Phasing the cymbal-sound... -Reply

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Geez, so then where do you get a good boot
recording?  I actually prefer a good audience
recording because it seems to bring in a lot
more of what the viewers were experiencing.
Soundboards suffer from the kinds of flaws
that you correctly mentioned.

Chris

>>> "captaingonzo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" 06/16/99
02:01pm >>>
'sup y'all,

Does anybody besides me find the Phase
Shifter effect the soundman put on
Bonham's cymbals annoying after a while?
The effect is most pronounced on certain
soundboard recordings.  e example of what I'm talking about:
'Kashmir' from Dallas 3/4/75  About five
minutes of that constant
"swiiiish-swiiish-swiiiiish" drives me
bananas.   is one of the reasons a good audience
recording can beat a board recording
sometimes.  sure the phase effect sounded great in
the big room, but fed out of the board it
sounds like shit on tape. Jonesey's
keyboards on the '80 tour soundboards are
the same way. Really cheesy. Vocal-wise or
bass-wise, you can rarely beat a board
recording. But for the instruments other
than bass guitar, a live recording needs
some acoustic reinforcement from the room.
Of course, audience recordings from an
outdoor show can't be helped much in this
way, since the sound is going straight out
over the crowd and not being reflected
around much.