doo wop recording techniques

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Oh, I'm talking about earlier stuff than that. The Orioles, The Drifters from the mid-1950s with Clyde McPhatter, the Chords (Sh-boom), the Penguins (Earth Angel).

By morbid coincidence, I just tripped across this news item today:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-01-17-hudson-obit_x.htm?csp=27

G.

 

[j-boy]

This shows how simple it can be...

http://cgi.ebay.com/THE-SWINGING-SI...goryZ306QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

[AGCurry]

By morbid coincidence, I just tripped across this news item today:

http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-01-17-hudson-obit_x.htm?csp=27

G.

The bridge on that song (Goodnight, Sweetheart) is just beautiful. Goodnight, Mr. Hudson.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Goodnight, Mr. Hudson.

Well, it (was) time to go-o.

Yeah, a georgeous tune for sure.

Now he'll be up there singing in the newbies section with James Brown and Wilson Pickett

G.

 

[BRIEFCASEMANX]

before reverb there was always reverberant rooms and echo chambers. Maybe some impulse response type of reverb of an actual space would sound best?

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

before reverb there was always reverberant rooms and echo chambers. Maybe some impulse response type of reverb of an actual space would sound best?

Yeah, I like room modelers or IR verbs to just create a warm ambience for vocals. OTOH, a plate tends to sound more nostalgic to me (lots of plates used back then), even if a bit "colder" sounding. It depends as much on the rest of the production and the mood I'm looking for - and maybe even the mood I'm in - as to which way I'd go.

In general, the more of a "reverb sound" I want, the more likely I probably am to go to a plate, whereas the more of a subliminal warmth I want to add to the vocals, the more likely I'll go with a room verb.

G.