CharlieH Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Hi BRsI am recording a band in a few weeks and they want one of those 'distant' sound effects for the beginning of one of their songs. I have heard it on other records, but don't know how to do it. Does anyone know what combinations of effects to use to do this? I can play around with the settings & parameters of the effects, but it would help to know which ones to use! Many thanks,Charlie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shez Posted October 13, 2009 Share Posted October 13, 2009 Roll off some of the higher frequencies and add reverb to taste? Possibly some echo depending on what sort of environment this distant sound is supposed to be located in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Ross Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Depends on the sound you are trying to capture. One band I recorded wanted the sound of drums being heard from outside a venue before you go in type thing. After messing around with lots of effects and not getting it right I just setup a large condenser mic outside the live room and added a bit of reverb. I guess what I’m saying is the best way to get a distant sound effect is to just record a distant sound (maybe reamping?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charlyfarly Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Send the sound on a pre-fade aux to the desired FX unit and record the FX return only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy bobinski Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 Try a crappy old tape recorder, (remember them) or a dictaphone. Record whatever it is you need, then play it back and re-record, but take a lot of the top end off. There won't be much anyway!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funkster Posted October 14, 2009 Share Posted October 14, 2009 One of the things our ears associate with distance is phase smearing - sound from a long way away has the low frequencies arriving earlier than the high ones. If you can apply a lot of phase smearing e.g. by multiple passes through an allpass filter, and then adjust EQ and reverb as suggested above, it might be quite convincing. Alternatively, just put the mic a long way away and record it :o) fwiw,--Olly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted October 14, 2009 Author Share Posted October 14, 2009 Brilliant, thanks for all the advice guysWill post back when I have decided what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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