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Post by oasisnz on Mar 30, 2015 3:29:40 GMT -5
I dunno for sure, but I'm pretty sure the pitch of his voice was raised in some of the songs from these 2 albums. For instance, his voice sounds quite high in The Hindu Times but he never really sounded nearly that high while singing the song live, Lyla being another example of this. Other songs were Liam's voice sounds a little too higher pitched to actually sound like himself like SCYHO, Love Like A Bomb, Let There Be Love, Songbird, Born On A Different Cloud etc... Can anyone clarify if this is the case? I mean I could understand if that's what they needed to do to make him sound listenable seeing as his voice descended pretty badly 2002 onwards... If not, could anyone explain why he sounds the way he does in these 2 albums specifically? Cheers.
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Post by allingoodtime on Mar 30, 2015 9:19:27 GMT -5
I think they did it for almost every one of his songs tbh..including pre HC
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Post by Deleted on Mar 30, 2015 9:21:35 GMT -5
listen very closely to keep the dream alive. there is definitely some trickery going on there.
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Post by Mean Mrs. Mustard on Mar 30, 2015 9:42:00 GMT -5
I think the answer is yes. In 2002 his voice was sort of meh but by 2005 it was pretty bad. Even with trickery he doesn't sound too hot on a lot of songs (Love Like A Bomb anyone)
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Post by nutsngum on Mar 30, 2015 10:02:24 GMT -5
Almost certainly raised for The Hindu Times, probably less than a semi-tone though.
They used to varispeed things, especially on the earlier albums. Don't Look Back in Anger for example is raised by half a semi-tone.
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Post by Manualex on Mar 30, 2015 10:18:00 GMT -5
Almost certainly raised for The Hindu Times, probably less than a semi-tone though. They used to varispeed things, especially on the earlier albums. Don't Look Back in Anger for example is raised by half a semi-tone. Champagne Supernova, Some might say and Live Forever as well, but LF was the one that was raised the most(accordingly to rocksmith its in A450 instead of the usual 440).
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Post by World71R on Mar 30, 2015 18:05:27 GMT -5
On Lyla, if you're referring to the chorus, Noel's harmony vocals create the illusion that Liam's voice is higher, and therefore, it sounds that way. IMO, those harmonies are one of the best parts of MkII, by far.
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Post by davidjay on Mar 31, 2015 4:22:35 GMT -5
Here's an early example - a quick comparison of the vocal sound on the "Slide Up" mix of Shakermaker to the final album mix. I do like the effect they got on the final mix, it reminds me of how John Lennon's vocal was treated on Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. There's that distinctive texture to it, enhanced by the slightly higher pitch. soundcloud.com/davidj-14/oasis-shakermaker-vocal-comparison-slide-up-v-album-mix
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Post by freddy838 on Mar 31, 2015 4:32:26 GMT -5
I've always thought it was noticeable on Hindu Times. The demo version is a lot slower, I assumed they'd recorded Liam's vocals like that and just sped it up when they decided to make it a bit rockier on the record.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 31, 2015 4:39:46 GMT -5
They were using varispeed techniques as far back as Slide Away, one of the first recorded on Definitely Maybe. The song is sped up by around 4%.
I think Some Might Say and Don't Look Back In Anger both use it as well.
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Post by vespa on Mar 31, 2015 5:14:04 GMT -5
Owen morris says he had a technique he used on liams vocals but never would tell anybody what it was.Most artists use autotune and effects
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