I really learned a great deal from studying this so closely.

It's also really interesting that copying and pasting from the previous verses or choruses rarely works because the second time the BVs would be different - either in inversions voices, or rhythm. What amazed me were the Carpenter's harmonies - amazingly clever and complex - we spent ages pulling them apart, and spotting the little tricks Richard Carpenter used.

I'm in a tribute band, but we have spent six months recording BVs for a Carpenters tribute we were starting (and now scrapped as the only singer with the right voice is having a baby!) totally a newbie attempt I did about two years ago and then walked away from trying to do harmonies again until recently when I did a cover of 'Do you want to know a secret' got a nit pick 'sounds like the same person singing all the parts' On soundclick some of my buds really liked it but again I just really don't have a clue.I guess I just need to experiment and that takes time. 'Did you hear the one' (warning Christian song) was the first multi track with me messing around with layered vocals. In my sig below is my soundclick page where I have posted the stuff I have done to date. After the other night I am motivated to learn more and appreciate the input you guys threw out here so far. I've recorded mostly single 'one shot' live recordings and a few multi tracks but only a couple with any sort of harmonies and I was definitely a fish out of water. Though I have been hanging here at HR.com for 16 years, I didn't start pushing the record button until about 4 years ago and with time limitations not all that much.

As a by ear', no music theory singer / songwriter it seems I have been sorely remiss in that sector. Sadly, up until a few nights ago I never gave proper attention or efforts to learn that part of songwriting and arranging. They've always been there ( harmonies ) right in my face. Best bet is to just dive in and tackle problems as they arise. a lot of this stuff is fairly run-of-the-mill in terms of vocal technique. I'll stick the different harmony 'sets' in different envelopes so I have a handle on each individual group for processing, reverbs, etc. Often I'll have multiple 'parts' at once, where different sections sing different words, follow different melodies simultaneously White Coral Bells/Kites Go Sailing style. But there are exceptions, like I have one where there's a call-and=response between two groups one leans more to the left, and one to the right. a lot of doubling, harmonies really wide, main vocals really narrow. I stopped using pitch correction a couple years ago and now just re-track it (sometimes many many times) til I hit it. I average 16-24 vocal tracks on a song, depending on what I'm trying to pull off. I do vocal arrangements the old fashioned way, one track at a time. Is there anything specific you were wondering? I am getting more comfortable with using Reaper and planning on attempting to pull off some these more complex productions.ДЄny of ya's already doing it? If so lets hear what ya got and your insight into how you go about it.

I'm still a newb to laying down tracks and have kept it pretty simple as far lots of tracks. Being a 'by ear' musician I just had no idea of the depth and complexity of some these.wow! I then looked into the Carpenters, Beach Boys and Queen harmonies. I started playing with it and singing a few songs with the digital harmonies and was intrigued because some sounded pretty flipping awesome. When my Line 6 UX8 crashed and burned a few weeks ago I broke out a TC Helicon Vocal harmonizer 'Quintet' I had purchased ages ago as a vocal preamp before I was computerized. I just didn't realize how complex and deep they can be. Unlike my daughters I never sang in a choral group that did unique harmonies. I sang in Church growing up and took a voice class in College, I've sung both leads and backups in Rock Bands as an adult. Going to a Catholic school as a kid, singing / music was an actual part of the curriculum and we were graded on it.

Melodyne 3 part harmonies