Weirded things you've recorded

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Had the other day in the studio a funny conversation about weird recordings. So I summed up some of mine without realizing that they were kind of funny:

our queen and the whole royal family
american football players on the feild in stadiums
the headphone-output of a dj at a 40.000 people concert
a ferrari (just a couple of weeks ago haha)
a harley davidson
boats, from the top of a skyscaper (yes ?!?)

it's a fun job! :rolleyes:
 
someone walking barefoot on a desk top
a metal key fob being hit with a jack plug slowed down and made to sound like a tolling bell
cotton wool scrunched up makes excellent walking in snow noise.


my Grandfather once recorded his tummy giggling and played it back to us and we had to guess what it was. (Nice fella but as mad as a hatter)
I like the rabbit avator reminds me of my poorly departed house rabbit "father jack hacket". :(
 
Someone will inevitably mention the prospect of recording a fart. I'll mention it now so we can get it out of the way and get down to a serious discussion of mic selection, mic placement, preamps, eq, etc.
 
Years ago I got a really cool sound from a gong hit (not a bong hit) mic'ed through a phase shifter, then slowed down.
 
I onvce created a drum kit from various sounds from a potato chip bag for a commercial :)
 
Downside Studio said:
our queen and the whole royal family...
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I get to track Prince Alexander (Germany) this weekend... Believe it or not, the guy has a blues band. :eek:

Farview is bringing out some 88's and we're going to track him live to (digital) tape...
 
Simulated Crucifixion

I Drove a large nail into a piece of wood and close miked it with a lot of reverb, during a part of a song about Jesus being nailed to the cross.

It was a little weird I guess, but I believe He died for my sins, so it was kinda like I was there driving the nails into His hands and Feet.

He died and rose again, "Once and for all" to save those who believe.

Dom :)
 
Two winters ago, I was almost done with the last song of a CD, then had to go to the winter NAMM show in L.A. While I was there, I was trying to think of how to end that last song...

I was staying at the Anaheim Hilton and had a portable DAT recorder with me, so I ran a pair of condensers into the tiled bathroom of my hotel room, pressed "record", and dropped one of Hilton's water glasses onto the tiled floor. The resulting crash became the perfect ending to the song. :cool:

On another song from the same CD, I blew up a balloon, pressed "record", pulled the opening sideways to make it squeal, and played with the speed and pitch to create the opening of the track.

Check out the CD at : http://cdbaby.com/cd/singlezero
 
A 4,000 Watt xenon lamp dropped down a stair case
the usual toilet flushing from the inside sound
myself for the whine of a cartoon dog
 
Dom Franco said:
I Drove a large nail into a piece of wood and close miked it with a lot of reverb, during a part of a song about Jesus being nailed to the cross.
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You know this is going to bring about the inevitable threads of "What's the best mic for less than $200 for driving nails in to a board? :D

On a somewhat related subject, I also recorded someone who did a Christmas CD where he inserted backwards messages throughout the song, saying: "Santa Clause is Satan." When you think about it, you could re-arrange the letters, and it would almost work. I suppose you could also say Carlos Santana is Satan, also, by that very chain of logic.

But I'd have to say my weirdest recording was an audio training manual for learning how to be a better car salesman. It's just one of those things you'd have to hear.
 
Two months ago, my friends were expecting the birth of their baby. They had an at home water birth scheduled and apparently, part of the meditation involved trickling water. She loved the sound of bath water gushing into the tub so I tracked water at their house slowly dripping into the bath and mixed it with pouring water on my 464. I went back and looped 74 mins worth of audio with protools, randomly alternating between the soft, gentle drips and the gushing.

Pretty interesting result..however, i had to piss about a dozen times during the recording and at least 10 times during the mixing.
 
swearing drumkit. :eek:

A sampling assignment at college and too much time on my hands... just think of it

Bass Drum - Bum
Snare - Twat!
Hihat - Tits
Tom roll - BuggeryBuggery
Floor tom - C**t - Sorry, I hate that word
Revers cymbol - Sshhit


Triggered it as a complex drum solo - herbally induced hysteria! :D
 
Hamster noises, both real and and ones I was making................. :eek:
Uh..... Some day Will post the song somewere so it doesnt sound so "Homo-Erotic"......

-Blaze
 
Car engines, car doors slamming, car horns honking (for various radio jingles - in the days before sample libraries) - man did my neighbors love me!

Glass breaking, feet on gravel, paperbags, boxes, ballons, etc. etc - for various foley projects on independant films.

A drum set made out of plastic trash cans, milk crates, hub caps & saw blades (much better sounding drums thad you would imagine).

I may have recorded a queen or two - but I don't think they were the royal type that Downside Studio referenced :D
 
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