Bass Sim with Voice in Mic

[badrail]

Good Day All,
I am just about ready to purchase my BR-600 and I should probably go ahead and download the owners manual to get my answers, but it might not address this:

If I was to use a mic to record a vocal track and wanted it to sound similar to Sam Elliott (very deep voice gent in the movie Roadhose, and other great movies), would it be possible to use the bass simulator to lower the voice an octave? Anybody try this???

Like using an electric guitar to simulate the bass part, but recording voice in the same way? I don't know if the result might turn out to be one of those heavy metal lead singers that are below the scale a few octaves or what...

Any recommendations or experiences appreciated, thanks

Respectively,

Wes Verinder
"BadRail"

[Ferryman_1957]

I don't have a BR600 but on the MBR you can use guitar effects, indeed any type of effect, on any input, either at recording time or in post production. I am pretty sure the 600 will be the same, can't think the little cousin could do something the 600 can't. Haven't tried that effect but several people on the site have used guitar effects on vocals to create some great sounds.

Cheers,

Nigel

[64Guitars]

If I was to use a mic to record a vocal track and wanted it to sound similar to Sam Elliott (very deep voice gent in the movie Roadhose, and other great movies), would it be possible to use the bass simulator to lower the voice an octave? Anybody try this???

You can definitely use the bass simulator on vocals, although I haven't tried it so I can't say how it sounds. The BR-600 also has a Pitch Shifter effect which can raise or lower the pitch by up to 2 octaves, as well as a separate Octave effect. And it has a Voice Transformer effect designed specifically for vocals, which changes the character of the voice. I suspect it's best suited to robot-like effects but it might be capable of more natural sounds. Again, I haven't tried it because I'm not a singer.

I'm not sure how well the octave, pitch shifter, and bass simulator effects will track a voice. They're only capable of tracking single notes, not chords. Vocals are usually single notes, but they're a bit more complex than a single note on a guitar, so I don't know how well these effects will cope with vocals. It might work well, but it might not.

[guitarron]

If I was to use a mic to record a vocal track and wanted it to sound similar to Sam Elliott (very deep voice gent in the movie Roadhose, and other great movies), would it be possible to use the bass simulator to lower the voice an octave?

Anybody try this???

cool idea-i'l try it on mine when i get a chance
I should work fairly well on any mono source

[Blooby]

I did a fake radio show a while back on a BR and used the pitch shifter to great effect on voices.  You can't go too low, but a few steps south of normal is rather amusing.  On the flip side, you can do helium voices as well.

Blooby