Recording Trends/Techniques that drive you nuts
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I have an old handset where I wired the speaker (which was easier than wiring the carbon mic) as a microphone and it goes to a 1/4" jack. Connect that to a guitar amp and it gets the telephone voice and more...
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I actually taped a cell phone to a stand in front of a U87 that was called by the studio phone (or maybe another cell, or the other way around) for a record I was mixing, but the artist wanted to redo the lead vocal, and we did that in the same sessoin.analogika wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 2:52 pmWe recorded the telephone voice in 1996 - using an actual rotary-dial telephone, placed in a large tub to amplify it a bit, with some large-diaphragm condensor set up in directly at the speaker. I called from the internal house line (no cellphones back then) and we recorded that.T-rex wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 10:20 amSo many things in this thread. One of my old bands that was together in the early 2000's randomly got back together over the winter and recorded an entire album remotely. Most of the guys were new to recording at home and EVERY TRACK CAME TO ME IN STEREO, but they were all mono of course. So that was funny to see this in this thread.
Secondly, the telephone voice thing is very early 2000, but I actually did that on this record because I thought it was funny. The last time this band played together was when that was popular so I thought it was actually fitting to be a bit dated.
Oooo that sounds like fun.digitaldrummer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 5:29 pmI have an old handset where I wired the speaker (which was easier than wiring the carbon mic) as a microphone and it goes to a 1/4" jack. Connect that to a guitar amp and it gets the telephone voice and more...
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My very first band recorded an album at echo park back in the day with Paul Mahern in like 95 or 96 maybe? On one song he called on the studio’s phone some random number and recorded the weird operator message we got. It worked surprisingly perfectly with the track. But He was big into serendipity and we did a bunch of random things that just fell into place.drumsound wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:33 pmI actually taped a cell phone to a stand in front of a U87 that was called by the studio phone (or maybe another cell, or the other way around) for a record I was mixing, but the artist wanted to redo the lead vocal, and we did that in the same sessoin.analogika wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 2:52 pmWe recorded the telephone voice in 1996 - using an actual rotary-dial telephone, placed in a large tub to amplify it a bit, with some large-diaphragm condensor set up in directly at the speaker. I called from the internal house line (no cellphones back then) and we recorded that.
Oooo that sounds like fun.digitaldrummer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 5:29 pmI have an old handset where I wired the speaker (which was easier than wiring the carbon mic) as a microphone and it goes to a 1/4" jack. Connect that to a guitar amp and it gets the telephone voice and more...
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That sounds fun.T-rex wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:56 pmMy very first band recorded an album at echo park back in the day with Paul Mahern in like 95 or 96 maybe? On one song he called on the studio’s phone some random number and recorded the weird operator message we got. It worked surprisingly perfectly with the track. But He was big into serendipity and we did a bunch of random things that just fell into place.drumsound wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:33 pmI actually taped a cell phone to a stand in front of a U87 that was called by the studio phone (or maybe another cell, or the other way around) for a record I was mixing, but the artist wanted to redo the lead vocal, and we did that in the same sessoin.analogika wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 2:52 pm
We recorded the telephone voice in 1996 - using an actual rotary-dial telephone, placed in a large tub to amplify it a bit, with some large-diaphragm condensor set up in directly at the speaker. I called from the internal house line (no cellphones back then) and we recorded that.
Oooo that sounds like fun.digitaldrummer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 5:29 pmI have an old handset where I wired the speaker (which was easier than wiring the carbon mic) as a microphone and it goes to a 1/4" jack. Connect that to a guitar amp and it gets the telephone voice and more...
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that reminds me of a session where a guitar player brought in some kind of vintage echo/reverb unit (can't remember exactly what). at the end of a song we noticed it was picking up a local (Spanish language) radio station, coming through the guitar amp. so yeah, we kept that!
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Why is it that when an audio device picks up a radio station, at least 70% of the time it's Spanish language?digitaldrummer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:58 pmthat reminds me of a session where a guitar player brought in some kind of vintage echo/reverb unit (can't remember exactly what). at the end of a song we noticed it was picking up a local (Spanish language) radio station, coming through the guitar amp. so yeah, we kept that!
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In Toronto it's usually Korean or Portuguese.
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Same exact thing. We hooked up a pedal and suddenly this track comes though, we absolutely used it. I don’t think it was Spanish though.digitaldrummer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:58 pmthat reminds me of a session where a guitar player brought in some kind of vintage echo/reverb unit (can't remember exactly what). at the end of a song we noticed it was picking up a local (Spanish language) radio station, coming through the guitar amp. so yeah, we kept that!
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Because a lot the AM stations are non-English. It's a cheaper platform if you don't have a huge audience. It's also the kind of signal that can be accidentally decoded by audio gear.losthighway wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:55 pmWhy is it that when an audio device picks up a radio station, at least 70% of the time it's Spanish language?
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YES! I knew someone here would know this. This place rules. Well done.Scodiddly wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 7:47 pmBecause a lot the AM stations are non-English. It's a cheaper platform if you don't have a huge audience. It's also the kind of signal that can be accidentally decoded by audio gear.losthighway wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:55 pmWhy is it that when an audio device picks up a radio station, at least 70% of the time it's Spanish language?
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My thoughts exactly!losthighway wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 8:21 pmYES! I knew someone here would know this. This place rules. Well done.Scodiddly wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 7:47 pmBecause a lot the AM stations are non-English. It's a cheaper platform if you don't have a huge audience. It's also the kind of signal that can be accidentally decoded by audio gear.losthighway wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 1:55 pmWhy is it that when an audio device picks up a radio station, at least 70% of the time it's Spanish language?
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Echo Park was a really great studio.T-rex wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:56 pmMy very first band recorded an album at echo park back in the day with Paul Mahern in like 95 or 96 maybe? On one song he called on the studio’s phone some random number and recorded the weird operator message we got. It worked surprisingly perfectly with the track. But He was big into serendipity and we did a bunch of random things that just fell into place.drumsound wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 7:33 pmI actually taped a cell phone to a stand in front of a U87 that was called by the studio phone (or maybe another cell, or the other way around) for a record I was mixing, but the artist wanted to redo the lead vocal, and we did that in the same sessoin.analogika wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 2:52 pm
We recorded the telephone voice in 1996 - using an actual rotary-dial telephone, placed in a large tub to amplify it a bit, with some large-diaphragm condensor set up in directly at the speaker. I called from the internal house line (no cellphones back then) and we recorded that.
Oooo that sounds like fun.digitaldrummer wrote: ↑Thu Apr 22, 2021 5:29 pmI have an old handset where I wired the speaker (which was easier than wiring the carbon mic) as a microphone and it goes to a 1/4" jack. Connect that to a guitar amp and it gets the telephone voice and more...
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It was such a great experience. We had recorded an album locally but we were still super green. Paul kicked our ass a bit in the beginning, which we needed. But by the end I was running the board when Paul was recording some parts and he mixed it in the A room on their big API.
Paul letting us (me) be so involved in the process, pretty much cemented my desire to engineer and mix.
Paul letting us (me) be so involved in the process, pretty much cemented my desire to engineer and mix.
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Same session as the telephone-in-a-tub recording, same album, the wah-wah picked up local AM radio at the end of a take. It's on the album.digitaldrummer wrote: ↑Fri Apr 23, 2021 12:58 pmthat reminds me of a session where a guitar player brought in some kind of vintage echo/reverb unit (can't remember exactly what). at the end of a song we noticed it was picking up a local (Spanish language) radio station, coming through the guitar amp. so yeah, we kept that!
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