Vocal Effects in Garageband 2

I am looking specifically for an effect similar to that created by running a vocal through a Leslie speaker.
Yes, I am trying to record a vocal for Tomorrow Never Knows and I haven't found anything close to the Leslie, yet. I am running Garageband 2

The plug-ins in Logic provide a greater control than those of Garageband, and they come with a price: you need to have some working knowledge of how things work in Logic. Several factors can affect your sound, ranging from where you plugged things in (routing) to what you have plugged in. The problem here is that you're simply plugging in something with a blind assumption that because Logic is a better piece of software than Garageband, your sound will automagically be better. There is no magic plug-in.
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In need of more vocal effects for garageband

I'm pretty new to garageband and love the software and the community of folks helping one another.. Thanks to all ahead of time for your assistance.
I was just wondering if there are any programs or locations online to download voice effects for garageband? I've looked and have found a few spam sites and a few sites with software but no faq's or any real explanantion of their product. So i'm asking you folks for direction with this one since one of you might've gone through this before.
Thanks again for your help.

look at these web sites.
http://www.mda-vst.com/
mda-vst has a series of AU you can use on your voice.
Detune is nice. Detune - Simple up/down pitch shifting thickener
Leslie is nice. Leslie - Rotary speaker simulator
I use them alone or in combination. Try their different presets or make your own extremes.
Forget about the Talkbox AU. It doesnt seem to work in GB but might in logic.
KTGranulator is a free delay line granulator.
http://www.koen.smartelectronix.com/KTGranulator/
It has many presets. Use your mic and talk or sing into each preset to see what you like. It comes with 40 presets.
Presets 6&7 will give you a metallic sound called metallic 01 & 02.
Preset 16 is called "Android". Try them all you never know. Try combining them with "Detune" or "Leslie"!
Monstachorus is fun. Try the presets or experiment with new ones.
http://www.macmusic.org/software/view.php/lang/en/id/3098/
These are just a few examples. Best thing to do if your looking for unusual ways to change your voice is to try them in every AU you can get a hold of. You just never know what you'll come up with.
also try the tremolo and phaser that come with GB, or even the drum and guitar effects. I like to use guitar effects for distorted voice effects.

Vocal effects in Logic pro 8

Hi everyone.
My question is if everyone here noticed that the vocal effects in Logic pro 8 are not the same as in garageband 3... I mean I've been working for a while with garageband and the vocal effects of garageband are amazing.. especially the live performance one...but now I just Updated to Logic 8 and the live performance effect is sooo dry compared to garageband live performance effect... the same for all the other vocal effects... they're really dry..I don't know if its my software.. I'm simply sad with this...I Upgraded to logic to get better results and suddenly I see myself having this problem... Could anyone tell me if they have the same problem as me?? Do you feel that your vocal effects in logic are the same or even better than Garageband 3??
Thanks...

The plug-ins in Logic provide a greater control than those of Garageband, and they come with a price: you need to have some working knowledge of how things work in Logic. Several factors can affect your sound, ranging from where you plugged things in (routing) to what you have plugged in. The problem here is that you're simply plugging in something with a blind assumption that because Logic is a better piece of software than Garageband, your sound will automagically be better. There is no magic plug-in.
jord

How can I add vocal effects other than the 9 Voice options? (I can't shift pitch)

Hello!
I am making the switch from PC and am just trying to lower the pitch of a vocal track by at least an octave; I just got a MBP last week and am running GB 10.0.2. I can't find any info on similar problems that is helpful; most solutions I've come across show that when the track is selected, there should be a pitch shift bar with a sliding button, but I do not have that. I read a lot of people saying something about the track being purple or not, but I'm not sure if that's relative to the version I have or if that has anything to do with what's happening. When I select the track, in the little area toward the lower left when "Track" is selected, (what is that space called?) where the pitch shift option is for other people, I only have a sliding bar for Pitch Correction, and a checkbox for Limit to Key and Enable Flex. When "Region" is selected, it just shows the name of the region and there are no options. Another question I have is how to change the pitch of midi sounds? When the keyboard is open on the screen I have tried moving the little octave shifter, but it assigns the sounds that are on the keyboard at different locations if I move it, so it changes the sound completely. A couple of them shift one octave up or down, but there are no actual controls..
I'm mostly just dabbling with EDM/trap/Hiphop tracks at the moment, but am confused about whether or not there are other vocal effects and controls other than the preset Voice options in the instrument area (Bright vocal, Classic vocal, compressed vocal, Edge vocal, etc.)? I'm not going to be using GB forever, but are there not any other options like for current rap/trap production (phaser, balance, EQ, auto tune, choppers, actual voice altering effects, etc.) [preferably without buying extra things]? And not only vocals, but editing effects for all sounds.. If so, how do I get to them? And if not I know I should at least be able to lower or raise the pitch of a vocal recording... There are some pretty legit electronic instruments that are exactly the kind of sound I'm going for so I was surprised to not see an equally simple to access vocal effects board or something. Any additional tips for a n00b electronic music producer would also be greatly appreciated! Thank you for any help!

In GarageBand 10 you can no longer change a track with an audio file to a "purple" audio recording, as it has been possible in GarageBand '11.
Even, if you can make the transpose slider visible by enlarging the the track editor panel, the slider will be disabled.
What you can do however, is either add an AuPItch filter from the audioUnit panel or to convert your audio file to loop and to admit from the Loop Browser.
In the new GarageBand you add the AuPitch filter from the Smart Controls.
Enlarge the SmartControl panel by dragging the dividing line upwards, until you see the Audio Units brick, then add an Apple Audio Unit and set it to AuPitch.
Or create a loop from the audio file. Select the region in the track and use the command "File: Add region to Loop library". You need to trim the filet an exact number of measures.
Set the current key and tempo, name the loop, and save the loop. Make sure, that one-shot loop is not enabled.
Now add it from the loop browser to a new track and delete your old track. The search field in the Loop browser will help you to find the loop quickly.
You will be able to transpose the sample like any regular loop.

Can hear Vocal Transformer in Garageband 10 but can't access

I've searcehd the forums, not finding the issue I'm having.
I've imported a Garageband 6 file that has the vocal tranformer effect applied into Garageband 10. I can hear the effect on the track in 10, but cannot find where it's being generated from. There's no options in the smart controls other than "compressor, high pass filter, overdrive" and no button on top right to see any more options. But I can hear the tranformation. How do I access it?
Thanks!

Do you still have GarageBand '11, version 6.0.x installed? Then you should be seeing the old vocal patches of GarageBand '11 in the Legacy section of the Instrument Library.
Legacy > GarageBand > Vocals
The patches "Deeper Vocals" and "Mouse Voice" have controls for the Vocal Transformer in the Smart Controls:
You can adjust the pitch and the formants just like in GarageBand '11:

Quality vocal sound in garageband

I am unsure what to do in order to have the best vocal sound quality in garageband. I might be resorting to buying a better microphone. Before I do that, I would like some insight of what the possible factors are for the not-so-great sound quality.
-I have a radio shack microphone. It's old, but it works great plugged into my camera. I plug it into the Mac with XLR cable to audio jack. Could it be the plug-in I use for the mic? Should I go with a usb plug-in mic?
-The sound is very faint and I have to speak very closely into the mic. I also have to turn up the gain in garageband. Why is that?
-Does anyone know about the vocal effects you use in garageband? Are there any recommended ones?
Thanks for your help.

buddybull wrote:
-I have a radio shack microphone[...] I plug it into the Mac with XLR cable to audio jack.
-The sound is very faint
http://www.bulletsandbones.com/GB/GBFAQ.html#micline
(Let the page FULLY load. The link to your answer is at the top of your screen)
buddybull wrote:
-Does anyone know about the vocal effects you use in garageband? Are there any recommended ones?
recording is much more an art than a science. the truthful answer to "what effect should i use?" is "use the effect(s) that's needed"
every recording is different, often in the same room with the same mic. one recording might need a compressor, perhaps all of "your" recordings do, perhaps none do. echo? reverb? it depends on what you expect the output to sound like (too much reverb and echo will generally sound amateurish, but maybe that's the sound you're attempting to get in a particular recording).
you use the effects that sculpt the recording to get what you want.

Hi, I'm planning on using Mainstage 3 for performing live and I wanted to know how to add my Logic Pro backing tracks into it and have automated vocal effects that trigger while I'm singing. How do I do this?

I have a mic hooked up through an interface and I'd like to open up my backing tracks then figure out what vocal effect sound good on what places during the song, then I want to have those automatically trigger while I'm singing and performing. Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks.

Here’s a couple of links to get you started on your research...
OS X Lion Overview
iLife 11
http://www.apple.com/ilife/video-showcase/
http://www.apple.com/ilife/
Running Windows on a Mac
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2344661,00.asp
And just in case you didn't know... This is a User to User Forum

Need help identifying vocal effect

Hello! I am a huge fan of obscure British 60's psychedelic and have been trying to mimic the vocal effects used on this song.
I'm guessing it would be a combination of delay through a Leslie speaker but seem to not be able to achieve the same results.
http://www.photographicgun.com/tmp/the_moles.mp3
Please let me know the steps in recreating this effect.
Thx!

It's probably a bunch of guitar pedals and amps on the original. Certainly there's trem, distortion, a kind of phasey/flangey/pseudo-vocodery effect there.
I'd probaly pick out a vocal chain including a middy-sounding EQ, chorus, ensemble, the EVB3 rotary effect, and GuitarAmpPro, and see how far you get...
Nice to hear that track again, BTW...

Error when importing songs/effects into GarageBand

Whenever I try to import a song or iLife sound effect into garageband, it comes up with an error reading.
Any ideas?

this may sound silly, since you've done these things, but in order try this
close the GB project first, then quit GB
log out of your account
log back in, and repair permissions again
launch GB, and create another new project
after that, i'm not sure what else to suggest at the moment. i can't quite figure out what directory GB can't find if it's not the project itself, or a general permissions problem.

Stutter Vocal Effect?

I was wondering if someone could help me out creating a 'stutter' vocal effect? I know it requires cutting up of the recording track...or something along those lines...a lot of pop/techno tracks are using this progressive stutter effect.
Thank you!

You can cut up your audio region using cmd-T in the Editor window and string up several copies of some little slice. Or, if the desired part is at the beginning of a region, alt-drag the region to the right a couple of times. There's no way to automate this in GB.

Trying to add audio narrative to a Slideshow via vocal track on Garageband-won't take. How can I do this for illiterate friend?

I have set up a Slideshow on iDVD with the intention of adding a narrative and burning a dvd, so a friend of mine who can neither read nor write will be able to watch the pictures while listening to the narrative. I have produced a narrative by using the Male Vocal track on Garageband, but when I try to drop the result into the Audio box at the base of the Slideshow Edit Window, it won't take. I know that only certain types of audio will work, but I thought Garageband would do the job.
If I can't do it that way, how can I make a suitable narrative without putting it separately onto a cassette tape?
Using an iBook G4, running OSX 10.4.11– the latest system I can run.

Save the Garageband track as an aiff or mp3 file and use that.
OT

Silence at the end of a vocal track in garageband?

I tried piecing together two vocal tracks in garageband, but when i did so, there was a silence in the beginning of the second track. When i moved the second track a few bars forward it would play normally, but if i put it right behind the other track, there is a silence before the second part plays. How do i fix this? Please help!

Have you tried to trim the audio regions and remove the silence at the start and the end, before you join the regions in one track? You can either select the region, position the cursor at the end of the silent part and then use command-T to split the region, then delete the silent part, or simply position the cursor at the end of the loop the end of the region and drag the end to trim it and to remove the silence.
Regards
Léonie

Funny Vocal effects in Mainstage?

Hello.
Is there any funny vocal effect to apply in real time like the "Helium effect" in garage band or, even better, is there a way to sing a song with a microphone attached to the computer and use a midi keyboard like a vocalizer/harmonizer for the voice?
Cheers
Giacomo

Hi,
the Plugin "Vocal Transformer" should do the helium job.
If you want to harmonize your voice, i would suggest to feed your voice into the EVOC20 Vocoder via the Sidechain while playing the appropriate chords.
Fox

Program/Plugin for vocal effects and/or distorions

Hi:
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for software of plugins that created vocal effects or voice distortions. I have heard some effects in rap songs and also in death metal, and I am trying to recreate certian effects. I'm sure I can play around with traditional effects, but was wondering if anyone knew of any other programs/plugins that would accomplish the same thing.
I was particularly interested in an effect that allowed me to create a kind of realtime vocal that sounded like slow motion.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Chaz

chazperx wrote:
Hi:
I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions for software of plugins that created vocal effects or voice distortions. I have heard some effects in rap songs and also in death metal, and I am trying to recreate certian effects. I'm sure I can play around with traditional effects, but was wondering if anyone knew of any other programs/plugins that would accomplish the same thing.
I was particularly interested in an effect that allowed me to create a kind of realtime vocal that sounded like slow motion.
Thanks in advance for your help!
Chaz
To do the slow motion, you have to pretty much do it non-realtime, or just use a harmonizer set to tune the vocal very low.
Cheers

Why does GarageBand reverse my vocal effects the "effected" part of the vocal is sounding as the main recorded part, and vice-versa.

The "effected" part of the vocal (track echo) is sounding as if it's the main recorded part, and vice-versa. This is happening with every track that's recorded as a real instrument...
Thanx!

Among the alternatives not mentioned... Using a TiVo DVR, rather than the X1; a Roamio Plus or Pro would solve both the concern over the quality of the DVR, as well as providing the MoCA bridge capability the poster so desperately wanted the X1 DVR to provide. (Although the TiVo's support only MoCA 1.1.) Just get a third-party MoCA adapter for the distant location. Why the hang-up on having a device provided by Comcast? This seems especially ironic given the opinions expressed regarding payments over time to Comcast. If a MoCA 2.0 bridge was the requirement, they don't exist outside providers. So couldn't the poster have simply requested a replacement XB3 from the local office and configured it down to only providing MoCA bridging -- and perhaps as a wireless access point? Comcast would bill him the monthly rate for the extra device, but such is the state of MoCA 2.0. Much of the OP sounds like frustration over devices providing capabilities the poster *thinks* they should have.

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