Crash symbols (Led Zep - Kashmir)

dylmit · 11th June 2007, 08:34 PM

Anybody have any idea what plugs I can add to my crash symbol tracks to make them sound like Bonham's on Kashmir. Is it compression and flange or phase or what? Thanks so much for your help.

spandexstallion · 11th June 2007, 10:22 PM

i'm not sure what you're talking about. are you speaking of his crashes? They sound like dark cymbals with a long decay to me. It seems to me that it was more the sound of the instrument, rather than the way it was affected later. The best way to make cymbals sound like that would probably be to record cymbals that sound like those cymbals.

Farview · 11th June 2007, 10:30 PM

It sounds like a flange to me. I have no idea what processor they would have used, but it sounds to me like it was compressed first, then flanged. You need a slow sweep.

There is a chance that it is a room anomoly, but you would probably hear that on other songs on the album if that were the case.

dylmit · 11th June 2007, 11:04 PM

Yeah, I think it's a flanger of some sort. I'm going to give it a try with a plugin and see how close I can get. Thanks!

King Oliver · 15th June 2007, 09:43 PM

ok.... that is a phaser/flanger. listen to the cymbals and they slowly go in and out of phase. I think that unless you have a very light phaser, you might be better off blending the original overhead sound with the overheads processed with the phaser. make sure to set it on a slow setting almost following the tempo. just experiment around with it all

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11th June 2007, 08:34 PM	#1
dylmit Gear interested Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11	Crash symbols (Led Zep - Kashmir) Anybody have any idea what plugs I can add to my crash symbol tracks to make them sound like Bonham's on Kashmir. Is it compression and flange or phase or what? Thanks so much for your help.

11th June 2007, 10:30 PM	#3
Farview Gear addict Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 371	It sounds like a flange to me. I have no idea what processor they would have used, but it sounds to me like it was compressed first, then flanged. You need a slow sweep. There is a chance that it is a room anomoly, but you would probably hear that on other songs on the album if that were the case. __________________ Jay Walsh Farview Recording - And check out Farview's Rock Drum samples for Drumagog AND in .WAV format!!!

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11th June 2007, 10:22 PM	#2
spandexstallion Gear Head Join Date: May 2007 Location: nashville Posts: 43	i'm not sure what you're talking about. are you speaking of his crashes? They sound like dark cymbals with a long decay to me. It seems to me that it was more the sound of the instrument, rather than the way it was affected later. The best way to make cymbals sound like that would probably be to record cymbals that sound like those cymbals.

11th June 2007, 11:04 PM	#4
dylmit Gear interested Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 11	Yeah, I think it's a flanger of some sort. I'm going to give it a try with a plugin and see how close I can get. Thanks!

15th June 2007, 09:43 PM	#5
King Oliver Gear nut Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: So Cal Posts: 87	ok.... that is a phaser/flanger. listen to the cymbals and they slowly go in and out of phase. I think that unless you have a very light phaser, you might be better off blending the original overhead sound with the overheads processed with the phaser. make sure to set it on a slow setting almost following the tempo. just experiment around with it all