloned? With dbl A, panned 100% <---- Left, and clone B panned 100% right ------> The dbl-A you shift a few cents (or 1) left, the dbl-B you shift a few cents (or 1) right... Then you send all three to the lead vox bus? And treat accordingly, verb, delay, etc...

I think you can get a phat sound using this technique. But the singer has to be disciplined... The double has to be spot on. You can comp it to make it so, and as a last resort, use editing tools like melodyne. 

Some will disprove of these techniques? But I say, give them a try.


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One thing to consider is when doubling/tripling? You have to be sure to ride the fader or use a limiter on the LV bus. To make sure the tripled vox don't overwhelm the single vox. 


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I have an example of this technique up on the songs page now, called "Soft Truths." So you can see what I'm talking about. I think it's pretty good.

For what it's worth, I've found it helpful to route the output of the vocal track directly back to the soundcard so it bypasses the Master bus. That way I can set the headphone mix so I can hear the vocals clearly over the accompaniment by lowering the output of the Master bus. Then, when I'm done recording, just change the vocal track output back to Master (or whatever other bus is appropriate for your project).