reverb for voice

[takamine58]

Hi Guys!
I have Tascam 424 MKll. I am trying to figure out how to get some reverb on my voice. The guitar has good reverb, but voice sounds like you are singing in a can. The manual says to record reverb, switch ASSIGN switch to L-R and adjust controls for the sound you want. It also says that stereo signal must be recorded onto 2 tracks to keep their stereo effect. I don't know what that means.
And which controls do you adjust?
Thanks from your someone who doesn't have a clue.

 

[The Ghost of FM]

You may not have to necessarily "record" the reverb. You can apply it on playback when you are mixing down to a 2 track recorder and blend its effect in on the vocals via the effects send controls to feed signal to the reverb unit and the effects return connections and controls to create the overall master balance between wet and dry for the verb's effect.

You could alway record tracks with the reverb connected through a channels insert loop and use the verb's wet/dry mix controls and keep it all on one track but most users will prefer to add the reverb at the end, on mixdown so that you will have a stereo environment simulation on all the channels.

Hope that helps!

Cheers!

 

[The Green Hornet]

Yo Take 58:

To simplify, you can "hear" reverb while recording; however, unless you punch it in according to your manual, you will get no reverb until you are ready to mix down to your stereo two track.

That's how it was on my Tascam 488s and I still use in the cans reverb while recording; but, there is no reverb on the recorded track.

Why you are hearing "funny" reverb, I don't know but I suspect it has to do with pushing the right buttons.

Green Hornet

 

[DigitalSmigital]

Hi Guys!
I have Tascam 424 MKll. It also says that stereo signal must be recorded onto 2 tracks to keep their stereo effect. I don't know what that means.

When you record a signal to one track, you can pan that signal to any postion in the stereo field during mixdown.

When you record, let's say, your drummer with six mics, each one panned to different positions, onto two tracks, on mixdown you can hear the drum fills move from one side to the other in the stereo field.