

With all the techniques of adding effects below, I recommend creating separate tracks (i.e a reverb track) and then sending the vocals/ drums/other instruments through that track. Doing it this way allows a lot more control and you can really get the exact amount of effect for each track just right. This is handy as most of us are recording vocals in a small room such as a bedroom which probably has soft furnishings and carpets so the amount of natural reverb is going to be very low. One without any reverb, delay or echo and then applying the effects after in the mixing process. So instead you are best off recording a ‘dry’ vocal. But this more traditional method is not usually favoured in the modern day recording process, and let’s be honest, as musicians in the home studio we are unlikely to be able to record in a church whenever we want to lay down a vocal track… You can record vocals in a room with natural reverb or echo to create the effects, i.e go into a church to record loads of reverb.
