Fading-like effect

[jefferytitan]

There's an effect I've heard in all sorts of songs where the vocals become less and less distinct. It's not just a volume decrease, the vocals seem to become softer and lower until they're incomprehensible. Perhaps modifying the parameters of some sort of frequency filter? Anybody got any idea how it's done?

[EdisonRex]

could you post a clip of what you're talking about. Off the top of my head I can think of more ways to lose (or add) depth of vocals intentionally or unintentionally in a mix than I care to write out.

[RecklessGint]

Softer and lower? It sounds like you might be talking about a low pass filter. Apply a filter plugin to whatever fx channel you want it to affect (if by any chance you're using FL, fruity free filter is the simplest one), set it to lowpass, and edit automation on the cut-off parameter to fade from high to low.

You can also switch to other modes (like high pass) and just fiddle with the cut-off knob while the song plays, to experiment with what kind of effects it can do.

If this isn't what you meant, let us know. Hope it helps.

[ßZCZ]

this is usually done through a filter and some sort of automation. I usually record my knob tweaks to achieve this type of effect