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[camn]

Does anyone ever send their vocals (or any other) tracks to multiple channels and do cool stuff with EQ and panning... I mean an Identical track to, like, four channels and tweak them all different and stick them in different spots in the stereo feild??

If, so, Exctly what?
I cant figure it in my mind to come out sounding balanced....

xoxxo
cameron

 

[MISTERQCUE]

Never tried that before.Sounds like a wierd,
but interesting way of producing some sort of "chorusing" effect. I think I'm gonna try something like that 2-nite and see what i come out with.

 

[RWhite]

Absolutely. The oldest example of that is to record a bass guitar through both a miced amp and a direct box on different tracks, then play with mix during mixdown - maybe a snapback echo on the direct box signal only. Its a hell of a lot easier if you have something like a 16 track - but even with 8 I have played with it.

 

[Free_Spirit]

Another application used often in pro studios is to capture the accoustics of the room by using mics at varying distances from the instrument.

For instance, if you are recording an electric guitar using mics on the amp, you can capture natural reverb by different mic placings. One or two close-up with a second set further back and so on. Your imagination is the limit, and the size of the room. The distances will depend on the accoustics of your room. BEWARE: if the room is an accoustic nightmare, it will not be possible.

Recording is sometimes 80% experimentation and 20% know-how. I've seen someone on this BBS saying that recording is another art form. He is quite correct. Just like the musician experiments with chords/notes to create a song so must the recording engineer experiment with sound reproduction to give life to the song. If it was straight forward and pure technical, you would not be able to make a bad recording. We all know there are many examples of that.

 

[camn]

how about NOT with different mics.. but an identical signal... patched to multiple channels. My real queastions are with placement in the stereo feild. Especially if I have them with different EQ's. Like, if I had a bass heavy channel and a treble happy channel, how could I get a balanced and full sound with good stereo width?? or 4 channels with different EQ's.

xoxoxo

ps multiple mics rule, dont get me wrong. I use them all the time. but stereo placement is easy with them.

 

[Track Rat]

Camm, experiment away but I don't feel you'd gain any kind of enhanced stereo imaging that way. You could prehaps improve tone but image wise you'd get a dramatic result with time based effects and panning (reverbs,phasing,flanging, delay...).

 

[DAB]

has anyone ever done anything like this:

splitting bass guitar into 3 areas of the mix n in the dead center and the other two just to the left and the right,lets say 54 and 74 thus giving a more stereo feel to the bass and also making the kick drum alot more noticeable and more defined

 

[KingNothing]

You know whats real fun?

Taking a signal, actually many signals...say...a mic on a snare, one on a kick drum, and 2 as overheads. And because you have no mixer because you are poor, you use 4 Y-splitters to run them all into the same channel on some type of recorder.

You wanted some interesting sounds? Give this a try, it sounds like utter shit. Believe me, i know.