The wonderful "ROOM" sound

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Many modern recordings have that wonderful
"ROOM" sound. What are some ways one might
get that sound in their mix ?

Thank you:)
 
More than Stereo Mics

I suppose the stereo mic set-up is the
common response to a nice room sound,
but it seems there is more to it than that
basic concept. The wonderful room sound
seems to have some specific processor
settings, outside of stereo micing. I hear
it on many new recorded projects and it
is simply perfect to the ears.

Thanks much
 
Yeah... it's called "being mic'd properly in a nice-sounding room!"

:)

Bruce
 
can you give me an example of a recording that has this nice sound?

I hear some nice rooms on vocals sometimes, but I think the best vocals are still the ones treated with plates. more grandeur
 
Hi Cyanjaguar,

Yes, you'll probably laugh, but David Marshall's
"family and friends" project. He has the stuff
going on big time. Ricky Scagg's projects have it
too. The sound is unique and very addicting
to ones ears. - The room and good micing has
a big part as Mr Bear is saying, but I believe
it goes much farther than that elementary concept.

Chuck
 
.."elementary concept"....a great mic going thru a great preamp mic'ed in the proper way in a great sounding room...yeah your right....Ive done some digging and Ive found the secret.....N-Track reverb plugin....get this man...I record a track and bring up this plugin and it lets me choose whatever "room" I want.....thank you so much Chucks wand....I owe you man.....
 
Hey Gidge,

Very cool.... I knew there were some who
had some tricks tucked away. We must
have a great room and good micing through
a decent pre-amp (elementry). Have you
heard of a guy named BeBo Norman ? His
new release called "10.000 days" has the
stuff too. The first song "Walk Down This
Mountian" really displays the room sound
that is great. I can't get it yet, but am
determined it is a key part in a great project.
Nice to hear you have some gear that puts
you there.

Chuck
 
Hi Csus7,

Doesn't it just eat your lunch when you hear
one of those great projects ? The room sound
even makes a bad song come to life a little bit.
Thanks for the music leads too.

Chuck
 
MPX 1

Buy an MPX 1 -

One of the reverb effects is called "Miked Room" _ (no kidding - that's the name...he he heh he he) -

Geez....that almost makes it too easy though....crappy reverb for vocals, but sounds like the bomb on acoustic guitar.
 
Hi RueBarb,

Now that is really cool. I didn't know there was
such an effect called "miked room". I knew you
guys on this site had some tricks in the bag
somewhere. Hey thanks man...

Chuck:)
 
I can't vouch for the quality of the "mic'ed room" preset but I just wanted to mention that you might not have to spring for the pricey MPX-1. I believe the lower end Lexicon MPX-100 has a lot of the same presets and is of similar quality.
 
Hi Dolemite,

I have a MPX 100 already and havn't had much
success so far. Could you reccomend some
settings for me? Thanks

Chuck:)
 
Harvey shared a great suggestion to me.

Mic with the artist sitting between two
shipping blankets, ya know those
blankets that movers use. Hang them
across two booms or something to sheild
the artist from the room. Set them in a
vee pattern with the artist facing the
vee point. Set two mics facing outward
within the vee. After doing a take, listen
and evaluate your sound. If enough room
sound is not there, move the vee apart,
opening up the space until the desired
room effect is accomplished.

Thanks Harvey,
Chuck :)
 
That "V" thing sounds interesting.. I'll have to try it some time.

Isaiah
 
Hi Prism,

Let us know how your vee experiment turns
out. You may get some results we could
all benefit from hearing.

Thanks
Chuck:)
 
Sure thing, but it might be a while. I'm going to take up guitar as soon as I can afford one, and I also would like to buy a couple Marshall 603s...until then, I can't do much! :D

Isaiah
 
Help! My room sounds crap!

I have the opposite problem - the room I use has a 'boomy' sound which colours any recordings I make in there (but it's the only one in the house I can use) - is there any way of damping this down a bit? Maybe wall hangings/screens etc - it definitely has hot spots where it's worse - any suggestions would be welcome (I 'spect lots of home recordists have the same problem)
 
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