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Tell us about a preset you made for StudioVerse – what’s the story behind its creation?
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The vocal chain. I created this chain years and years ago, and it has been the go-to effect for my vocal sound, replicated in StudioVerse. What makes it special is that although it is a delay chain at heart, its function is almost that of a reverb. The irregular scattering effect that occurs as a result of the interaction of a 300 and 500 millisecond delay with a large feedback ratio gives a reverb-type depth, but without the build-up of low mid frequencies that typically occur in a dense reverb.
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Where can we hear these chains in action?
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I have 30 albums (or more) to my name, and to be perfectly honest: This can be heard on EVERY one of those releases. It was something I stumbled on years ago while making the first Strapping Young Lad album and has been my go-to since that point.
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Share with us a moment you remember from your work on this album.
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Years ago, I had a combination of very old effects units that were my only option in the studio at the time. I stumbled on this formula accidentally, and over time I developed it into a preset that smoothed out the transients by following it with a reverb, and then attenuating the frequencies with an EQ. I remember first realizing its use in my work in the song “Voices In The Fan” on Ocean Machine.
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Share one interesting trick you created in the Macro section of this chain. Or one useful tip you'd recommend that people try with this chain. Anything that would make people smile when they try it :❩
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Truly, the mix is the key. Finding the point in your sound where it is an almost imperceptible addition to a stacked group of vocals is where the magic lies, and the Macro controls the relative ratios. I would also suggest using it on a vocal stack that is panned like this: 32L 32R 100L 100R.
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If I was a nerd and wanted to learn something from this chain, what could it teach me?
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That the depth we often assume is meant to be achieved by a reverb can actually cause problems in the lower midrange frequencies, so by attempting to create a large Hall effect with scattered delays, smoothed out with just a bit of reverb is ultimately (for me) a cleaner choice.
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