How to make a lo-fi opera singer using Delay Lama

Started by IcarusDream, Today at 08:35:20

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#Skippable Introduction
I have a peculiar fascination with vocal sample manipulation and vocal synthesizers, so unsurprisingly I had to come across Delay Lama at some point.
Sometimes I'm in the mood of fiddling around with my synthesizers in an attempt to test certain features and to bring fourth their functionality.
This one experiment turned out quite well (given the software limitations), and since I haven't seen others doing something like that with this iconic plugin, I decided to share my findings here.

#The Actual Tutorial:
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A.Set up two Zxx macro configurations, one for Vibrato (B001z) and the other for Volume (Bc07z). As of writing this OpenMPT doesn't have universal Volume control, so using a separate column for the Volume is a advised. Both effects will be using two dedicated channels. Delay Lama doesn't have polyphony, but the second channel can be used for a softer transition between notes.
If you don't plan on using the second channel for anything other than its given effect, then just write down the instrument number in the row, so that the effect will be triggered.
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B.On its own Delay Lama would have a fuzzy noise. It absolutely can have its use cases, but since I'm going for a "clearer" sound, my goal was to remove it.
To address that, I chained the VST through the default distortion plugin. You'll need to set the Edge to 0 and keep the PostEQCenterFrequency and PostEQBandwidth around 260-150 with the latter being set slightly higher.

The default portmanteau effects can be used for Vowel control, but if you want to stick to midi effects, then you can set a Plugin Parameter Controller.
I hope that this was informative. If you have ideas regarding unorthodox set-ups of this or other plugins, then feel free to share :)

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