creative/weird places to record!

[Rolo 46]

I record with a band and they change the location all the time
So far
Theatre
Gymnasium
Factory Floor
Next time Supermarket car park late at night
Im keen on Beech Woods.

[ansonwing]

Originally Posted by Rolo 46

I record with a band and they change the location all the time
So far
Theatre
Gymnasium
Factory Floor
Next time Supermarket car park late at night
Im keen on Beech Woods.

What was your favorite, if any or had good results? Woods would be very interesting indeed!

[Thomas W. Bethe]

Some of the weird places I have recorded in my life.

Inside of a silo.

On the flight line of an airport.

In a Huey Helicopter.

In a cistern.

In a concrete bunker under a house that was built to be a bomb shelter.

In a bell tower of a church.

Inside a stockade.

In a pasture with cattle and horses in attendance.

In a anechoic chamber

I recorded a string quartet in a parking lot for fun. Lots of honking horns and cat calls (all beautiful women in the string quartet). The recording was ruined but I had lots of fun doing it.

In an airplane at 3500 feet.

Inside a large room that was all glass, marble and wood. Lousy reverb and lots of slap back but beautiful to look at.


Some of these were for musical events and some for interviews or sound effects recording.

[ansonwing]

Those all sound pretty awesome. I'm sure a story for each one! Any one of them your favorite or was cool to do or favored the sound you were getting?

[pieter k]

You're in Utah? Easy question.

North Guardian Angel:

[Rolo 46]

Originally Posted by ansonwing

What was your favorite, if any or had good results? Woods would be very interesting indeed!

I recorded Panare indians hunting howler monkey in high canopy forest
The reverb was amazing
Would love to do a band like that

Ive recorded inside Chieften Tanks, Lancaster bombers and Atomic subs, but I would not recommend those locations

[ansonwing]

Originally Posted by pieter k

You're in Utah? Easy question.

North Guardian Angel:

It's portable, but not that portable ha ha. That would sound amazing though!

[ansonwing]

Originally Posted by Rolo 46

I recorded Panare indians hunting howler monkey in high canopy forest
The reverb was amazing
Would love to do a band like that

Ive recorded inside Chieften Tanks, Lancaster bombers and Atomic subs, but I would not recommend those locations

hmm I'm liking this forest idea. I'm definitely going to try that one thanks! Inside the tanks and subs sounds like it'd give me a headache. Those are pretty tight spaces right? sounds like a small tight, metal room to me. yikes!

[ansonwing]

Anyone else have any cool places that they've recorded or would like to record? Looking for a few good ideas!

[RooftopSessions]

First ever post on here, lllooonnnggg time lurker. We've been working on a project for a few years now recording music around Chicago on various rooftops. Aside from the wind noise and occasional bad weather it's actually been quite the blast. Nothing inspires a performance quite like the threat of a potential multi-story fall.

[Bibster]

Originally Posted by RooftopSessions

First ever post on here, lllooonnnggg time lurker.

Saw the thread's title, then your username and read these lines.
Yes, you delivered, bravo!

[RooftopSessions]

Thanks Bibster. I guess I was just waiting for the right thread to come out of my shell...

[ansonwing]

Originally Posted by RooftopSessions

First ever post on here, lllooonnnggg time lurker. We've been working on a project for a few years now recording music around Chicago on various rooftops. Aside from the wind noise and occasional bad weather it's actually been quite the blast. Nothing inspires a performance quite like the threat of a potential multi-story fall.

sounds pretty awesome. any clips you can share? How do you battle the wind? just tons of windscreens? May sound like a dumb question but I can image the wind to be a big problem on recordings like that.

[RooftopSessions]

Sure Ansonwing, let me give it a shot. Please be gentle, these are some hastily made mp3's. Usually I like to do a separate mix strictly for mp3 release, but today I'm in a hurry so Itunes will have to suffice.

In regards to the question about dealing with wind noise; mic placement, lots of foam, and a great deal of luck seem to be the # 1 factors. We've found that between 7:30pm and 10pm seem to be the magic hour(s) around Chicago. The lighting is perfect for our video, and the wind usually slows way down. You can see more on our website if you're interested, Rooftop Sessions Chicago. Also have a bunch of varying degrees of quality on our vimeo channel of the same name. Sometimes it's awesome, sometimes the audio leaves something to be desired, but the experience is always so much fun that we just keep on doing it.

[mijome07]

How about a cavern with huge crystals.

[E-Irizarry]

I record my album in a storage unit with no anti IR-impulse sound absorption padding and it still sounds lovely!

[JoeDeF]

Originally Posted by ansonwing

So forgive me if this has been talked about before, I searched and was not able to find a thread on this but if so please let me know!

You might want to check out this thread:

So I'm recording a band inside a nuclear reactor cooling tower...

[AdamAsnan]

This album is superb;

BOMONSTRE: O saisons … O trombones | ClassicsOnline Classical Music CD mp3 downloads | Free preview streaming | ArfiAM049 from arfi

[AC2SPL]

A client needed quick demos for substitute players and asked me to record her next gig, which happened to be in an aircraft museum. I figure the RT60 was about 35 seconds.........

[Sheikyearbouti]

Originally Posted by AC2SPL

A client needed quick demos for substitute players and asked me to record her next gig, which happened to be in an aircraft museum. I figure the RT60 was about 35 seconds.........

You mean 3.5sec?

[AC2SPL]

No, 35 seconds. It was about 100 yards by 40 yards by 50' tall, no soft surfaces anywhere, home to over a dozen airplanes.

[edwinhurwitz]

This would be a cool space to record. It sounds amazing in there (much more fun than the leaning tower across the way):

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptistry_(Pisa)

And this:

SAVE THE TANK by Bruce Odland — Kickstarter

[JazzSax_UT]

There are some cool box canyons down by the Bullfrog Marina at Lake Powell. We recorded a bassoonist and a tenor sax player (me) down there one night around 2am. Very quiet spot. We got some great reflections off the canyon walls. Also brought out some bats.

[ansonwing]

Originally Posted by JazzSax_UT

There are some cool box canyons down by the Bullfrog Marina at Lake Powell. We recorded a bassoonist and a tenor sax player (me) down there one night around 2am. Very quiet spot. We got some great reflections off the canyon walls. Also brought out some bats.

Not too far from that either! Would it be possible to post samples?

[12ax7]

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Rubber Factory

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