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daverich · Post by **daverich** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:38 pm

Wavearts Masterverb5 - whack it on plate with a hall ER and adjust the top of the eq down a litte.

You'll also need to eq up the tops on the vocal to avoid losing the intelligibility in amonst the wash - some light compression also.

Kind regards

Dave Rich

kritikon · Post by **kritikon** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:43 pm

kadar wrote:
if you guys had to do mixing for ENYA which reverb plugin would you guys use for her vocals.

I have my ears on these three plugins.

1.Wavearts Masterverb
2.Artsacoustic Reverb
3.Sonic Flavours R66 Reverb (i find this rather weird but interesting)

which one would you guys recommend me ?

Enya's sound?
Five instances of each.

I'd go for at least 7 instances of each.

Probably not the answer you're looking for - but out of those three reverbs, to get the Enya type sound...I wouldn't use any of them. You're more likely to get closer using convolution and some Lexicon impulses. Definitely not TC (they're too thin for that type sound). I just find almost all native reverbs a bit too metallic or white-noisy for using heavily and in abundance. I really couldn't see Enya's engineer touching those plugins with a rather long barge pole.

I'm not just dismissing all native reverb plugins - they have their uses for some things - but you want a specific sound that (IMO) they're not capable of.

kadar · Post by **kadar** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 1:50 pm

Pantheon....dont u gotta have the USB audio interface to run this ? or is it possible to use it standalone ?

headquest · Post by **headquest** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 2:23 pm

For Enya I would probably use the Sonitus fx Reverb. It comes bundled with Sonar 5 SE or PE, or can be purchased for just $49 as a standalone download from the Cakewalk website here:

http://store.cakewalk.com/product.asp?ID=68

In terms of bang for buck it is outstanding, and has great smooth tails. Very good for ambient type reverb effects and on vocals.

Also worth trying the demos of:

http://www.silverspike.com/?Products:Reverb.it
http://www.silverspike.com/?Products:R2

Ja.x · Post by **Ja.x** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 4:39 pm

AngelinaFx, maybe? You would have to buy Angelina: http://www.kvraudio.com/get/231.html .

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:25 pm

Wow, I forgot about Angelina! Couldn't say for sure if it'd be useful for Enya sounds, but what a great little synth anyhow. I'd like to Angelinize my guitar, as the blurb suggests.

kadar · Post by **kadar** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:53 pm

Angelina FX ? i thought it was a synth..

im not really an eq expert so im kinda backin off to use Masterverb...its got too many eq knobs...freaks me out

Im aware of sonitus becos i use it in fruity....i heard the stand alone versions got soem additions in it....now im kinda positive about buying sonitus reverb....ne body tried this one on vocals ?

Ja.x · Post by **Ja.x** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:55 pm

I am having a look at Big Tick's page and it doesn't mention AngelinaFx. It used to be free for Angelina owners...

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Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 6:56 pm

It says right on the Angelina page that AngelinaFX is free for Angelina owners. You must've just missed it. I looked not 10 minutes ago! Sound clip, too.

fritzman · Post by **fritzman** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:00 pm

I once read in an interview with the Enya sound guy that he used a Quadraverb for that sound.

Ja.x · Post by **Ja.x** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:04 pm

Angelina is a synth. Big Tick gives (or used to give) for free to Angelina buyers AngelinaFx, a vst that could "angelinize" tracks:

Debutante · Post by **Debutante** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:08 pm

You do know, of course, that Enya layers up to as many as 80 tracks of her own voice to get that effect. I don't think it can be recreated with only a reverb.

Ja.x · Post by **Ja.x** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:11 pm

Lunch Money wrote:It says right on the Angelina page that AngelinaFX is free for Angelina owners. You must've just missed it. I looked not 10 minutes ago! Sound clip, too.

You're right

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annode · Post by **annode** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:12 pm

Here`s an example of a custom setup I did in "Wizoo-Reverb".

I used a dry recording of Lisa Gerrard`s accapella voice from a "Dead can Dance" cd , then inserted it into SX3 as a mono track.

EQ`d off the bottom of her vocal in that track,put a hardknee compressor on it also.(was needed)
Opened an FX track and inserted Wizoo-reverb...set it up as I listened for what I believe is an example of Enya`s reverb effect.
Mixed the dry vocal track to center...and the full wet reverb FX channel slightly to one side.

http://home.comcast.net/~newdabranck/mu ... reverb.mp3

If you like this effect,(and I did a sorta sloppy job of it),ask me,and i`ll tell you how it can be done with any reverb with the appropiate controls.

headquest · Post by **headquest** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:18 pm

kadar wrote: Im aware of sonitus becos i use it in fruity....i heard the stand alone versions got soem additions in it....now im kinda positive about buying sonitus reverb....ne body tried this one on vocals ?

Yes. It's fantastic

which one of these reverbs would best suite ENYA's vocals