Hi, had a gig last week, where i was doing lead, and backing vocals. Only my second gig really singing so, still abit unsure about some things. Anyway, i asked the sound engineer if he could put some reverb on the vocals through the stage monitors, but he refused, saying people never get any reverb on the stage/vocal monitors, as it can make them sing out of tune...

We only had a 10 minute sound check, so didnt have time to discuss it with him, but is this the norm ?

The vocals to us sounded totally dry, and uninspiring, and didnt help my performace i feel. I also dont think a little reverb would have made me sing out of tune. And since our music is at times very atmospheric, and produced, i wanted to hear my vocals with some reverb, and at times some delay.

I know he said he was putting on reverb through the FOH pa rigg, but we cant hear that.

Anyway, just wondered what other peoples views are on this ?

Im about to by the Digitech VX 400 Vocal Modelling floor processor, so i can create my on effects and textures for my vocals, that will be going directly into the pa desk, so luckly for that sound guy, i didnt have that yet, or he may have moaned at me. But hay, im the artist right, and if im happy to have effects onstage, surely it will bring out a better performance from me / us.

Any thoughts ?

Cheers..

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