Vocals
Every vocal character prompt in the glossary. Every prompt stands alone: paste it into the Styles field as-is, or combine it with elements from other songs. The song name links to the full blueprint, where you will find what is actually making the sound and how the whole production fits together. Slider settings and standard excludes live on the glossary landing page.
The Adventure · Angels & Airwaves (Lead vocal)
Earnest and nasal with a wide eyed yearning quality, floating in heavy reverb.
Earnest nasal male alt rock vocal, yearning and wide eyed, soaring with heavy reverb.Two contrasting male voices trading sections: one smooth and low, one strained, nasal, and whining with an emo crack.
Two contrasting male vocals trading sections, one smooth and low, one strained nasal and whining with an emo crack, intimate and moody.American Idiot · Green Day (Lead vocal)
Snotty and sneering, bratty and defiant with a nasal bite, doubled for width.
Snotty sneering male punk vocal, bratty and defiant with a nasal bite, doubled for width.Fix You · Coldplay (Lead vocal)
Tender and fragile with a soft falsetto lean, hushed and consoling, rising to an emotional full voice release at the peak.
Tender fragile male vocal with a soft falsetto lean, hushed and consoling, rising to an emotional full voice release.Viva la Vida · Coldplay (Lead vocal)
Warm, earnest, and regal, reflective in the verses and lifting into big wordless choir backing swells.
Warm earnest male vocal, regal and reflective, lifting into big wordless choir backing swells.Chocolate · The 1975 (Lead vocal)
Light and agile with conversational rhythmic delivery: slurred playful phrasing and quick falsetto flips, doubled and glossy.
Light agile male vocal with a conversational rhythmic delivery, slurred playful phrasing and quick falsetto flips, glossy and doubled.Seven Nation Army · The White Stripes (Lead vocal)
Urgent and yelping, raw and taut with a paranoid edge, mixed close and dry.
Urgent yelping male garage rock vocal, raw and taut with a paranoid edge.Billie Jean · Michael Jackson (Lead vocal)
A smooth, agile tenor with real urgency, punctuated by percussive gasps and hiccup ad-libs that function almost like extra percussion. A tight slap delay is the only obvious effect.
Smooth agile male tenor vocal, breathy and urgent, with percussive gasps and vocal hiccups as ad libs, tight slap delay, polished pop finish.Take On Me · a-ha (Lead vocal)
A clear, youthful tenor with a huge range, famous for sailing up into a pure, effortless falsetto. Earnest delivery, light plate reverb, no grit.
Clear bright male tenor vocal with an effortless soaring high falsetto, youthful and earnest delivery, light plate reverb.Blue Monday · New Order (Lead vocal)
Flat, deadpan, emotionally withdrawn baritone delivery, mixed dry. The anti-performance is the performance.
Detached deadpan male baritone vocal, flat emotionless delivery, dry with minimal effects, cold and aloof.Enjoy the Silence · Depeche Mode (Lead vocal)
A warm, brooding baritone, smooth and intimate, lightly double-tracked. Sung with dark romantic gravity rather than power.
Warm brooding male baritone vocal, smooth and intimate, lightly double tracked, with dark romantic gravity.In the Air Tonight · Phil Collins (Lead vocal)
Low, haunted, and restrained, with a slight rasp and a sense of held-back anger, finally erupting into raw anguished power. Dark reverb throughout.
Restrained simmering male vocal, low and haunted with a slight rasp, erupting into raw anguished power in the final section, drenched in dark reverb.Every Breath You Take · The Police (Lead vocal)
An airy, reedy tenor with a cool, slightly haunted restraint, supported by silky backing harmonies. Controlled rather than passionate, which is exactly why it unsettles.
Airy reedy male tenor vocal, smooth and slightly haunted, cool restrained delivery, with silky backing harmonies.When Doves Cry · Prince (Lead vocal)
One of pop's most elastic vocal performances: breathy murmurs, pleading wails, sharp yelps, all stacked with tight self-harmonies and mixed dry and upfront.
Urgent expressive male vocal sliding between breathy murmurs, pleading wails and sharp yelps, stacked with tight self harmonies, dry and upfront.A smooth, earnest lead in a mid-to-high register that blooms into enormous stacked choir-like harmonies on the big sections. The harmony stack is the payoff.
Smooth earnest male vocal in a mid to high register, warm conversational verses, breaking into huge stacked choir like harmonies on the big sections.Invisible Touch · Genesis (Lead vocal)
An energetic vocal with a raspy, soulful edge and punchy upbeat delivery, doubled on the big hooks for width.
Energetic male vocal with a raspy soulful edge, punchy upbeat delivery, doubled on the hooks.Human Nature · Michael Jackson (Lead vocal)
Tender and breathy, floating between a light tenor and a delicate falsetto, with soft sighing ad-libs. Fragility as a deliberate aesthetic.
Tender breathy male vocal floating between a light tenor and delicate falsetto, fragile and sweet, with soft sighing ad libs.Beat It · Michael Jackson (Lead vocal)
Fierce and determined, gritty and percussive, with sharp gasps and exclamations, mixed dry and right in your face.
Fierce determined male tenor vocal, gritty and percussive delivery with sharp gasps and exclamations, dry and upfront.Born in the U.S.A. · Bruce Springsteen (Lead vocal)
A raw, hoarse rock shout with a working-class growl, impassioned and echoing. Power over polish, every line.
Raw hoarse male rock vocal, shouted and impassioned with a gravelly working class growl, big and echoing.Smells Like Teen Spirit · Nirvana (Lead vocal)
Mumbled and detached in the verses, tearing into a hoarse ragged anguished shout in the choruses, with rough double tracking.
Ragged strained male vocal, mumbled and detached in the verses, tearing into a hoarse anguished shout, raw with rough double tracking.Wonderwall · Oasis (Lead vocal)
Nasal, sneering, and drawling, with long defiantly held notes. Double tracked and mixed right up front.
Nasal sneering male vocal, drawling and defiant with long held notes, double tracked and upfront.Black Hole Sun · Soundgarden (Lead vocal)
A commanding dark wail: rich, mournful, and sustained, rising to searing raspy highs, layered in eerie harmonies.
Commanding dark male wail, rich and mournful with powerful sustained delivery rising to searing raspy highs, layered in eerie harmonies.1979 · The Smashing Pumpkins (Lead vocal)
Breathy, soft, and detached, half whispered with a wistful even delivery. Nostalgia as a vocal technique.
Breathy detached male vocal, soft and nostalgic, half whispered with a wistful even delivery.Creep · Radiohead (Lead vocal)
Fragile and aching, quiet and self effacing, breaking into a desperate soaring falsetto at the peaks.
Fragile aching male tenor vocal, quiet and self effacing, breaking into a desperate soaring falsetto.Bitter Sweet Symphony · The Verve (Lead vocal)
Drawling, hazy, and defiant, building from cool detachment to impassioned repeated cries.
Swaggering hazy male vocal, drawling and defiant, building from cool detachment to impassioned repeated cries.Santeria · Sublime (Lead vocal)
Smooth and soulful with a casual laid back California drawl and easy falsetto flips. Sung like the stakes are low even when they are not.
Relaxed sun worn male vocal, smooth and soulful with a casual laid back California drawl and easy falsetto flips.Zombie · The Cranberries (Lead vocal)
Fierce and mournful with a distinctive Celtic lilt, breaking into yodeling cries between registers, with hard consonant emphasis.
Keening female vocal with a distinctive Celtic lilt, fierce and mournful, breaking into yodeling cries between registers with hard consonant emphasis.Black or White · Michael Jackson (Lead vocal)
Agile and percussive, urgent rhythmic phrasing with sharp exclamations, gasps, and ad libs used like extra drums.
Energetic agile male tenor vocal, percussive and urgent, with sharp exclamations, gasps and rhythmic ad libs.Semi-Charmed Life · Third Eye Blind (Lead vocal)
Rapid-fire, half rapped and half sung, boyish and eager, with layered catchy nonsense-syllable backing chants.
Bright rapid fire male vocal, half rapped and half sung with a boyish eager tone, with layered catchy nonsense syllable backing chants.Name · Goo Goo Dolls (Lead vocal)
A tender rasp, worn and sincere: intimate in the verses, lifting into an aching earnest chorus.
Tender raspy male vocal, worn and sincere, intimate verses lifting into an aching earnest chorus.What Would You Say · Dave Matthews Band (Lead vocal)
Playful and elastic: quirky conversational phrasing sliding between smooth singing and rhythmic yelps.
Playful elastic male vocal, quirky conversational phrasing sliding between smooth singing and rhythmic yelps.Taylor · Jack Johnson (Lead vocal)
Soft, warm, and conversational with a gentle breathy delivery. Intimate and easygoing, no strain anywhere.
Soft warm male vocal, laid back and conversational with a gentle breathy delivery, intimate and easygoing.Never Going Back Again · Fleetwood Mac (Lead vocal)
Light, nimble, and cheerful with a breathy ease, softly double tracked for a gentle shimmer.
Light nimble male vocal, cheerful and breathy, softly double tracked.Where the Streets Have No Name · U2 (Lead vocal)
Open throated, earnest, and yearning, with big arena reverb. Full chest delivery, no irony.
Passionate open throated male rock vocal, earnest and soaring with a yearning full chest delivery, big arena reverb.Detached and weary in the verses, opening into warm layered harmonies elsewhere. Calm, dreamlike, long reverb.
Weary detached male vocal opening into warm layered harmonies, calm and dreamlike, with long reverb.Sultans of Swing · Dire Straits (Lead vocal)
A low, talk-sung drawl, gravelly and conversational, delivered dry and close. Barely singing, and that is the charm.
Low talk sung male vocal, dry laconic gravelly delivery just above speech, conversational and close.A smooth, cool, faintly mysterious lead, opening into stacked immaculate country rock harmonies on the big sections.
Smooth cool male lead vocal, faintly mysterious, joined by immaculate stacked country rock harmonies on the big sections.Sweet Child O' Mine · Guns N' Roses (Lead vocal)
Piercing, raspy, and nasal with a snarling edge, capable of enormous sustained high wails. Attitude in every syllable.
Piercing raspy high male rock vocal, nasal and snarling, with enormous sustained wailing high notes.Dreams · Fleetwood Mac (Lead vocal)
Smoky, husky, and unusually low for a female lead, with a cool detached delivery. Hypnotic rather than emotive, wrapped in soft harmonies.
Smoky low female vocal, husky and hypnotic with a cool detached delivery, wrapped in soft backing harmonies.Baba O'Riley · The Who (Lead vocal)
Big chested, brash, and defiant, shouted with raw arena power.
Big chested male rock tenor vocal, brash and defiant, shouted with raw arena power.When the Levee Breaks · Led Zeppelin (Lead vocal)
A bluesy howl soaked in echo and tape delay, distant and haunted, riding above the thunder.
Echo soaked bluesy male howl, wailing and distant, drenched in tape delay.Janie's Got a Gun · Aerosmith (Lead vocal)
Raspy and theatrical, sliding from breathy low menace to wailing high screams. A performance with staging.
Raspy theatrical male rock vocal, sly and dramatic, sliding from breathy low verses to wailing high screams.Bad · U2 (Lead vocal)
Builds from tender murmurs to ecstatic soaring cries, raw and emotional, with long reverb carrying the peaks.
Impassioned male rock vocal building from tender murmurs to ecstatic soaring cries, raw and emotional with long reverb.With or Without You · U2 (Lead vocal)
From breathy intimate restraint to anguished full voice cries, carrying the record's entire dynamic arc.
Intimate breathy male vocal building from restrained murmurs to anguished full voice cries, raw and yearning.Enter Sandman · Metallica (Lead vocal)
Low, menacing, and growled with a hard aggressive bite, doubled for weight. Threat delivered calmly.
Menacing low male metal vocal, growled and sinister with a hard aggressive bite, doubled for weight.Superstition · Stevie Wonder (Lead vocal)
Gritty and joyful: a raspy playful soul tenor with elastic phrasing and ecstatic ad libs.
Gritty joyful male soul tenor vocal, raspy and playful with elastic phrasing and ecstatic ad libs.Cool unison group vocals: male and female voices together in crisp, stylish, perfectly synchronized phrases.
Tight unison group vocals, cool and stylish, male and female voices together in crisp synchronized phrases.September · Earth, Wind & Fire
A jubilant falsetto lead soaring over rich stacked group harmonies. Celebration in vocal form.
Jubilant male falsetto lead vocal stacked with rich group harmonies, soaring and celebratory.A silky, warm soul tenor lead with smooth group harmonies answering in call and response.
Silky warm male soul tenor lead vocal with smooth group harmonies answering in call and response.The signature: tight stacked falsetto harmonies, breathy and urgent, gliding in silky unison.
Tight stacked male falsetto harmonies, breathy and urgent, gliding in silky unison.A smooth, aching tenor layered in gentle self harmonies, conversational and intimate, with soft background chatter ambience.
Smooth aching male soul tenor vocal layered in gentle self harmonies, conversational and intimate, with soft background chatter ambience.Uptown Funk · Mark Ronson & Bruno Mars
Brash and confident: swaggering talk-sung verses, gritty shouted hooks, and group chant responses.
Brash confident male vocal, swaggering talk sung verses and gritty shouted hooks, with group chant responses.Calm, precise, laid back and authoritative rap delivery, with smooth sung hooks answering between verses.
Laid back authoritative male rap delivery, calm and precise, with smooth sung hook vocals answering between verses.Mo Money Mo Problems · The Notorious B.I.G.
Contrast as design: quick agile playful rap flows against a deep unhurried heavyweight voice, with a smooth female sung hook.
Contrasting male rap deliveries, quick agile playful flows against a deep unhurried heavyweight voice, with a smooth female sung hook.Bad Guy · Billie Eilish (Lead vocal)
Whispered and breathy with ASMR intimacy, every mouth sound audible, delivered with bored sly confidence and layered in soft stacked murmurs.
Whisper close female vocal, breathy ASMR intimacy with a bored sly delivery, layered in soft stacked murmurs.Blinding Lights · The Weeknd (Lead vocal)
A yearning, aching high tenor, smooth and immaculately modern-polished, with airy falsetto touches.
Yearning high male tenor pop vocal, smooth and aching with immaculate modern polish and airy falsetto touches.Hazy, breathless, and androgynous, drenched in effects and blended into the synths as texture.
Processed androgynous vocal, hazy and breathless, drenched in effects and blended into the synths.Rolling in the Deep · Adele (Lead vocal)
A husky, smoky powerhouse belt: restrained and simmering in the verses, rising to a full throated soulful roar with gospel style backing stacks.
Powerhouse husky female vocal, smoky and defiant, rising from restrained simmering verses to a full throated soulful belt, backed by gospel style vocal stacks.Somebody That I Used to Know · Gotye
The whole arc: a murmured intimate male voice exploding into a raw nasal belt on the hook, answered by a cool wounded female verse.
Intimate murmured male vocal exploding into a raw nasal belt on the hook, answered by a cool wounded female verse.A silky, relaxed falsetto lead, plus a robotic vocoder harmony layer as the electronic fingerprint.
Silky relaxed male falsetto lead vocal, smooth and effortless, with a robotic vocoder harmony layer.Believe · Cher (Lead vocal)
The famous effect: a commanding low female voice processed with hard tuned robotic pitch correction that audibly snaps between notes.
Commanding low female dance pop vocal processed with a hard tuned robotic pitch correction effect that audibly snaps between notes, glossy and futuristic.Teenage Dream · Katy Perry (Lead vocal)
Bright and yearning: warm breathy verses opening into a big polished soaring chorus with layered harmonies.
Bright yearning female pop vocal, warm and breathy in the verses, opening into a big polished soaring chorus with layered harmonies.Something Just Like This · The Chainsmokers & Coldplay (Lead vocal)
Warm, earnest, and conversational, lifting into a soaring wordless anthem alongside the drop.
Warm earnest male vocal, gentle and conversational, lifting into a soaring wordless anthem alongside the drop.