The Digitech Vocalist was mentioned in a previous article ("Digitech Vocalist Live FX Vocal Effects") for its specific capabilities and the purpose in the article now was to note it has been ordered but an email just arrived to say it will be delivered tomorrow.
Well ...
There will be a review on using it as to how well it delivers on sound quality, etc but of course it will do a good job as that's what it does. The biggest questions are how well it does with pitch shifting and how well it does with harmonization.
The pitch shifting aspect is the ethical consideration as it's the dead last device any musician would ever consider a real musical instrument. Maybe it's like getting robo-fingers so you can play like Jimi Hendrix and robo-voice so you can sing like Barbra Streisand (as if any robo could ever possibly do that).
My purpose is not robo-perfection, however. I don't want a gadget to make people think I am Pavarotti but it may have some purpose I don't even know yet as it wasn't the reason I considered the device in the first place.
The actual purpose is to run any vocal effects separately from any effects applied to audio coming in from the looper or anywhere else. That gives tremendous freedom as it's not likely you will want the same effects on each type of sound. For example, it's almost always good to put big reverb on drums as that will bring the whole Zulu nation down on the show, you'll get all the percussion you could ever want. However, that would suck for vocal because it would make it sound like you sing in a fish tank.
It's a big bite to pull this one into the Rockhouse and this is the 'I sure hope I didn't screw up' part. Confidence is good the move is right but I won't know for sure until I try it.
(Ed: what is success?)
Delivering a full-production love song to Cat is success and "Colorful" is perfect for it. That's why so long on the work-up. The easy way to do it is to download a MIDI file from the net and use it for the parts I couldn't be bothered to play as I have no burning need to learn how to play a piccolo. That way will also deliver a box-stock cover song which is exactly what I don't want to do.
The result will be close to a cover as the chords won't change and the rhythm won't change much either. The orchestration is where I can play with it and somewhat also with the lyrics. I anticipate going straight into this over the week-end.
(Ed: $200 for a single song?)
It would be worth it for that but there is more as it will also have a strong value in doing "Too Much or Not Enough" as that's my other top-shelf love song. The purpose for that one is in doing it live as I hate it as a back track but it's a good song and doing it without live vocal won't happen.
"It's for You" is one I also see as the top-shelf for love songs but that one will only be performed if the Mystery Lady sings it at the same time. Anything else would desecrate it unless it were two other people singing it for each other. I'd get a huge bang out of that and I'm sure the Mystery Lady would as well.
So, a lot of blather but the purpose is to show a lot of this looks like it's only blather but a lot more happens in the background than ever makes it onto the blog.
Well ...
There will be a review on using it as to how well it delivers on sound quality, etc but of course it will do a good job as that's what it does. The biggest questions are how well it does with pitch shifting and how well it does with harmonization.
The pitch shifting aspect is the ethical consideration as it's the dead last device any musician would ever consider a real musical instrument. Maybe it's like getting robo-fingers so you can play like Jimi Hendrix and robo-voice so you can sing like Barbra Streisand (as if any robo could ever possibly do that).
My purpose is not robo-perfection, however. I don't want a gadget to make people think I am Pavarotti but it may have some purpose I don't even know yet as it wasn't the reason I considered the device in the first place.
The actual purpose is to run any vocal effects separately from any effects applied to audio coming in from the looper or anywhere else. That gives tremendous freedom as it's not likely you will want the same effects on each type of sound. For example, it's almost always good to put big reverb on drums as that will bring the whole Zulu nation down on the show, you'll get all the percussion you could ever want. However, that would suck for vocal because it would make it sound like you sing in a fish tank.
It's a big bite to pull this one into the Rockhouse and this is the 'I sure hope I didn't screw up' part. Confidence is good the move is right but I won't know for sure until I try it.
(Ed: what is success?)
Delivering a full-production love song to Cat is success and "Colorful" is perfect for it. That's why so long on the work-up. The easy way to do it is to download a MIDI file from the net and use it for the parts I couldn't be bothered to play as I have no burning need to learn how to play a piccolo. That way will also deliver a box-stock cover song which is exactly what I don't want to do.
The result will be close to a cover as the chords won't change and the rhythm won't change much either. The orchestration is where I can play with it and somewhat also with the lyrics. I anticipate going straight into this over the week-end.
(Ed: $200 for a single song?)
It would be worth it for that but there is more as it will also have a strong value in doing "Too Much or Not Enough" as that's my other top-shelf love song. The purpose for that one is in doing it live as I hate it as a back track but it's a good song and doing it without live vocal won't happen.
"It's for You" is one I also see as the top-shelf for love songs but that one will only be performed if the Mystery Lady sings it at the same time. Anything else would desecrate it unless it were two other people singing it for each other. I'd get a huge bang out of that and I'm sure the Mystery Lady would as well.
So, a lot of blather but the purpose is to show a lot of this looks like it's only blather but a lot more happens in the background than ever makes it onto the blog.
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