LOFI Garage Rock Vocal Chains

[A.Gray]

Hello everyone,

I have recorded my voice for a garage rock/punk song like The White Stripes, Arctic Monkeys, The Strokes (my fav when it comes to vocals) and other.
However, I don't know how to mix the vocals.

I want to make a vocal effect like this :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=phDGgIvwAmw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1ASTu7XNts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uR3bNrIg9eE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2DFsW_2T5g
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yha4X2mdxeE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOtAuwwB7ow

Thank you in advance for your responses

[[jur]]

What's common in these vocals is (you could apply effects in this order, it should give a nice basis):
- quite limited frequency range, i.e no lows and not much very high highs. Use an EQ to do this
- very compressed, use a compressor
- overdriven. Live has many distortion devices, but maybe start trying with Overdrive, which have the benefit of a built-in filter. You could actually try only using this device at first. You'd make a "quite" narrow filter with lows and highs cut, adding drive etc...
Some very faint rapid slapback delay could probably feel good too.

[A.Gray]

What's common in these vocals is (you could apply effects in this order, it should give a nice basis):
- quite limited frequency range, i.e no lows and not much very high highs. Use an EQ to do this
- very compressed, use a compressor
- overdriven. Live has many distortion devices, but maybe start trying with Overdrive, which have the benefit of a built-in filter. You could actually try only using this device at first. You'd make a "quite" narrow filter with lows and highs cut, adding drive etc...
Some very faint rapid slapback delay could probably feel good too.

What about modulation and reverb? It's in the song St James Infirmary Blues by the White Stripes.

[[jur]]

Why not, it's up to you.
I was answering about the general tone of this vocal style. Reverb isn't what makes those tones but you can indeed use it as a mixing tool (or a creative one too if that's what you like).