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I'm curious what some natural reverb would do to a chiptune mix. A couple of my bandmates work for the local opera house and I've been on the stage a few times, had the crazy idea of using the room. Set up an amp on stage, a mic far across the hall, and record famitracker/sunvox/whatever track by track to maybe help the mix breath naturally. Is this crazy?
Last edited by sleepytimejesse (Aug 27, 2013 6:50 am)
Or perhaps an impulse response (convolution) reverb? You record the profile of a room, and then you can apply that to anything afterwards.
Or perhaps an impulse response (convolution) reverb? You record the profile of a room, and then you can apply that to anything afterwards.
woah this sounds awesome
Yes quite a bit. I used to have a concrete cellar with some rooms I set up with different amps and mics. I've also done some stuff with long tubes, and gardening hoses.
Also you would get a better result recording the individual instruments rather than the whole mix. That way you could also reuse your samples in different arrangements.
Last edited by Glitch Militia (Aug 27, 2013 9:40 am)
ive done recording in an old church before. not sure how the massive natural reverb would sound on a typical fast dancy pop chip tune though.
i'll be recording a gb + flute ep in a legit concert hall sometime in the next few months. it's exciting!
i used a impulse response that i recorded with a friend in a disused warehouse. but not on chiptunes. i dont think reverb sounds great on chiptunes unless you make it a "feature"
I've played my ukulele in the bathroom and recorded it
i did an album where i ran the mix through a half stack and mic'd it in my little plaster-walled room.. worked well for that thrashier stuff
There is too much racket in my house, but I want to try it a little. I wish someone would experiment with speaker cone sizes and microphones too.
[insert failotron]
Seriously, he's the man you want when it comes to reverb.
The guy rented a church to record his songs.
There was a topic a while back where he explained some stuff.
I tried looking for a similar topic but couldn't find anything around what I'm getting at. I'll look up some failotron. Think I'll experiment with it. Also impulse reverb sounds awesome, I had a friend who told me about the possibility of recording a room's profile like that but I totally forgot about it until now.
Also Victory Road that sounds awesome, looking forward to that.
oh, this is the one i did with plenty of room reverb http://datathrash.bandcamp.com/album/in … of-the-pig
a lot of convolution reverbs take advantage of stereoness, you know like how it sounds when you hear it naturally.
Meanwhile, unless you were recording it with a nice stereo mic setup, you'd lose that in the process.
you can mimic it with creative panning also, but doing true stereo usually sounds better
a lot of convolution reverbs take advantage of stereoness, you know like how it sounds when you hear it naturally.
Meanwhile, unless you were recording it with a nice stereo mic setup, you'd lose that in the process.
Like... two microphones with a block of wood the size of your head between them?