Useful room/ambience reverb from M3000, Lexicon 300, RMX 15?

Sean Sullivan · 4th September 2010

I'm mixing a record next week at 16 Ton Studio in Nashville. It's a sweet set up; all tube console designed by Inward Connections, EMT 140, AKG BX-20 spring reverb, a mono Ampex 350 (tape slap!), and just about every compressor I'd want.

However, what I'm needing is a reverb with a natural "room" sound.

When I tracked the album I closed mic'd everything. The band (bluegrass/folk...think Avett Brothers) was recorded live and the room I tracked in doesn't have a great natural ambience, so everyone was baffled off.

The options I have available are a TC M3000, Lexicon 300, or AMS RMX 15. I'd like to save some time of shuffling through hundreds of patches...so if anyone is familiar with these units and knows of a preset that would be a good starting point for a room sound for acoustic instruments, I'd appreciate it.

I'm pumped up about this project, I'll be sure to post some sound samples and pictures. Here's some from the tracking session. We had a serious case of the giggles this day:

Izzi · 5th September 2010

Any chance of getting your hands on a Bricasti M7? It's a beautiful piece! Superb for natural "room" sounds! Excellent presets, quick and easy to get an awesome "room" sound!

Bricasti Design

All the best...
~Iz

Sean Sullivan · 5th September 2010

Quote:

Originally Posted by Izzi

Any chance of getting your hands on a Bricasti M7? It's a beautiful piece! Superb for natural "room" sounds! Excellent presets, quick and easy to get an awesome "room" sound!

Bricasti Design

All the best...
~Iz

Yeah, that would be great, but there isn't any additional room in the budget for any rental equipment. So, I need to use what I have available.

Voyage.One · 5th September 2010

Sean, since you're stuck with the three offerings,
Stick with the M3000, use a preset called "Studio 40x40".

lildrummerboy70 · 5th September 2010

Can you use a live room as a "chamber"?

Chambermaids · 5th September 2010

Any chance you could stick a monitor and a couple mics in their live room and use it as a chamber?

Chambermaids · 5th September 2010

Whoops... I didn't see the post before mine...

Sean Sullivan · 5th September 2010

The Studio 40X40 preset sounds pretty nice, there are some samples of it on the TC Electronics website.

The chamber idea is nice, but I'm not sure how practical that is to set up.

There is also a H3000, but I was planning on using that for delay along with a TC 2290 I'm going to bring.

4th September 2010	#1
Sean Sullivan Lives for gear Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Nashville Posts: 3,382 Thread Starter 1 Review written	Useful room/ambience reverb from M3000, Lexicon 300, RMX 15? I'm mixing a record next week at 16 Ton Studio in Nashville. It's a sweet set up; all tube console designed by Inward Connections, EMT 140, AKG BX-20 spring reverb, a mono Ampex 350 (tape slap!), and just about every compressor I'd want. However, what I'm needing is a reverb with a natural "room" sound. When I tracked the album I closed mic'd everything. The band (bluegrass/folk...think Avett Brothers) was recorded live and the room I tracked in doesn't have a great natural ambience, so everyone was baffled off. The options I have available are a TC M3000, Lexicon 300, or AMS RMX 15. I'd like to save some time of shuffling through hundreds of patches...so if anyone is familiar with these units and knows of a preset that would be a good starting point for a room sound for acoustic instruments, I'd appreciate it. I'm pumped up about this project, I'll be sure to post some sound samples and pictures. Here's some from the tracking session. We had a serious case of the giggles this day:

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Voyage.One Gear addict Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 308	Sean, since you're stuck with the three offerings, Stick with the M3000, use a preset called "Studio 40x40". __________________ I, Reverb Junkie

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Chambermaids Gear Head Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Posts: 65	Useful room/ambience reverb from M3000, Lexicon 300, RMX 15? Whoops... I didn't see the post before mine...

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Izzi Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 792	Any chance of getting your hands on a Bricasti M7? It's a beautiful piece! Superb for natural "room" sounds! Excellent presets, quick and easy to get an awesome "room" sound! Bricasti Design All the best... ~Iz

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