Recording Techniques

[AllenM]

I was told that producers would record a track then play it through a speaker and another mic would record the sound coming from the speaker. Is this a real thing they did back then?

 

[bouldersoundguy]

I was told that producers would record a track then play it through a speaker and another mic would record the sound coming from the speaker. Is this a real thing they did back then?

Recording an electric instrument direct then later sending the track through an amp is called reamping.

 

[sweetbeats]

I'm thinking you are referring to one way to get reverb ala reverb chamber...this could be a variety of shapes but was often a bright hard-surfaced room or hallway, and the monitor would go at one end and the mic at the other.

 

[Blue Jinn]

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_of_Sound