Tom Waits voice effect

Sebastian · Post by **Sebastian** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:20 pm

How do you...........?

I dont know how you would call this effect...Tom Waits uses often, uses it for his voice..... sounds like an old time record/walkie talkie...hollow sounding (not vinyl fx)

does Live have anythinglike that?

dirtystudios · Post by **dirtystudios** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:44 pm

there's a number of ways you can acheive that effect, but you can start by using the eq3 and killing both the highs and lows.

k

AdamJay · Post by **AdamJay** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 1:46 am

for the ultimate tom waits vocal emulation, you will need at least 1 gallon of Southern Comfort and 1/2 gallon of Fleischman's Gin.

oh yea, and a little EQing and using the 'Erosion' effect might help too.

sweetjesus · Post by **sweetjesus** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:04 am

Don't forget a lifetime of agony.

krusty · Post by **krusty** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:37 am

Tom Waits used everything from a bull horns to a Battery operated voice gun. If you're going to use eq and a mic you might try an Sm 57. If you get up close it'll capture (depending on the singer) a fair amount of sweet midrangy crust that you can fine tune with the eq.

You can also hit a chest of drawers with a 2x4 for the drum track!

dpel · Post by **dpel** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 2:58 am

AdamJay wrote:for the ultimate tom waits vocal emulation, you will need at least 1 gallon of Southern Comfort and 1/2 gallon of Fleischman's Gin.

oh yea, and a little EQing and using the 'Erosion' effect might help too.

smoke a pack of chesterfields and have a bowl of clam chowder. that should do the trick. ( a little trick i learned in Boston)

Sebastian · Post by **Sebastian** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:47 am

JA! I think Chesterfields and gin is right on!

dirtystudios · Post by **dirtystudios** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 7:58 am

sweetjesus wrote:Don't forget a lifetime of agony.

oh yes, and i forgot, you musn't have a computer within 5 miles while doing so.

k

p.s. three bottles of wine later...I POST THIS!

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:44 am

hm. for those of us not "blessed" with Toms voice

Do your vocal recording no later than 15 minutes after you get up in the morning
Use the shittiest mic you can find
hook it up to a guitar practice amplifier. That'll do the whole midrangey-distorted thing alright...

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:27 pm

You use a cheaper mike, the Midnight setting on Live's EQ 3, and a gate. The gate will give you the *tssschk*

Here is an example-- this uses a Flash player

http://www.garageband.com/mp3player?|pe ... aSkYli1YG4

BLuE_Lu · Post by **BLuE_Lu** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 4:51 pm

Nice!

Machinate · Post by **Machinate** » Sat Mar 26, 2005 8:40 pm

yeah, nice vocal sound, mike! Which mic did you use? I like a cool little sanyo mic I actually found in a junk yard.

raapie · Post by **raapie** » Mon Mar 28, 2005 7:07 am

hire Chad Blake first.

mikemc · Post by **mikemc** » Tue Mar 29, 2005 5:08 pm

yeah, nice vocal sound, mike! Which mic did you use? I like a cool little sanyo mic I actually found in a junk yard.

Thanks-- this was done with a Sony stereo mic

http://www.minidisco.com/ecm-ms907.html

it's a little battery powered condenser that is basically the mic from a video camera in it's own housing. It can be switched to 90 and 120 degree stereo image.