Techno/Dance Effect- HOW? help!

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 9:59 am

Hey everyone, I am wondering how to get the effect that is used a lot in techno music where the singer's voice sort of glitches out, or sounds like it has a ton of delay on it in one spot. I have been trying to figure this out, any tips helpful... a good song example is the band Panic at the Disco on their song "time to dance" the part where he says shotgun wedding a second time (end of chorus). I will try to find a song online so I can post a link to it, but maybe you all get what im talking about already Smile

Thanks!

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2008 11:45 am

It's called a chopper effect. It basically chops up the audio, removing parts.

Back in the day I did this with a gate that was triggered off of a hi-hat. Nowadays, there plugins that can do it and some come standard in certain DAW software.

You'll want one that can sync to MIDI or tempo so you can chop it up in time. Then you just set it to do it for 8th notes, 16ths, 32nds, whateverths.

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:08 am

oh wow thanks pr0gr4m! i am glad you understood what I was talking about! I will search for chopper FX and plugins. Any idea of a good one for Logic?

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 8:21 am

Glitch is a sweet one.

Posted: Mon Nov 24, 2008 10:45 am

Here is one that does the chopper and a whole lot more.

Posted: Tue Nov 25, 2008 7:01 am

wow thanks so much! glitch looks awesome, i run on mac, idk if it will work... thanks again for the help!

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