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4ppleseed · Post by **4ppleseed** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:53 am

Tricks and Tips please gentlemen!

Lets say you have a very dry, obviously electronic/processed loop and you want to make it sound 'live' and as though it was recorded in a some type of room or through an amp or with some microphones etc... just to give it a bit of air, space and jazziness!

How would you go about it?

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:59 am

Add a room reverb.

Job done

4ppleseed · Post by **4ppleseed** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:34 pm

And pre it with an Amp sim?

Would that accurately simulate some type of 'micing up/DL'ing'?

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:39 pm

4ppleseed wrote:Lets say you have a very dry, obviously electronic/processed loop and you want to make it sound 'live' and as though it was recorded in a some type of room or through an amp or with some microphones etc... just to give it a bit of air, space and jazziness!

How would you go about it?

I would put the sample through an amp in a room, and record it with a microphone.

... or add an amp sim and some reverb, or maybe a little bitcrushing/distortion (?)

tehlord · Post by **tehlord** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 1:42 pm

thecontrolcentre wrote:
4ppleseed wrote:Lets say you have a very dry, obviously electronic/processed loop and you want to make it sound 'live' and as though it was recorded in a some type of room or through an amp or with some microphones etc... just to give it a bit of air, space and jazziness!

How would you go about it?
I would put the sample through an amp in a room, and record it with a microphone.

Or add an amp sim and some reverb

Seriously though, i've not heard an amp sim that convincingly replaces an amp/mic setup.

4ppleseed · Post by **4ppleseed** » Fri Jul 13, 2012 3:25 pm

[quote="thecontrolcentre
Seriously though, i've not heard an amp sim that convincingly replaces an amp/mic setup.[/quote]

Exactly. There are some mic sims out there right? But I can't remember anyone getting overly excited about them.

Nighthawk77 · Post by **Nighthawk77** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:00 am

I use an EQ into a compressor and add resonant frequencies.

Xenobt · Post by **Xenobt** » Wed Jul 18, 2012 7:08 am

I'd go amp sim with a 12" or 15" speaker in the cabinet, then a tight room reverb with lots of early reflections from 15-25ms, 50% wet. If it's just for a break or special "outside the club" effect, use 100% wet with a high pass filter. When the dry drums come back in on top, it gets HUGE!

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Making samples sound more 'recorded live' mic/amp/room simulator?