I approach it as if I had a few singers with me ....which I dont anymore sind reducing myself from 7 to a OMB the last 17 years.....using it sparingly is another good tip.....I try to use it just to enhance certain lyrical passages and still keep it in my own arrangement. I use to be a VH bogart but lately I have weened myself off using it too much as its bad enough people think were faking it when they listen & see to ONE MAN up there and all that music....
now your adding all those singing parts ....
it only digresses the authenticity versus the faking aspect to the audience & confirms to them that is not real.
I have since moved on from the PA800 in that demo a few years ago, thats when I started to notice how fake it sounded as in that demo, tahst why I posted it.........
& due to the fact that I now use the S910 & the VH wasn't up to par I really have been using it very lightly or mostly not at all anymore...
When I record in my studio.. I use a Digitech VR where I can really get into the separate harmony vocal tracks but many time I will just record single harmony vocal tracks which me the best flexability.........
I used to record my shows and listen to the VH with all my units Tc, Digitech, etc,......after a while it started to sound like a hokey gimmicky effect....using it live alot doesn't let you really give it it's due as when you can dissect it while recording in a studio.
There is no answer to try to tell you how to do it.... it has to be YOUR approach if your good enough to make it believable.....being someone is playing mostly cover songs then try to accommodate with the same harmony you hear in the original....I basically use LH chord triggering when using it live...but lately Less is MORE when it comes to gigging and using VH on stage as a One man band!
No vh will evert replace the "different human voices"...




[This message has been edited by Dnj (edited 10-10-2010).]