(Eli5) why do the vocals of a song have an echo when you listen to the vocals only version of a song?
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often times, they add in quieter and slightly different recordings of them singing to the background to add more depth and make it sound more interesting.
often times, they add in quieter and slightly different recordings of them singing to the background to add more depth and make it sound more interesting.
often times, they add in quieter and slightly different recordings of them singing to the background to add more depth and make it sound more interesting.
Songs recorded in a studio sound very different from those songs performed in a normal setting.
Echo, reverb or delay effects are added in production to help things like vocals sound closer to natural to us. If you heard someone next to you indoors talk and no sound reflected off of anything, it would sound strange. Not only do we normally hear someone’s voice, but we hear all the reflected sound caused by walls and other reflective surfaces.
Songs recorded in a studio sound very different from those songs performed in a normal setting.
Echo, reverb or delay effects are added in production to help things like vocals sound closer to natural to us. If you heard someone next to you indoors talk and no sound reflected off of anything, it would sound strange. Not only do we normally hear someone’s voice, but we hear all the reflected sound caused by walls and other reflective surfaces.
Songs recorded in a studio sound very different from those songs performed in a normal setting.
Echo, reverb or delay effects are added in production to help things like vocals sound closer to natural to us. If you heard someone next to you indoors talk and no sound reflected off of anything, it would sound strange. Not only do we normally hear someone’s voice, but we hear all the reflected sound caused by walls and other reflective surfaces.
It’s there in the original version as well it just isn’t as noticeable with a full band playing. The echo adds depth to the performance, makes the performance sound fuller, and covers up imperfections. In modern music it is often added digitally but was used in recording even before analog or digital effects by playing back audio through a speaker into a bare room called an echo chamber where it could then be re-recorded with the natural echo of the room. It is so common in music that you don’t often hear vocals without it.
It’s there in the original version as well it just isn’t as noticeable with a full band playing. The echo adds depth to the performance, makes the performance sound fuller, and covers up imperfections. In modern music it is often added digitally but was used in recording even before analog or digital effects by playing back audio through a speaker into a bare room called an echo chamber where it could then be re-recorded with the natural echo of the room. It is so common in music that you don’t often hear vocals without it.
It’s there in the original version as well it just isn’t as noticeable with a full band playing. The echo adds depth to the performance, makes the performance sound fuller, and covers up imperfections. In modern music it is often added digitally but was used in recording even before analog or digital effects by playing back audio through a speaker into a bare room called an echo chamber where it could then be re-recorded with the natural echo of the room. It is so common in music that you don’t often hear vocals without it.
And in a lot of cases, singers will double-track their vocals because it hides imperfections, or do it artificially (with a the sound repeating itself a fraction of a second later). It’s more likely to be on backing vocals, though.
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