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qa2pir · Post by **qa2pir** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:00 pm

I want to sound like riding through a tunnel during the certain part of a song. I have put some different reverbs on different instruments, some subtle echoes and made some melodies faster, and the same with the drums. What more? Something is missing...

scuzzphut · Post by **scuzzphut** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:02 pm

the noise of the car?

qa2pir · Post by **qa2pir** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:35 pm

No, not driving through by car. More the type that is often in drum'n'bass and techno, like you're flying through the tunnel.
I ment more effect- wise, like what effects should i put on the instruments? is reverb enough? maybe some tunnel- equalizing (i dont know the english word, but it makes it sound more like you're inside a can or something...

Roman Empire · Post by **Roman Empire** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:39 pm

What about an LP filter sweeping slowly from high to low and up again?

Deranger604 · Post by **Deranger604** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:41 pm

It's not so much about effect, but the way your synths sound, and how they are arranged. Fast 16th note synth leads/rhythms. The only two effects I can think of that will help you emphasize the tunnel effect is a good stereo delay, and a gentle flanger maybe warping some sorta pad, to give the sound sorta a 'glaze', and movement. Maybe throwing a midi gate skippin to the rhythm. No big reverbs... Except on maybe the 'atmosphere'. Nothin huge though, just to create seperation, like you would do in ANY mix.

Experiement, and learn something new.

torhan · Post by **torhan** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:45 pm

Wind noise?

qa2pir · Post by **qa2pir** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:52 pm

Thanks for the help! i hope i will use it in my song, and i will post it here when its ready (though im definitely not as good as many are here).

McLilith · Post by **McLilith** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 4:58 pm

qa2pir wrote:I have put some different reverbs on different instruments...

That might be part of the problem right there. To get the effect of going through a tunnel, you might need to add a uniform reverb or echo effect to the whole song. That doesn't mean you have to dump all the individual reverbs, but I think you need at least one reverb/delay effect which is applied to everything, to provide the effect you are looking for.

I believe there are some "tunnel" presets on some hardware reverbs, and I think there are probably also some tunnel impulse responses available, for use in convolution processors. You might want to ask the people on the NoiseVault forums, if no one here knows where to find these.

xoxos · Post by **xoxos** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:22 pm

aah, near reflections. unless you've got a fancy reverb, i'd prolly mix it with the reverb quieter and some delays for the main body of the effect.

qa2pir · Post by **qa2pir** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:25 pm

I realized the song was maybe to slow for such an effect, so i made a tempo change from 130 to 135 during the tunnel period.

And a question that may sound stupid: what is the difference between delay and reverb?

Boost303 · Post by **Boost303** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:26 pm

I think you're looking for a flanger/phasereffect,

Try the free one from smartelectronix.com

qa2pir · Post by **qa2pir** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:27 pm

I just changed one of my two reverbs for a delay; and guess what? It sounded wonderful! not exactly tunnel, but i will fix the settings... anyway: HUGE thanks!

qa2pir · Post by **qa2pir** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:41 pm

303: the stupid thing is... my computer doesn't manage to automate such big effects... i have tried... but i can try the flanger!

qa2pir · Post by **qa2pir** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:45 pm

boost303: ahh... it could handle the flanger (though not the "eroundelizer, which is a phaser) and that made the final touch! increasing the stereo basis at the end of the fictiv tunnel made it feel like getting out of it. thanks!

Mighty_Hero · Post by **Mighty_Hero** » Wed Jun 09, 2004 5:48 pm

filter + reverb

Tunnel Effect