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Originally Posted by DCtoDaylight  Years ago, I heard Denny Doherty (RIP) of the Mamas and Papas being interviewed, and he mentioned this effect - they called it "Harvey," and they wouldn't actually start recording a session until they had achieved it. "It was like, OK, we can start now, Harvey's here," he said.
And count me as someone who's glad to know that other people have experienced the "phantom part" phenomenon while putting a song together....it freaked me out, too, the first couple of times it happened; now it's what I strive for! |
No Way! At my place we call those phantom sounds "Harveys" too... after the big bunny in that old Jimmy Stewart movie.
I usually notice Harveys originating mainly from cymbal overtones and/or acoustic guitar tracks. Cell phone ringing sounds usually, or high freq keyboard parts that are not there. And sometimes the acoustic will have a fret squeak or body thump or pick downstroke in such a way that it sounds like some abrupt noise BEHIND me.... I'm usually alone late at night and I remember on song in particular where it sounded like somebody dropping something heavy behind me... scared the shit out of me EVERYTIME, even though I was expecting it. And it was on tape, too, so I couldn't simply edit it out.