Background Orchestration..

[emomusician]

Hi,

If this is not the right place to direct this question, please by all means point me in the right direction. I recorded vocals for a full length screamo cd at fireball studios in atlanta, and at the time.. I knew some stuff about recording.. but not as much as I do now. I know he used pro tools digi 001 running on a mac G4 with a bunch of outboard stuff and automated board and a bunch of stuff with alot of lights on it lol. But we recorded a track, that had a kind of orchestrated ambience in the background.. giving it that "powerful" sound.. like it was a movie or something. It took him all of like 10 minutes to add it.. and it didn't seem too complicated.. but I have no clue what he did. would anyone have any idea?

 

[cpl_crud]

reverb maybe?
Or a bit of a delay through a feedback loop?

 

[Alexbt]

Sounds like it's simply a reverb. There's either a skill to crafting it or I've just been using sucky verbs for years. (I just use presets!)

 

[Halion]

Probaby reverb with little early reflections and lots of tail. This makes the apparent "room" sound less (you don't actually hear reflections coming from nearby walls) and the "air" sound more (you hear mostly mixed up reflections coming from far away, like a carpet of sound).