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Subject: Re: [Mellotronists] pre-reverb effect
From: kenmerb@...
Date: 2002-09-12
In a message dated 09/12/2002 1:34:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time, clay123@... writes:
Subj:[Mellotronists] pre-reverb effect
Date:09/12/2002 1:34:25 PM Eastern Daylight Time
From:clay123@...
To:Mellotronists@yahoogroups.com
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Does anyone know what processor box is used to get a pre-reverb or
reverse reverb effect? The Beach Boys tune "Feel Flows" has this
effect on the vocals. I know how to duplicate this effect with a
digital audio editor...(reverse it, add reverb and reverse it again).
How was this accomplished on recordings 30 years ago? I don't think
they used a digital audio editor.
I've always loved the "preverb" effect, ever since I heard it on "Feel Flows" when it first came out. If anyone has seen the movie "Almost Famous", Feel Flows is playing at the end as the credits roll (if you want to hear an example of the effect). I believe that REM also used this effect on UP. A couple of years ago I was able to duplicate the preverb effect on mellotron flutes using Cubase VST software. I think there are some digital processor boxes with the preverb preset, but I'm not sure which ones.
On tape, they would have duplicated the original track, played the new track backwards (somehow), apply reverb to it, then mix the effect back with the original track. Probably quite a trick to do back then, now anyone with a PC and basic digital recording software can do it.
Ken M.