Outboard Gear Company: Finding the right vocal effect?

[molsen23]

Hello braintrust.

We are in the process of starting the musical Company, in the opening number (on the OBC album) the vocals are for lack of a better work "angelic" and monotone. Youtube it if you're not sure what I'm referring to.

What/ if any vocal effects were used to create this effect and what can be used to AIDE in creating this effect?

We have access to a behringer FX2000 and a Yamaha MGP32x.

Thank you in advance

 

[dbaxter]

Will it be live or prerecorded? If recorded, maybe this - http://www.nchsoftware.com/voicechanger/index.html would help. Just throwing an idea out there.

 

[TimMc]

Hello braintrust.

We are in the process of starting the musical Company, in the opening number (on the OBC album) the vocals are for lack of a better work "angelic" and monotone. Youtube it if you're not sure what I'm referring to.

What/ if any vocal effects were used to create this effect and what can be used to AIDE in creating this effect?

We have access to a behringer FX2000 and a Yamaha MGP32x.

Thank you in advance

I've not heard the OBC recording in years but recently heard the largely faithful-to-the-score 2006 John Doyle reviva. The opening number where it's the first hearing of "Bobby Booby"... big dense reverb with a medium decay, the vocals were very compressed, too. In the Broadway production it was a playback cue of cast recording. You can get the idea here:

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Mostly what gives it the "shake" is the chord voicings chosen by Mr. Sondheim.

 

[molsen23]

It will be done live. Trying to get as close to that pure and clean tone as I can.