In one of my new videos that are included in the Recording & Mixing Strategies Bundle Plus I have a video titled "9 Steps to a Professional Vocal Sound"

One of the steps is thickening up the vocal with delay.

Not to be used as an effect.

It's just to make that vocal thicker without sounding like it's doubled.

My favorite is using a stereo delay with different delays on either side that just make the vocal sound warmer with some depth.

Here's how you do it:

1. After you've done your EQ and compression and general mixing on your vocal track, send the vocal to a bus.

2. Slap a stereo delay on the aux bus and add a stereo delay with 20 ms on one side and 30 ms on the other.

3. Then I have something like 10-15% feedback on either side and use the filters to cut the lows and the highs.

It's always good to EQ out the highs and lows on a reverb or delay to make it blend better with the original track.

Then simply blend the delay underneath until it thickens up the vocal without giving you a noticeable "delay/chorus effect"

The result is a thick and present vocal sound with some nice depth without sounding too fake.

In my vocal video I have 8 more steps to make your vocal sound great, in addition to 10 extra videos on recording and mixing.

They're all included in the new and improved Strategies Plus Video package.

Best of all....they're 30% off until Monday because I'm celebrating my 30th birthday!

Check it all out here:

www.audio-issues.com/strategies