MPA 408 Lecture 02/22/10 RTAS Medium Delay 2

In today's class we looked at 5 different effects that could be achieved using the RTAS (med. delay 2) plugins. To demonstrate what was going we mic'd up a SM57 and recorded James Meter singing a tune into Protools. This vocal rift would go in to stay embedded in my head for hours after class. First we were shown the vibrato effect.

Note: Vibrato was explained as the modulation of pitch. It bit he illusion of everything being in tune (when played within a close vicinity).

1.) Vibrato (used on either leads or back ups) apply RTAS Medium Delay 2 and set to the following dimensions:

Mix - 100%

Delay - 3 - 8 ms

Modulate - 20%

Feedback - 0%

Rate - 1 - 3 Hz

Note: ADT - is used to thicken up weak delivery. Gives the feel of a more prominent sound.

2.) ADT (Audio Double Tracking) take the main vocals and aux. stereo. Bus out to 1 & 2 (@ 100%) apply RTAS Medium Delay 2and set to the following dimensions:

Mix - 100%

Delay - 20 - 50 ms

Modulate - 40%

Feedback - 0%

Rate - 1 Hz

Note: Chorusing an effect that simulates multiple individuals singing the same thing.

3.) Chorusing (mostly used on back ups) apply RTAS Medium Delay 2 and set to the following dimensions:

Mix - 20 - 70%

Delay - 20 - 80 ms

Modulate - 10%

Rate - 1 Hz

Feedback 0 - 2%

4.) Multi (create an aux stereo channel) apply RTAS Medium Delay 2 and set to the following dimensions:

L Mix - 40% R Mix - 50 %

L Delay - 25 ms R Delay - 75 ms

L Modulate - 9% R Modulate - 12%

L Rate - 1 Hz L Rate - 7%

L Feedback 0 R Feedback - 0%

5.) Flanger apply RTAS Medium Delay 2 and set to the following dimensions:

1. Wet Dry - 50/5o
2. Delay 0 - 20 ms
3. Depth - Over 25%
4. Rate Sync to Group
5. Feedback -

6.) Multi 'n' (out the box) apply the following patches:

A) Sent vocal track out A1 from Protools into the multi section on the mixing console

B) Used the returns and sent them into channels on the board 38-40

C) Next we placed aux sends on the board

A1 - XPX paned hard L echo return 1

A2 - Lexicon paned hard R echo return 2

A3 - echo return 3-4

Note: Ran into a slight hiccup in the process because aux master volume was down.