SkinnyDip

Hi,

I'm one of those skinny white guy dj's
who was born with a nasally, whiney voice.
And when I run it through a crappy mike,
it sounds even worse.

SOOOOOOOOOO....

I'm trying to spice up my club steez with
some vocal effects. Really, anything would
be cool, but if I could find something
robotic or whatever, that would be really
cool, ala Roger and Zapp. Does anybody have
any clues of things I could put inline with
my mic to get that going? Obviously, cheaper
is better.

THX, Jason.

d parker

A Guitar Effect Pedal. For a little reverb. Cheap and functional.

OR, go and do a media course and learn a little more about what your
supposed to sound like. Sure deep is great. But
good Modulation and Presence is better.

DP
"SkinnyDip" <surfvagabond@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm one of those skinny white guy dj's
> who was born with a nasally, whiney voice.
> And when I run it through a crappy mike,
> it sounds even worse.
>
> SOOOOOOOOOO....
>
> I'm trying to spice up my club steez with
> some vocal effects. Really, anything would
> be cool, but if I could find something
> robotic or whatever, that would be really
> cool, ala Roger and Zapp. Does anybody have
> any clues of things I could put inline with
> my mic to get that going? Obviously, cheaper
> is better.
>
> THX, Jason.

megabite

LLLLLlets get ready to RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMBLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
"d parker" <ozskipper(nospam)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> A Guitar Effect Pedal. For a little reverb. Cheap and functional.
>
> OR, go and do a media course and learn a little more about what your
> supposed to sound like. Sure deep is great. But
> good Modulation and Presence is better.
>
> DP
> "SkinnyDip" <surfvagabond@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:5eeb9031.0310061806.240dd44c@posting.google.c om...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm one of those skinny white guy dj's
> > who was born with a nasally, whiney voice.
> > And when I run it through a crappy mike,
> > it sounds even worse.
> >
> > SOOOOOOOOOO....
> >
> > I'm trying to spice up my club steez with
> > some vocal effects. Really, anything would
> > be cool, but if I could find something
> > robotic or whatever, that would be really
> > cool, ala Roger and Zapp. Does anybody have
> > any clues of things I could put inline with
> > my mic to get that going? Obviously, cheaper
> > is better.
> >
> > THX, Jason.
>
>

DJ Jules B.

Fiddle with the EQ your mic channel. EQ seems to work well. Try a little
bit of bass cut & mid boost. You might find you also need to cut back on
the highs. Should give a clean, crisp voice.

If you absolutely HAVE to go to effects, use a chorus, plate reverb
coupled up with a deep flange. The problem is most of these heavy duty
effects don't amplify well (ie: people can't understand the voice very
well), I also think that it makes them get pretty annoyed fairly
quickly. They also have a really nasty tendency to peak out excessively,
so I would advise running the whole lot through a compressor/limiter.

Anywayz, that's my two cents...hope it helps


DJ Jules B.

d parker

That's it..

DP
"megabite" <megabite@l3wc.com> wrote in message
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> LLLLLlets get ready to RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUMBLLLLLL!!!!!!!!!!
> "d parker" <ozskipper(nospam)@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:3f8220b9$0$23613$5a62ac22@freenews.iinet.net. au...
> > A Guitar Effect Pedal. For a little reverb. Cheap and functional.
> >
> > OR, go and do a media course and learn a little more about what your
> > supposed to sound like. Sure deep is great. But
> > good Modulation and Presence is better.
> >
> > DP
> > "SkinnyDip" <surfvagabond@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:5eeb9031.0310061806.240dd44c@posting.google.c om...
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm one of those skinny white guy dj's
> > > who was born with a nasally, whiney voice.
> > > And when I run it through a crappy mike,
> > > it sounds even worse.
> > >
> > > SOOOOOOOOOO....
> > >
> > > I'm trying to spice up my club steez with
> > > some vocal effects. Really, anything would
> > > be cool, but if I could find something
> > > robotic or whatever, that would be really
> > > cool, ala Roger and Zapp. Does anybody have
> > > any clues of things I could put inline with
> > > my mic to get that going? Obviously, cheaper
> > > is better.
> > >
> > > THX, Jason.
> >
> >
>
>

Jackson West

The classic DJs used a vocoder effects unit - a combo unit with
reverb, flange, phase, compression, etc. Think "California", "Push
it", "Needle to the Groove," etc. If you're handy with a soldering
iron you can even build your own vocoder. I think rack mount units
run around $150 - $200. They probably have a number for sale on Ebay.
If you have a laptop with Cubase (or any VST audio app) you can get
software vocoders for cheap with a VST effects package - or you can
just pirate the software with Limewire or Kazaa.

Kraft, The Mad Scientist