Thanks man, that bass is groovin hard!!

Thanks! The first 4 bars were a bongo loop and then the rest was actually 3 big loops I made… so almost every measure after that had some variation. But, after listening again the variation was so subtle it sure didn’t sound like it…thanks for the tip, I like this new mix a lot more. Added some conga too :)

Do you know this percussion MONSTER Manolo Badrena?

Wow…that’s an awesome jam. Thanks for sharing that link!

Oh yeah…I don’t know why I didn’t check. I usually use random pitch and time offsets to mimic that. But, yeah…you’re right, why mimic a second take if it’s available naturally?…lol

Thanks, Doxent!!

Thanks, and thanks for the mini mental vacation you just gave me :)

Hmm…yeah it is. I just added ‘samba’ to the tags. I got pretty adept at tweaking vocals with Ableton, now I’m getting pretty adept with Melodyne. Thanks!

Thanks man!

Thanks. I use a similar process on most of my vocals.

1. First I try to cut and arrange the vocals in Ableton without any time or pitch manipulation at all.

2. Then I use Melodyne to manipulate time, pitch, formant, modulation, etc.

3. For harmonies, I create a double, change the pitch, then add random pitch drift and random time offsets. As Copperhead pointed out, I really should have found a second take and used that (if available)instead of creating a harmony from the same sample. But if it isn’t available the offsets can create a believable harmony…sometimes. Even if it isn’t a harmony doing this will sometimes add more depth to vocals. Sounds weird and flangy when you listen to it on its own…but in the mix it sounds better…sometimes. I wonder if I forgot the offsets on this. I usually get better results.

4. Then I add a vocal effect from Izotope Nectar. I actually just use a free version so I have to record the track as audio in sections because it stops after about 30 seconds. I really need to just buy it. I think I used a folk preset on this one, I don’t remember. On harmonies, I usually use a second Nectar preset.

5. Finally I added an additional vocal effect on both vocal tracks. I used “Vocal Compressor-3 Band” from Izotope Ozone 4”…which I do own. I turned the reverb up to 3.3

If you check back here in a few minutes I’ll have 2 more tracks uploaded. Vocals w/ harmony and vocals without the harmony. Just attribute the vocals to orrisroot not me if you use them. : )

Thank you so much!
Much appreciated.
I’m just uploading your new files.
My last question is, what do you use to convert flac to mp3?
I get one tons of programs with malwares….

Sorry it took me so long to get back… I use an app called Music Converter. I just went to the app Store on my mac and searched FLAC. Looks like there’s better options now…but this is what I use http://www.iboostup.com/app...