Recording a band in a Submarine

Shine Studios · Post by **Shine Studios** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:12 pm

Not sure if this is the right spot for this, but I recorded a band inside a WWII submarine for a field recording/video and thought I'd share it. Guitar tone is a mic about 10' down a torpedo tube, drums were tracked with 2 mics, then re-tracked with mics up an escape hatch.

Cheers!

http://vimeo.com/67648567

Bro Shark · Post by **Bro Shark** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 3:49 pm

That's very cool and unique. The song was a great choice for that treatment.

ubertar · Post by **ubertar** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:20 pm

Was it yellow? (Somebody had to ask).

Shine Studios · Post by **Shine Studios** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:22 pm

Was it yellow? (Somebody had to ask).

ha! we've been working on this for months... how is this the first time someone's said that?!

Snarl 12/8 · Post by **Snarl 12/8** » Wed Jun 05, 2013 4:29 pm

Not as vibey as the plane thing, but what is? I really liked the sound and feel of both tunes, even though indie-shmindy is usually not my thing. At all. Do these guys get crippling "red light fever" in a conventional recording studio?

drumsound · Post by **drumsound** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 10:19 am

Pretty cool. There's plenty of diffusion, I'd imagine the sub to sound pretty interesting. The band and song are interesting too.

chris harris · Post by **chris harris** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:11 am

Yeah, I like it! Very cool!

ott0bot · Post by **ott0bot** » Thu Jun 06, 2013 11:38 pm

neat-o!

I just put together a suprisingly versitile mobile rig with an iPhone for doing this kind of stuff. thanks for reminding me to get my business in gear.

DrummerMan · Post by **DrummerMan** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 7:17 am

I dig it!!

What was recorded together and what was overdubbed?

ScottEvans · Post by **ScottEvans** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 11:07 am

That is cool as hell.

Electro-Voice 664 · Post by **Electro-Voice 664** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:15 pm

I like it too, and want to know all the geek.
What Daw, what AD, pres, mics, and how it was tracked, live then OD's?
Who needs mic stands?

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:38 pm

cool as hell! good tune too.

Snarl 12/8 wrote:indie-shmindy

what does that even mean? you don't like their haircuts or something? it's just good rock music.

chris harris · Post by **chris harris** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 1:54 pm

MoreSpaceEcho wrote:cool as hell! good tune too.

Snarl 12/8 wrote:indie-shmindy
what does that even mean? you don't like their haircuts or something? it's just good rock music.

+1

Was biting my tongue.

Snarl 12/8 · Post by **Snarl 12/8** » Fri Jun 07, 2013 5:18 pm

OK. Had to think about this for a second, cause genres are problematic, at best. But Wikipedia kinda nails it, I think...

"The term indie rock, derived from "independent," describes the small and relatively low-budget labels on which it is released and the do-it-yourself attitude of the bands and artists involved." Etc. Etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indie_rock

I realized reading that, that I think I just, basically, prefer bigger budget, and/or less "creative/contrived" stuff. Four on the floor, with some discernible, direct lineage back to Africa. You say just "good rock music" and I think there needs to be an adjective of some sort near "rock" to accurately describe this. Not that there's anything wrong with that. There's no accounting for taste.

Perhaps, I could have left out the "schmindy," but I thought it would heighten the complement, if I clearly got across my usual disdain for the genre that I believe this falls into. I really liked this particular tune/recording/video/concept. I feel a reputable review should disclose the (always present) biases and background of the reviewer.

BTW - being too cool for genres is also a hallmark of indie-shmindy in my book.

MoreSpaceEcho · Post by **MoreSpaceEcho** » Sat Jun 08, 2013 9:18 am

Snarl 12/8 wrote:being too cool for genres is also a hallmark of indie-shmindy in my book.

i REALLY don't know what that means. but we can just drop it, we don't need to sidetrack the thread.

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