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that DAVE FOXX voice . . .

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paul995

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guys, could anybody tell me how to produce a "dave foxx produced voice" that he uses . . . do you use the equalizer and lower down 500hz up? do you use dynamic equalizer? his voice is filtered when he does produced stuff. just curious. i'm using adobe audition. thanks!
 
Foxx, like Kampel uses that smashed to hell sound on his voice a lot. Try starting out with a filter cutting the lows around 500, then smash it all up with a limiter...really really really smash like threshold between -24 or -30. That's going to make things really dirty sounding and loud, your going to want to smooth some of that harshness with a compressor, and some EQ touching.

Also, here are some plug-in settings from Foxx himself that he put in a Prod magazine article a while back. The flanger setting is very tasteful and sweet! You can barely tell its there, but you'd miss it if it was gone!

http://img127.imageshack.us/img127/4082/foxxl1gl8.jpg

http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/7097/foxxmetalflangerpy7.jpg

Dylan Paul
Creative Services Director/Imaging Voice
WLUM Milwaukee
 
I thought there was a flanger hidden in Dave's stuff but could never really tell how he used it. Those settings are nice to have. The L1 or L2 is my go-to for tons of stuff, including that smashed-to-hell sound when I want it. Just don't do what a lot of people do and smash the final mixdown all-to-hell with that plugin. Sounds terrible.
 
JTVG said:
...Just don't do what a lot of people do and smash the final mixdown all-to-hell with that plugin. Sounds terrible.
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Uuuuhhhmmm.. Dave Foxx Puts that same L1- L2 plugin on his master at the end of the chain with quite a bit of limiting.
 
hmmm . . . i believe Dave is using Pro Tools. Do they have the same settings as adobe audition? what plug-ins is he using?
 
kentkay said:
JTVG said:
...Just don't do what a lot of people do and smash the final mixdown all-to-hell with that plugin. Sounds terrible.
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Uuuuhhhmmm.. Dave Foxx Puts that same L1- L2 plugin on his master at the end of the chain with quite a bit of limiting.
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So do I. But again, the key is not smashing it all to hell, otherwise once it makes it through the airchain, as I'm sure you know, it sounds really bad. Dave's final mixes are clearly not over-limited. They sound great.
 
I use a Dave Foxx delay trick that I got from his RAP Magazine column all the time. It consists of offsetting the left channel from the right just a smidge, I then put that on a bus on the voice track and it really makes the voice track punch through the music, allowing you to run your music at a much hotter level. I even labeled the setting "Foxx" in his honor (though I'm sure he'd prefer cash!).
 
robnokshus06 said:
I use a Dave Foxx delay trick that I got from his RAP Magazine column all the time. It consists of offsetting the left channel from the right just a smidge, I then put that on a bus on the voice track and it really makes the voice track punch through the music, allowing you to run your music at a much hotter level. I even labeled the setting "Foxx" in his honor (though I'm sure he'd prefer cash!).
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Can you post a screen shot?
 
can someone explain to me the second step of the process a little more? the "narrowing the compression to 3db" bit and how i can do that in adobe audition?

cheers,
-m
 
Wow, this just makes me feel like an old fart at 35...

That was the first trick my boss showed me at my first internship at KLBJ back in Austin when I was in college.

I've taught that trick to countless interns and producers for as long as I can remember.

: )

It's so funny how that technique still elicits squeals of joy when you hear it for the first time.

Welcome to the party!
 
voiceguy said:
Wow, this just makes me feel like an old ------ at 35...

That was the first trick my boss showed me at my first internship at KLBJ back in Austin when I was in college.

I've taught that trick to countless interns and producers for as long as I can remember.

: )

It's so funny how that technique still elicits squeals of joy when you hear it for the first time.

Welcome to the party!
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Mike
How would one do this using Q10 or REQ6?

And the delay?
 
Well,

I was actually referring to the doubling effect.

I've done that for YEARS...

The EQ stuff is pretty easy. Q10 is overkill for what Dave Foxx is talking about. For the cutoff below 400 Hz, it's easy to do with just a single band EQ.

If you want to email me, I can tell ya easier...

The doubling part is simple enough...Dr. Foxx tends to go into a little too much detail in his description, but if you'd like, I can do an example and post a picture of what the delay across multiple tracks looks like.

I used to keep a pair of MONO tracks and an extra VO/StereoFX track open for just this purpose.

Email me and I can go into more detail.

roninMike...if you don't know what Dave means by narrowing the compression to around 3db...let me put it a little simpler.

Mess with your compression until you get it LOUD...

That's basically what he means. You just want the overall level of the VO to be as loud as you can get it...not using level, but using compression...it makes it ride in the mix better.

It's all about trial and error...
 
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