How to achieve the Dave Edmunds vocals on I Hear You Knockin

jckinnick · Post by **jckinnick** » Thu Apr 02, 2009 5:00 pm

Anybody have any info as to how he got those great vocals?

drumsound · Post by **drumsound** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 3:14 pm

From memory the vocal is filtered and has a slap back (probably tape) delay.

jckinnick · Post by **jckinnick** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 5:16 pm

filtered?

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Sat Apr 04, 2009 8:49 pm

sounds like a high-pass filter, yes.

lysander · Post by **lysander** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 1:16 pm

dwlb wrote:sounds like a high-pass filter, yes.

Are you sure that's not just Dave Edmunds?

idylldon · Post by **idylldon** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 3:55 pm

The Copperphone will get you in the ballpark (listen to the male voice sample):

http://www.placidaudio.com/

Cheers,
--
Don

JGriffin · Post by **JGriffin** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:21 pm

lysander wrote:
dwlb wrote:sounds like a high-pass filter, yes.
Are you sure that's not just Dave Edmunds?

Having heard him live...yes.

RefD · Post by **RefD** » Sun Apr 05, 2009 7:22 pm

lysander wrote:
dwlb wrote:sounds like a high-pass filter, yes.
Are you sure that's not just Dave Edmunds?

could just be he overloaded the electronics of the tape echo with a hot hiZ mic...but i would agree with the carbon mic thing.

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