Room issues

[Stoneroses6300]

I posted awhile back about how I thought my room that I was recording my fender twin in was making it sound out of tune with the rest of the mix...I got a couple responces saying that no matter how bad the room was it wouldn't make it sound out of tune. ANyways, I switched my twin to my monitoring room to record (monitors off, headphones on) and everything is perfect and sounds "on" with the rest of the mix. The sound hits the mics perfectly and there is no wavering and vagueness in the sound...It just hits the note...THought I would post this as the room def made the guitar out of tune...

[Gone]

I wonder what you were really hearing?
Aren't you at all curious?
I mean,...the room could not have made it out of tune (unless one of your walls is constantly moving towards or away from you at a high rate of speed).

I believe you heard something.
Now I am just curious as to what it was.

Your drummer and bass player are laughing thier asses off because they set your tuner to 443 for a day, and just put it back to 440.
Or better yet, they changed the sample rate of your session for a day.
Either way, I would let them go ASAP!






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[tINY]

So, your assertion is that the reverberation in the room was at a different frequency than the source?

There was a stairway outside at my college that had a pitch - you'd clap your hands and the wave bouncing off each rise would come back slightly delayed. That delay was at regular intervals and it was a long stairway.

I want to see pictures of your room.....




-tINY

[johnwayne]

The twin sounds awesome. The problem is that at the volume you need for recording it will take your head off.

Put the Twin back in the room and turn it to 10. I wouldn't play in the same room if I were you. I don't know about the room retuning the guitar. I've never experienced that.

If the Twin is in the same room you are monitoring in you're never going to be able to crank it all the way. At low volumes the twin is really thin.

[Stoneroses6300]

The room has this storage room type of sound. It has this slight echo when I clap my hands. The room I monitor in is pretty ordered with furniture all around. It sounds much more "compact" when I clap my hands. It doesn't echo or waver...I have my twin at 5 and playing back tracking I did with the twin in the monitoring room, it keeps the mix solid and centered...In the other room, the sound was just not focused and sounded out with the rest of the mix...Tommorow I will try the twin at 8 on the previous suggestion...

[johnwayne]

Forget 8. put it on 10. This is where the tubes will be overdriven hard. If you want clean turn down your guitar. Here is a clip of a twin on ten with a SG. http://johnwayne.learningguitarnow.c...ay%2017.mp3The harder I play the more distorted it gets. Its great. Wish I could do that live but I'm going to need a Deluxe or Vibrolux.

[Ethan Winer]

Originally Posted by Stoneroses6300

I got a couple responces saying that no matter how bad the room was it wouldn't make it sound out of tune.

If it's the thread I'm thinking of, I replied saying that a room resonance can indeed make a note sound out of tune if the resonance is strong and also near, but not quite at, the frequency of the note. For example, a strong resonance at 113 Hz will make low A notes on a bass or guitar sound sharp. Your post today confirms that it was the room all along.

--Ethan