Dylan Time Out Of Mind Vocals

woods · 12th July 2006

What is the type of echo on Dylan's vocals and some of the guitars on Time Out Of Mind?

Is it slap or what?

Also what delay box might have created it?

Thanks,

Woods

mattssons · 12th July 2006

Sorry to not have any clever thing to say about that vocal but i´d like to know what room that was used for "Things have changed" (or if it´s artificial?) it´s the last drum sound i´ve fallen in love with since the Roots "The seed"

Greetings to all!

Santiago · 13th July 2006

Daniel Lanois, who produced Time out of mind had this to say on Dylan's vocal effects and signal chain on Time out of mind:

Lanois captured Dylan's voice with a Sony C37A microphone, the very same
one he used on "Oh Mercy": "It sill had Bob's name on it; we just pulled it out
of the box." Compression was provided by a vintage UREI LA-2A. The album's
distinctively processed vocal sounds were created by a variety of devices. A
stereo flanger program on an Eventide 3500 helped create the plaintive vocal
timbre on "Love Sick." "If somone were to describe that to me, I'd say, ' No,
I don't think you should use that effect on Bob's voice,' " Lanois says. "But
it happened to come up, and there was just something cool and 'transmissional'
about it. It almost sounds like he was being beamed in from a satellite or
something."

Elsewhere Lanois used what he calls "the Elvis echo" on Dylan's voice:
an 180 milisecond delay setting on an AMS harmonizer, simulating 7-1/2" ips
slapback echo from a Fifties tape machine. "Often the processing went down
while Bob was performing," Lanois explains. "We would record a clean vocal
track and a processed vocal track and then blend them to taste when we mixed.
But Bob would perform to the processing to give him inspiration. It's kind of
the equivalent of a Chicago blues harp, where you overdrive it. We tried to
encourage that as much as possible-that kind of P.A. vocal sound."

Here is the whole interview:

http://www.neuhouse.com/talk/index.p...rum=3&topic=19

I thinki in another interview he mentioned recording dylan's voice through a guitar amplifier to give it more grit.

As for the drum sound of "Things have changed" I don't know, I think Dylan himself produced that, I wondered who engineered?

Well, I hope this helps!

Santiago

PHILANDDON · 13th July 2006

Isn't Things Have Changed amazing? To my ear, that's one of the best SOUNDING Dylan songs since the stuff on Highway 61. Of course, the song is GREAT too. People took that song for granted. He won an Oscar for that....but I thought it was one of those Bob Dylan is getting old and might die type of things.....

12th July 2006	#1
woods Gear addict Joined: Sep 2002 Posts: 308 Thread Starter	Dylan Time Out Of Mind Vocals What is the type of echo on Dylan's vocals and some of the guitars on Time Out Of Mind? Is it slap or what? Also what delay box might have created it? Thanks, Woods

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mattssons Gear maniac Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Kungsbacka Posts: 243	Another Dylan Question Sorry to not have any clever thing to say about that vocal but i´d like to know what room that was used for "Things have changed" (or if it´s artificial?) it´s the last drum sound i´ve fallen in love with since the Roots "The seed" Greetings to all! __________________ free monthly recording tip newsletter. Sign up @www.cascatoma.com or send me some tips!

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Santiago Lives for gear Joined: Sep 2005 Location: London, UK Posts: 516	Daniel Lanois, who produced Time out of mind had this to say on Dylan's vocal effects and signal chain on Time out of mind: Lanois captured Dylan's voice with a Sony C37A microphone, the very same one he used on "Oh Mercy": "It sill had Bob's name on it; we just pulled it out of the box." Compression was provided by a vintage UREI LA-2A. The album's distinctively processed vocal sounds were created by a variety of devices. A stereo flanger program on an Eventide 3500 helped create the plaintive vocal timbre on "Love Sick." "If somone were to describe that to me, I'd say, ' No, I don't think you should use that effect on Bob's voice,' " Lanois says. "But it happened to come up, and there was just something cool and 'transmissional' about it. It almost sounds like he was being beamed in from a satellite or something." Elsewhere Lanois used what he calls "the Elvis echo" on Dylan's voice: an 180 milisecond delay setting on an AMS harmonizer, simulating 7-1/2" ips slapback echo from a Fifties tape machine. "Often the processing went down while Bob was performing," Lanois explains. "We would record a clean vocal track and a processed vocal track and then blend them to taste when we mixed. But Bob would perform to the processing to give him inspiration. It's kind of the equivalent of a Chicago blues harp, where you overdrive it. We tried to encourage that as much as possible-that kind of P.A. vocal sound." Here is the whole interview: http://www.neuhouse.com/talk/index.p...rum=3&topic=19 I thinki in another interview he mentioned recording dylan's voice through a guitar amplifier to give it more grit. As for the drum sound of "Things have changed" I don't know, I think Dylan himself produced that, I wondered who engineered? Well, I hope this helps! Santiago

13th July 2006	#4
PHILANDDON Gear maniac Joined: Oct 2005 Posts: 219	Isn't Things Have Changed amazing? To my ear, that's one of the best SOUNDING Dylan songs since the stuff on Highway 61. Of course, the song is GREAT too. People took that song for granted. He won an Oscar for that....but I thought it was one of those Bob Dylan is getting old and might die type of things.....