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Using delay effects to enhance vocals

Using delay effects to enhance vocals - Pro Tools Tutorial

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Using delay effects to enhance vocals

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- [Narrator] Like reverb processing, delay is another time-based vocal effect that works quite well as a send. By setting up your delay as a send, you can mix the amount of delay to taste. And you can even apply other processing, as we'll do later in this course. Here, I wanna focus on two styles of delay. The classic Elvis Presley slash John Lennon slap-back effect and a more modern, rhythmic-style delay. First, let's work on the slap-back style delay. Notice I've already set up a send off my lead vocal. This send is going on bus 34, and it's returning to my first delay aux track, vocal delay. You can see its input is set to bus 34. Now, I've already gone ahead and inserted the delay plugin on this aux return track. And this is the mod-delay three, this is the stock delay plugin that comes with any Pro Tools system. Notice the mix is set to 100 percent wet, which is exactly how we wanna have it as a send/return. This return track is gonna be 100 percent delay, while we can send our…

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