Sound Like Water

nwxnw · Post by **nwxnw** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:23 pm

I have a request to process background vocals to "sound like water." Interesting request. Any thoughts?

Snarl 12/8 · Post by **Snarl 12/8** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:45 pm

Get a better description?

Corey Y · Post by **Corey Y** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 9:51 pm

Fast rate comb filtering effect like phase or rotating speaker simulator?

Snarl 12/8 · Post by **Snarl 12/8** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 12:16 am

Rain stick in the background with them?

mscottweber · Post by **mscottweber** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 4:50 am

A phaser type effect, or chorus maybe? Some thick echoes?
I guess I am just thinking about my Visual Sound H20 Liquid Chorus/Echo pedal...

capnreverb · Post by **capnreverb** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:03 am

Mic to Reverb into a chorus pedal.

Boogdish · Post by **Boogdish** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 6:06 am

chorus with verb with no dry signal, just wet. If it aint wet, it aint water.

losthighway · Post by **losthighway** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:43 am

I love those weird non-tech analogies that clients make. I had a guy tell me to make the snare drum sound like it was being hit by a cactus. I told him maybe he was wishing the drummer had used hot rods instead of sticks.

drumsound · Post by **drumsound** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:44 am

Or maybe EQ everything out but some weird low-mid to sound like the source is submerged...?

nwxnw · Post by **nwxnw** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:46 am

Thanks all for the excellent suggestions. I tried to get a better idea of what "sounds like water" means, and the answer was typically obtuse. But I think he was looking for a babbling brook type of sound. My first thought was the kind of vocal processing that John Frusciante does on some of his solo albums. I think he runs the vocal through a modular synth.

capnreverb · Post by **capnreverb** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:47 am

Boogdish wrote:chorus with verb with no dry signal, just wet. If it aint wet, it aint water.

Thats the opposite path of my sugestion, but that would work as well. I would try both. Reverb generally will wash out thinkgs like chorus and delay, so I usually put it first if I want the pure effect of the non reverb effect.

capnreverb · Post by **capnreverb** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:51 am

nwxnw wrote:looking for a babbling brook type of sound.

A mic through a vintage sample/hold pedal will do that. A nifty pedal that is not made anymore but can give you a lot of neat options for this kind of thing is an Alesis Ineko. Great underated versitle tool and the stereo outs could do wonders for what you are trying to get. I need to get a few more!

capnreverb · Post by **capnreverb** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 7:54 am

losthighway wrote:I love those weird non-tech analogies that clients make. I had a guy tell me to make the snare drum sound like it was being hit by a cactus. I told him maybe he was wishing the drummer had used hot rods instead of sticks.

I would interpret this as getting the sound of the drum minus the attack. A scratchy mallet?

dave watkins · Post by **dave watkins** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 8:06 am

maybe some convolution madness? or something like izotope spectron that allows you to mix your source with longer sound files, or if your on a mac, sound hack can do some crazy stuff. just my immediate thoughts, i have no idea if any will work, but who know's till you try it.

or, get one of those cheap car subwoofers that is pretty much plastic, mount it so the cone faces the ceiling, fill it with water, and reamp your vocals through it.

OR! get a waterproof indoor outdoor speaker, and a hydrophone, dump them in a bathtub or the ocean, and reamp them through that!

it doesn't get any wetter than that.

vvv · Post by **vvv** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 10:08 am

Have me sing because my vox sound like piss.

Otherwise, consider a pitch-changing effect or patch. It might actually be a PC use or Autotune.

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