#Simple delay widen for free
#Simple delay widen full

The plugin is very simple in operation, and since it has its own 'Mix' knob, you can use it as an insert or as a send/return effect.

#Simple delay widen full

Both of these are very good emulations of that classic Eventide micropitch effect, but the full Microshift plugin adds a unique Focus control that lets you zero in on certain frequency ranges.

#Simple delay widen for free

For a limited time they had the Little Microshift for free (no longer available for free, but included when you purchase the full version). My new favorite for this effect is the Soundtoys Microshift plugin. Now that we are in the age of VST plugins, you can get this classic vocal sound in a lot of different ways, and often with the tools you already have. This was one of my 'go to' vocal effects that got used more often than not, but tweaked and blended to taste.

One of the first multi-effects processors I had for my own studio was the Ensoniq DP/4, which had a great 'Detune & Spread' preset that did essentially the same thing. Due to the way these units processed pitch, there was always some subtle modulation and artifacts that contributed to that unique sound. The H3000 had a stereo micropitch preset built-in that gave you a good starting point similar to what I described. The H910 units were mono, so we would use an FX send to send audio to both units, and pan the return of one left and the other right. On the right channel, you would pitch up by 8 to 10 cents and use a slightly different delay amount, such as 15 or 20ms. For example, you might set the left channel to shift the pitch down by 8 to 10 cents, and delay by maybe 10ms. The effects were relatively simple, you just slightly detuned and delayed the audio on each side of the stereo field. This is how I learned about the micro pitch shift type of effects, that worked especially well to widen a vocal sound. Here are a few of my favorite methods for vocal widening.īack when I worked at the big studio, we had a couple of Eventide H910 processors, and also an Eventide H3000. Sometimes you want to make a vocal sound wider, thicker, and fatter, but without excessive reverb or delays.