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440 Forums _ Sound Theory _ Elliot Smith"esque" Vocals

Posted by: sonickid23 Sun 21 May 2006, 22:16

Anyone know how to reproduce that Elliot Smith signiture vocal sound? It sounds very layered, maybe a bit like the Beatles. I'm recording a song and put down about 5 vocal takes of the same melody thinking that that might achieve the effect, but it just doesn't sound the same. Any advice?

Posted by: sonickid23 Tue 23 May 2006, 17:44

anybody? somebody?

Posted by: redstrype Tue 23 May 2006, 20:37

QUOTE (sonickid23 @ Tue 23 May 2006, 16:44)

anybody? somebody?

Which Elliot Smith vocal effect are referring to? Which song? Doesn't he just double his vocals? His voice is pretty unique, that might be something that you can't really recreate.

Posted by: sonickid23 Wed 24 May 2006, 17:32

Well I guess Waltz #1, or pretty much anything off XO for that matter would be a good example. It's a sorta whispery multi-layered sound, but it also sounds like there's some affect applied to it. I'm not sure what. Any clues?