Simulating a room mic that was deleted

[FattMusiek]

I recently recorded drums to a song I'm working on with a buddy of mine. The room mic track was half-overwritten and is now unusable for the sake of symmetry. The drum tracks I have are top snare, undersnare, kick, floor tom, hi hat, left overhead, and right overhead. Does anyone have any tips or tricks on simulating a room mic for that extra flavor without re-recording my drum tracks for the 80th time?

 

[bennychico11]

do the tracks sound terrible without the room mic?

I guess you could route all the drum tracks to an effects track with a room reverb on it...then slowly blend that in with the dry tracks.

 

[travelin travis]

you could mix all the tracks and play them thru speakers into the room while recording it.

 

[FattMusiek]

Thanks for the reply. The drums sound good without the room track, but the room track made the recording a little more lively. I don't I have the capability to route signal to an effects processor (plugin or outboard) as far as I know. Any other ideas?

 

[metalhead28]

I have done exactly that, benny, and I liked the results.
I prefered a convolution reverb with an impulse from a nice live sounding room because I think it creates a more realistic "room mic" sound.
I've also tried compressing that pretty hard just like a room mic and gotten pretty cool results.

 

[metalhead28]

Thanks for the reply. The drums sound good without the room track, but the room track made the recording a little more lively. I don't I have the capability to route signal to an effects processor (plugin or outboard) as far as I know. Any other ideas?

What are you using to record and mix?

 

[chessrock]

you could mix all the tracks and play them thru speakers into the room while recording it.

Uh huh. What you want to do is re-amp the tracks.

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[FattMusiek]

What are you using to record and mix?

I'm using the Presonus Firepod and Adobe Audition 1.5. Very cookie cutter but it gets the job done. (Pro Tools...drool)

 

[ocnor]

Mix all of the drum tracks down to a single track and apply a room reverb to it with the mix set to fully wet. Now you have a new room mic track.

 

[sweetnubs]

Uh huh. What you want to do is re-amp the tracks.

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Now people you are not listening. Listen up! Send a mix of the drums through a speaker into a room and record the room sound onto an open track. Now you have the sound of the room you like. Why simulate a room mic when you can have the real thing? So the next post I guess will be soemthing about rendering a digital reverb?

 

[ez_willis]

Can anyone offer up some advice on rendering a digital reverb?

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Can anyone offer up some advice on rendering a digital reverb?

How about rendering some pork rinds instead?

G.