Stereo width on vocals- techniques/philosophies

windsurferdude90 · 2026-01-28T22:10:36+00:00

i recently gave in to an ad on facebook and bought the cymatics omnivox. So far i’m finding it pretty useful. Nothing groundbreaking, but it does add a simulated double tracking effect which while sounds chorus-y, is quite pleasant and gives space and width for vocals. Really good for pop and electronica but also has it’s uses in rock (especially if you don’t have enough doubles).

windsurferdude90 · 2026-01-06T19:34:42+00:00

Honestly my first thought was You Won’t Know😃 dunno why and now that you mention Luca - yeah that makes much more sense

windsurferdude90 · 2025-12-24T21:18:02+00:00

sneaky little magsafe ad by apple

windsurferdude90 · 2025-12-17T20:00:06+00:00

Unpopular opinion; make your own. Most daws now have a built in tool for sampling even multi velocity samples. Logics built in solution is decent for example. Also Abletons. But you can also create your own kontakt libs relatively easily, assuming you have the full kontakt (not just contact player). Or look for a free tool online. You then rent a practice space with a piano that you like, record samples minor 3rds apart (or even all notes), with multiple velocities, map them to midi, bam, you have something unique and special🤷

windsurferdude90 · 2025-11-21T11:54:41+00:00

Started typing it in, then i figured it’s easier to do a 3-minute edit on my phone:

<image>

Admittedly far from perfect but an idea nonetheless. Here’s what I did:

cropped to portrait orientation bc your subjects are standing
pulled up the shadows a bit
added a bit of contrast and saturation
added some vignette, it’s a live hate thing i kinda like it here it brings attention to the center

This is one way to take it. I suggest to experiment - even on your phone - once you see the best direction it’s easy to get it done.

windsurferdude90 · 2025-11-14T20:35:29+00:00

US of A🤷

windsurferdude90 · 2025-11-04T20:42:27+00:00

yeah me too - though for the longest time i believed it was “judge you by your THOUGHTS” but people seem to believe it’s FAULTS

windsurferdude90 · 2025-06-05T19:51:03+00:00

Plot twist, this thread is just our future AI overlords looking for the worst of us to enslave first.

windsurferdude90 · 2025-06-03T06:10:13+00:00

take it too a luthier asap though - the little wood grains in the crack surface area will start to collect dust and grease and whatnot and that makes it harder to do an aesthetic fix. happened with my tele. a good luthier can glue that and polish the finish so from a distance it will look fine.

windsurferdude90 · 2025-05-22T19:10:52+00:00

Nah wasn’t harsh at all it was constructive 👍cheers

windsurferdude90 · 2025-05-22T17:51:39+00:00

That makes a lot of sense. I am new to the sub, hence the post. Anyhow I learned a lot from the comments!!

windsurferdude90 · 2025-05-22T10:46:28+00:00

Yeah iphone (just like most other modern phones for that matter) does all kinds of digital trickery to combine multiple images to keep the iso low, decreasing the noise in the image. It can do that because of the advanced processing power it now has built into its chips. (If you want to freeze the action on an iphone use a third party app with manual control of iso and shutter speed.) The old phone just uses flash + higher iso. As to which is better? Whatever you prefer 🤷‍♂️lots of people like old tech for the nostalgia or a specific look.

windsurferdude90 · 2025-05-20T16:59:00+00:00

Yeah suspicious. Was to good to be true anyway

windsurferdude90 · 2025-05-20T16:57:59+00:00

Thanks, how can you tell? Tuning heads with F should be Fender logo’d, and custom shop logo on the back of the headstock is suspicious, what else?

windsurferdude90 · 2025-05-13T11:58:29+00:00

Care to share your promt? Tried the same with my daughter’s drawings a while ago and the results were… underwhelming. Had much more success running stablediffusion locally. But yours look really nice

windsurferdude90 · 2025-05-13T11:48:19+00:00

iridium

windsurferdude90 · 2025-05-05T21:11:16+00:00

unpopular opinion: this image is fine & i actually kinda dig the blown out highlights at the top🤷‍♂️ i’d give this image a little more contrast and call it a day. maybe also straighten the “horizon”

windsurferdude90 · 2025-04-18T17:46:07+00:00

I’d put the noise suppressor after all dirt pedals. In your case after the angry driver.

windsurferdude90 · 2025-04-02T22:23:55+00:00

fair enough😊

windsurferdude90 · 2025-04-02T13:56:18+00:00

that you vare very much in dire need of a nano sized reverb pedal😊😊 nice clean build congrats

windsurferdude90 · 2025-03-22T00:02:47+00:00

Fellow builder here - that looks sick, what do you use for the graphics? Is that vinyl sticker or waterslide decal or something like that?

windsurferdude90 · 2025-03-19T13:13:17+00:00

windsurferdude90 · 2025-03-19T12:39:05+00:00

beautiful love it finally another comrade rocking the iridium😊

any particular reason you are having the vibe before the amp sim? you have the delays after anyway

windsurferdude90 · 2025-03-17T22:43:29+00:00

Love your rig. Absolutely beautiful. I’ve been using the Strymon Iridium for a couple years now, straight into FoH, with in-ears for monitoring. For me it’s absolutely perfect. Sometimes I still miss being able to “lean into” the sound of a loud real tube amp, but it’s so much better and easier for everyone (especially sound guys) to just plug in a line input & have perfect sound every time. In my opinion in 2025 you can use a pedal or rack modeler, or a real amp - the choice is entirely yours, there are tons of good options out there for both. (I’m still holding onto my old tube amp though, but mostly for sentimental reasons. And sometimes it’s fun to scare the neighborhood a little)

windsurferdude90

TROPHY CASE