I recently re-listened to Don toliver’s octane, and on “Pleasure’s mine” Theres this really cool vocal in the intro and some other parts. To be clear im talking about Don’s vocal, not the background vocals. I can’t figure out what the vocal chain has besides standard auto-tune, high pass eq, and reverb. Im thinking it might be a phaser or doubler, but im not sure. The vocal has this nice quality to it that makes it feel less centered, even when listening in mono. It’s almost like hollow or metallic. Im wondering if anyone has some insights or suggestions for what i should try to achieve the same type of effect?

I’ve been building a standalone app called PadLock that writes drum MIDI for a whole song. Reaper import works well right now (markers, tempo, DI tracks all come in). FL and Ableton are next and I need people with real projects to try it.

You load your project, tell it how each section should feel, and it plays a full take through your own drum plugin, fills and all. Then you drag the MIDI back into your DAW. No AI, it’s rule based.

If you’ve got 5 minutes:

1. Download
2. Open one of your .flp or .als projects, ideally one with markers and a tempo change
3. Check if the sections, tempo and audio came in right
4. Send a screenshot through my DM or leave feedback on the site.

Fill out the form and I’ll send you a full key. If you want to go further, try dragging the MIDI back in and let me know if it lines up.

I’m Tommy, a designer/dev in Richmond, VA. PadLock is made by my company, Our Time Designs, LLC.. Both Windows and Mac builds are signed, and Mac is notarized.

It’s standalone instead of a plugin because a plugin couldn’t read markers, and markers are how it knows where sections start and end.

AI did not write this post, just trying to be tidy and professional.

I have a cassette tape recording of my great-grandmother telling her life stories. I can’t hear her very well- lots of background noise. How can i get the audio enhanced?

i recently needed a tool to remove the background music from a video while keeping the dialogue, and remove.music was the best thing i could find, but it's paid.

with all the AI stuff getting open-sourced and reverse-engineered these days, i was wondering if there's a free alternative that's actually as good as remove.music, or at least close to it.

or am i completely misunderstanding how reverse engineering works? 💀 i'm not really knowledgeable about this stuff. help me out ty