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Guides for underground vocals
How to mix, distort, sink and space out rap vocals in FL Studio, from people who make plugins for exactly that.
- The best free distortion plugins for FL StudioThe free distortion and saturation plugins every FL Studio producer already has, plus free VSTs like IVGI and Saturation Knob, with settings for vocals and 808s.
- How to get distorted underground rap vocalsA step-by-step chain for distorted underground rap vocals in FL Studio: recording level, cleanup, de-essing, parallel distortion, doubles and space.
- How to make aggressive rage rap vocalsHow to record and mix aggressive rage rap vocals in FL Studio: performance, hard tuning, stacks and adlibs, distortion, short delays and automation.
- The best vocal effects for underground rapThe vocal effects that define underground rap: underwater filters, phone vocals, dark doubles, distortion, delay throws, reverse reverb and tape stops, with FL Studio how-tos.
- How to create modern glitchy vocal effectsStutters, chops, tape stops, bitcrush, pitch jumps and filter drops: how to make modern glitchy vocal effects in FL Studio with stock and free plugins.
- Affordable VST plugins: building a vocal setup without going brokeHow independent rappers and producers can build an affordable VST plugin setup: what FL Studio already includes, which free plugins to add, and when a cheap paid plugin is worth it.