Originally posted by SPL
Doubling like that will cause possible nasty sounding phase cancellations in mono, or a fake stereo image. Nice creative idea, but it's just not the most efficient way of trying to improve presence.

Propper mic placement, equalization and compression are the key to getting a decent vocal sound. But since there's not 'one' way of getting a good sound, the answer lays in experimentation, and lots of it.

First off i didnt say that it is the most efficiant way.

Second it does NOT produce nasty sounding phase cancellations because you are not switching the phase - its just as if you where doubling it with a guitar that is SLIGHTLY out of tune (which is very common since no two guitars are tuned absolutely perfect together - even when they use the same tuner) - you just have to be sure not to detune it too much - values like 30 cent are too much.

you are right about the other stuff you said - but my first statement assumed that the the signal is already recorded is as good as possible, cuz you cant turn crap into gold even with the best processors and effects.

[Edited by Azrael on 08-28-2003 at 04:36 AM]