Mixing Vocals...

So say I have a nice little vocal sample, and I'm mixing my song. Now let's say that I think a scream (nothing major, a light scream like in Skrillex's remix of In For The Kill by La Roux) would fit really well into the song. But, let's say I can't get new vocals, and I don't want to insert a random yell, so is there a trick or technique for making a vocal "scream?" Preferably it would have automatable parameters so I could put the "scream" in where I want. I don't think this is possible, but who knows :D Thanks already for any answers, even if it is a no :)

Anyone else have any ideas?? :)

I tried to do something and here that turned out: . But you should change the parameters on your flavour.

No problem. That's not quite what I was looking for (I had thought of distortion too) but it was still pretty close. Maybe I need to try some different distortion units (CamelCrusher? Or the LePoul? plugins?) Anyways, thanks vitalker! And does anyone else have any ideas??

Other than using automation to ramp up the gain on certain inflections in the vocal phrase, I'm not sure you're going to get something that doesn't just sound like it was faked… maybe a good thing, maybe not. The thing with a scream or yell is that it's timbre is going to be quite different from a similar vocal phrase that was sung at a normal level. The vocal cords are being stressed more and there would be variances in the pitch and tone of individual notes in comparison. The distortion is a good starting point, but that will simply simulate overdriving a circuit by yelling into the mic/preamp. Maybe a combination of distortion and pitch shifting that uses parameter modulation to target the attack portion of each word in the phrase… Maybe find some samples of screams, or even record some yourself, and study their tonal and dynamic characteristics. This may give you some ideas on how to simulate the effect.