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Re: [newmellotrongroup] Effect Advice

2014-04-30 by gino wong

Tape echo. Easist done with an open reel deck or two

Your double tracking could be spill

BIg plate reverbs can mess up sound like that too.


On Tue, Apr 29, 2014 at 5:05 PM, DiPaolo Richard <kathnrich@yahoo.com> wrote:

Facts about how Mike Pinder used effects on his mellotron was a technique called "spanning". He used one channel "dry" and the other with pure reverb. It then spans across the sound stage.
Sounds like they are doing the same here. Listening closely I heard the right side first then the left causing this "spanning" effect. That's my take.

Rich D.
From: Mike Dickson <mike.dickson@gmail.com>
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 4:49 PM
Subject: [newmellotrongroup] Effect Advice

A question for those with talented ears: I'm going to put some Tron down on a tune recorded by a mate, and I was hoping to get a sound similar to that which Bob Ezrin pulled off on Caroline Says II on Lou Reed's Berlin. Trouble is, I've tried a few things and nothing sounds quite like it.


Obviously it's double tracked, but there is something very odd about the filtering. Anyone got any ideas?

Mike





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Gino Wong Birgelo
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ReRED Recording, Analog Sound Design
Audio Mastering, Recording & Restoration, Logistics



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