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: A touch of "Decapitator" to add that signature grit, making the high-end sizzle like a live wire.
Add a subtle chorus or flanger plugin directly on the vocal chain or via a parallel send. This widens the vocal image and mimics the slight tuning imperfections that make the hyperpop sound unique. Delay (The Echo Effect) Use a 1/4 or 1/8 dot note delay. Feedback: Set to 30%–40% for a long-lasting tail.
Use a fast compressor (like an 1176 style) to catch peaks.
Low to Medium. You want subtle warmth, not heavy guitar-amp distortion. 3. Spatial Effects (The Secret Sauce)
Always match the key and scale of your beat perfectly to prevent the software from pulling notes into the wrong pitch. capoxxo vocal preset
Boost frequencies from 10 kHz and up by 3 to 6 dB.
Sidechain the delay to the main vocal track so the echoes quiet down while you are singing and bloom during the pauses. The Reverb Space Type: Large plate or bright hall reverb.
Follow the fast compressor with a slower, optical compressor (like an LA-2A emulation) to glue the vocal together. Slower attack and release curves.
The signature characteristics of the Capoxxo vocal style include: : A touch of "Decapitator" to add that
Set your de-esser to focus heavily on the 5kHz to 8kHz range.
A heavily boosted top-end (air frequencies) that cuts through dense synthesizers and 808s.
Send all your vocal takes (dubs, adlibs, main) to a single "Vocal Bus" channel. On this master bus, add a very light Soundgoodizer (A or B setting) to glue the layers together.
Capoxxo tracks rely heavily on ad-libs and doubles. Record a second take of your main chorus, pan it 100% left, and record a third take panned 100% right. Lower the volume of these side doubles to create a massive, wide stereo image. Conclusion Delay (The Echo Effect) Use a 1/4 or 1/8 dot note delay
Use a built-in low-cut filter to keep the reverb from muddying the low-mid frequencies of your mix. Final Mixing Tip: Parallel Compression
Apply a very subtle pitch-shifting modulation effect (like Soundtoys MicroShift) to widen the stereo image and make the lead vocal sound massive. 5. Setting Up the Ad-libs and Layers
Do you use or third-party ones like Waves or FabFilter ? What microphone are you currently recording with?
Add a subtle 1.5 dB boost around 3 kHz to help the vocals cut through dense synth melodies. Saturation (Warmth and Harmonic Distortion)
Set the threshold so sibilant sounds drop by 4 to 6 dB. Main Compression (The Glued Sound)
A subtle boost around 3 kHz to 5 kHz can help the vocal stay prominent over loud beats. 6. Saturation and Excitement