
dobro
Well-known member
"I like doing shakers and other hand percussion with an omni to capture some room sound. A lot of times if you have just one track with an obvious room ambience on it it will trick you into thinking the entire band is in that same room and it gives the song a more realistic feel."
I tried an omni with the shaker like you suggested because my room's got a nice enough sound with acoustic sources. I tracked the shaker with a SD cardioid as well. Despite the fact that the cardioid is a way better mic than the omni (a very quiet AKG C480B, compared to a Behringer ECM 8000, which is fairly noisy) I liked the omni sound better. Just goes to show, yeah? Right tool for the job.
Thanks for the good idea.
I tried an omni with the shaker like you suggested because my room's got a nice enough sound with acoustic sources. I tracked the shaker with a SD cardioid as well. Despite the fact that the cardioid is a way better mic than the omni (a very quiet AKG C480B, compared to a Behringer ECM 8000, which is fairly noisy) I liked the omni sound better. Just goes to show, yeah? Right tool for the job.
Thanks for the good idea.
