Making that psychedelic vocal synth sound with libre software (and the rest of the track too)
Channel: unfa🇺🇦
Date: 27/05/2020

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--- TIMESTAMPS (contributed by nibblrrr):

0:00 Intro

BACKING TRACK
0:27 Kick
3:46 Kit setup (Geonkick)
5:25 Hi-hat
6:23 Beat
8:05 Bass (Helm)
11:20 Sidechain compressor
12:16 Master limiter (x42-DPL)

BASIC LEAD SOUND
12:49 Voice lead
13:36 Record voice sample
14:17 Melody
15:02 Synth for gating (Helm)
16:26 x42-Autotune
18:38 LSP Sidechain Gate
21:10 Calf Compressor
22:12 Tweaking the gate
23:41 LFO
24:42 Edit vocal clip (coverage, chopping)
25:34 Lead synth to double the melody
26:18 Record new voice take (steady note)
27:29 Tweak gating synth (full sustain, LFO )

EFFECTS
28:43 Reverb (Dragonfly Hall)
29:33 Pitchshifter before Autotune (MA Pitchshift), w/ automation
33:12 Separate sidechain compressor for lead
33:54 Delay (Calf Vintage Delay)

34:29 Basic result
 
34:41 Record additional parts to insert (high/low/rough/rougher note)
37:00 "The sound of brASS" ...
38:06 "Flute" from squeaky noises blowing over a plastic foil
39:42 Tweak clip volume, gate release
40:59 Playing with gating synth octave & waveform

43:09 Final result
43:20 Outro

 --- DOWNLOADS:

- Ardour 5.12 session of the track made here:
https://is.gd/XQmIt1

Downloads are provided under under Creative Commons Zero 1.0 license.

--- LINKS:

- Patreon blog post about this video:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/37290137

- x42 Autotune plug-in:
https://x42-plugins.com/x42/x42-autotune

- LSP Sidechain Gate plug-in:
https://lsp-plug.in/?page=manuals&section=sc_gate_stereo

- Ardour (the DAW):
https://ardour.org

--- OTHER INFO:

This video was produced exclusively with open-source software and GNU/Linux.

- Software used in the creation of this video:
https://manjaro.org
https://www.kde.org/plasma-desktop
https://www.olivevideoeditor.org/
https://obsproject.com/
https://www.blender.org/
https://inkscape.org/
https://www.audacityteam.org/

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Now go, make some music "infecting the mushroom"!