Hey guys,
I am curious which plugins or even hardware do you currently run on your vocal chain?

For me it is:

80Hz highpass filter on Mic

Antares AutoTune Artist

into
Eiosis EQ
Waves De-Esser
TR5 Black 76
TR5 Black 76
TR5 White 2A
u-he Satin

with effect sends:
Altiverb
Valhalla Delay

sometimes I would also bring in other effects, like any sort of Distortion, Waves Doubler, Guitar Rig 5 or Effect Rack by Soundtoys

 

Blue Blueberry
or -> ART Voice Channel (w/ Mullard Tube swap) -> Presonus 192 -> Studio One
Shure SM7b -> Fethead


This is what I'd go with when vocals need the full sh'bang. ** are bare minimum

Melodyne (ARA)
Fabfilter Pro-DS (wide band)**
Mixtool (trim plugin, I use to automate)
Fat Channel with stock eq and 1176 emulation**
Fat Channel LA2A
Fabfilter Pro-Q 3**
Softube Tubetech MK2 EQs
Antares Autotune

All vocals then go to a bus with:
Kazrog True Iron
Fabfilter Pro-DS (split band)
Softube Tape**
Oeksound Soothe 2

Sends:
Valhalla Vintageverb**
Soundtoys little Plate
Soundtoys echoboy jr
Valhalla Delay

I've also been experimenting with a vocal crush buss for when a song has dozens of tracks of vocals.

Fabfilter Pro-DS**
Fat channel gate and EQ**
Fat Channel 1176 or Soundtoys Deviloc deluxe**
Waves Aphex Aural exciter

When I go with the crush buss approach I ease up the compression on the tracks to just mild leveling out.
I find the crush buss helps the vocals mix themselves. When a 4 layer harmony comes in, the lead ducks out a little so you don't end up with a massive spike in loudness.

 

Hardware, it depends on the vocalist and song, but here are a few that yield excellent results, meaning less time spent during the mix:

Sony C800G -> Neve 1073 (w/ eq) -> LA-3A or Golden Age Comp 3A
Sony C800G -> Neve 1081 -> LA-3A
Sony C800G -> Avalon M5/Ad2022 -> compressor of choice
Sony C800G -> SSL Super Analog channel (aka SSL 9000K) -> LA-3A
Sony C800G -> Avedis MA5
Neumann U67 -> Seventh Circle C84 (or other clean preamp)-> 1176 -> Speck ASC-T EQ
Neumann U67 -> SSL Super Analog Channel -> LA-3A
AKG C12/251 type mic + any of the above.

On the cheaper side, but still excellent:

Sterling Audio ST79 or ST89 -> Rane MS1b
Apex 460 or any variant of same circuit -> into any clean Preamp
Rode K2 -> A designs Pacifica

As Far as plugin ins, it REALLY depends. Every song is different, so my approach varies according to what the song needs. But here are a few that get used all the time:

Renaissance Eq aka Req(oldie but goodie)
Renaissance Vox aka RVox
Maxx bass/RenBass
Waves De-esser
CLA-3A
DMG Compassion
DMG Equilibrium
Fab Filter - ProQ3
Fab Filter - Pro DS
Fab Filter Pro-L2
Lexicon Verbs
Valhalla stuff
Autotune
Melodyne
Acustica Aqua plugs
FuzeLabs/Blackrooster stuff
and honestly a ton more...

 

Right now, tracking vox :

Gefell UMT 70S (omni & card) ---> Daking MIC PRE ONE ---> A/D

 

73 pre 2 x cla 2a comp