Reply To: 70´s Rock in a Live one Room Session

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Leslie Pugh
09:33AM@Henning Opperai I have done some small scale recordings live room band recordings. The real problems if so exist, with good musicians of Merit, is volume control in one room "bleeds into microphones", Not saying it is a bad thing , but it is dependant on levels, mic placement, polar settings of mics. Getting the right sound for the song is another bed of issues, and to remember those settings used on each song, if doing a album, and you want all to say sound the same or like or what you say you want it to be, Is not so easy over long times, as days. Each day brings with it elements of pressure Humidity changes, and different moods of those involved, So how does one go about it, is just try to capture the best performances, in keeping things relatively as the same (once dialled into a good vibe sound)as possible throughout the album, there might be little things or some Effect changes, but the room and some stable elements should keep to a set standard, I guess. I have not made a Album, so. The rest might be to get the sound of what you are stating you would like to sound like and play that as a reference..see the spectrum form, and frequencies of that , try to match it?. Some secret sauce helps if you got it. Just my opinion, Perhaps Warren might help , as he seems to be doing it well in his own ways of course. Remember some of the things in past 70 recordings happened by trial and error.
Leslie Pugh
09:45AMoh and Some if not all at that time line used Tape machines, hacked effect peddles. and fiddling with different ideas and settings, getting a sound to be different from the others, so they would stand out from them. I think was the idea.
Leslie Pugh
10:00AMNot sure but Allen Parson used a reverb method, turning the track around, adding reverb and then turning the track back. In that day I believe it was reversing the tape . And see what happens adding the verb, kind of made a sound no one had.So fiddling with ideas..Was used. And placement is important of the instruments and amps. Surely . The more you play in such a room, the more it sets its self up for you finding, this should be here, that should go there.I found slight movements, once keying in placement of mic and instruments or amps, changes a lot. Try to also use direct line feeds from amps if they got em, or di boxes, along side the micing or room and instruments. Helps cut the bleed out, or add in, or gives you more to fiddle in a clean or dirty spirit. If needed. Once the room sounds great, and no line issues of noises not supposed to be are snuffed out as best can be (troubleshooting out unwanted noise). Then capture the best performance begins. kNow the songs. and decide, its a take, or, take 27 or more, is up to the one knowning the sound and songs done rightly so wanted.