katz-karnaby
Joined: Oct 25, 2006
Posts: 26
Tucson Arizona
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Posted on Nov 06 2006 12:23 PM
Greetings all! Long time lurker, first time poster. I have got two questions for you. I am not having much luck capturing the reverb on my recordings. I am using an SM-57 with a Fender Silverface. I have adjusted the angle of the mic, the distance of the mic, and have also tried using two mics. The recorded sound is either hollow or is missing a lot of the reverb. I would like to be able to purchase a reverb unit but am not able to yet. Also, do you know of any decent plugins that would get the "surf" reverb sound? I use Adobe Audition to record with. Thanks all.
Katz Karnaby
www.myspace.com/katzkarnaby
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DannySnyder
Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 11046
Berkeley, CA
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Posted on Nov 06 2006 08:29 PM
Katz, from all my research on the net and this group in particular, I'd say you're just plain out of luck until you cobble the cash to get an outboard. Used reissues can be had for around 3 C's.
— Danny Snyder
"With great reverb comes great responsibility" - Uncle Leo
Playing keys and guitar with Combo Tezeta
Formerly a guitarist in The TomorrowMen and Meshugga Beach Party
Latest surf project - Now That's What I Call SURF
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MPoppitt
Joined: Apr 23, 2006
Posts: 133
Austin TEXAS!
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Posted on Nov 07 2006 12:56 AM
You might want to try a little compression. As the 'verb trails off, the comp will increase it's volume in attempt to keep the level even. You have to be real careful about how much you add, because too much will kill the attack of your tone.
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dp
Joined: Feb 26, 2006
Posts: 3546
mojave desert, california
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Posted on Nov 07 2006 10:09 AM
katz:
i like some of the Sonitus plug-in effects. the reverbs sound pretty decent, but they don't provide the "sproing-and-splash" of the Fender Tank...nonetheless, they sound better than no reverberation at all.
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nocoastsurfer
Joined: Oct 30, 2006
Posts: 8
midwest
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Posted on Dec 28 2006 04:09 PM
my silverface has a line out and thats the only way i could get that drip sound when recording until i got a reverb unit. now i just mic with a mxl 990
— get coosta mingy!!! www.myspace.com/nocoastsurfers
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MaxReverb
Joined: Dec 28, 2006
Posts: 20
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Posted on Dec 28 2006 09:30 PM
Howdy Katz,
There's nothing like a reverb tank but the best plugin by far for this has to be Altaverb, the reverbs I've heard are really good. However reverb tanks are funky beasts. They splash around from their environment, for example live the tank will spat around from the stage volume. On The new Aquamarines CD we are mainly using a stock Fender Deluxe and it's a factory reverb. If you use a room mic it should be 3 feet or 6 feet etc from the SM57 to avoid phase cancellation but room acoustics come into play as well. I've been screwing around with a lot of combinations here's my latest experiment. I use a 412 and SM57 taped together with diaphragms lined up, this right on the grill just off the dust cone, these 2 mics feed a Presonus ADL 600 mic pre, there is also an AT4050 3 feet off the rear cab to a P-Solo mic pre. The guitar feeds an A/B box, one signal to a Fender Deluxe, the other to a Fender Cyber Twin which I record the SPDIF out. At mix time I use Amplitube2 on the SPDIF signal and mix that with the mics.
Rick
katz-karnaby
Greetings all! Long time lurker, first time poster. I have got two questions for you. I am not having much luck capturing the reverb on my recordings. I am using an SM-57 with a Fender Silverface. I have adjusted the angle of the mic, the distance of the mic, and have also tried using two mics. The recorded sound is either hollow or is missing a lot of the reverb. I would like to be able to purchase a reverb unit but am not able to yet. Also, do you know of any decent plugins that would get the "surf" reverb sound? I use Adobe Audition to record with. Thanks all.
Katz Karnaby
www.myspace.com/katzkarnaby
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kenposurf
Joined: Feb 23, 2007
Posts: 1650
Santa Rosa, CA
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Posted on Feb 23 2007 08:05 PM
Have to agree that there is no sub for the outboard unit for surf...you can have a tech modify a tube amp adding "dwell" to your rig that would help a lot..the Holy Grail pedal is my favorite but again you're better off saving your $ until you can aford the real deal.
— www.northofmalibu.com
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Kawentzmann
Joined: Feb 27, 2006
Posts: 1058
Berlin, Germany
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Posted on Feb 24 2007 05:12 AM
You can always plug a reverb spring directly into the effects loop of a mixer, line level works for a drippy sound. I always kept the springs when gear was beyond repair and you see them on eBay often.
KK
— The Exotic Guitar of Kahuna Kawentzmann
You can get the boy out of the Keynes era, but you can’t get the Keynes era out of the boy.
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