New funky track , 80's beat & vocals

waraba · Jan 8th 2022

Hi guys , another one I started from a synthwave loop.

Please be indulgent with my vocals , head voice , I'm almost naked here !

Anyway, that was lots of fun to record

PRS silversky on bogner leads, jazzbass on SWR and Rhodes on Twin.

https://audius.co/chillfrogz/without-love-without-you

Per · Jan 8th 2022

Very cool. Feels very authentic to the early 80's/late 70s disco scene. What are you using for the drums?

deadman42 · Jan 8th 2022

You keep me dancing Renaud

Great track, especially the stereo image is very good. Nice vocals, come on. Very authentic indeed. Nile would love it...

waraba · Jan 9th 2022

Thx guys !

Per : the drums are from a free download set of drum loops and kits ( kontakt or reason can't remember) , I got the synthwave and a lofi one last year. These are pre mixed and really punchy.

Mike , I used the " prince" preset from the official pack with a tweak on the chorus, I was chasing a tight funky tone, and this one was fitting my needs.

About the vocals : I had quite a chain , SM7b, art voice channel , KPA for lush delays , and DAW with another chain. it's nice to treat vocals juste like another guitar.

I did 3 layers of voice and I'm proud having no editing on them, guitare timing practise apparently gives you precision even on vocals and other instruments.

BayouTexan · Jan 9th 2022

Cool sound. You need to up your vocals by several db. You could use the current vocal track as backing vocals and then have a main single mono vocal track on top of that with a slightly different EQ but much louder. Nothing wrong with your vocals just need to be louder.

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