I’ve been working on a cover of Laura Nyro’s the Wind with my partner and I’m always floored by the sound of reverb on 60’s recordings. I’ve got a cheap lexicon I don’t use very much and I also have some Waves Abbey Road plug-ins I like until I’m actually using them.
I find it very difficult to achieve the level of lushness and presence yet somehow not drowning in it like in recordings of Laura Nyro, the Beach Boys, or Brazilian stuff like early Gal Costa.
I’m sure they had access to amazing plates and probably rooms designed for certain sounds, but for some like me who has a studio full of DIY equipment and a computer, how can I get close to that sound?
Is there any reverb builds that y’all know of? A plugin many recommend? Or should I just set up a speaker and a mic in my garage or something? 
I've come across a little method to get a similar sound to that wall of sound type reverb.
I use any reverb for the time I need and drop 800hz a little bit and wide,
then buss in a blend from the sound toys echo boy plug and set that to barely on, full saturation, and go to the space echo setting. Is really dark and lush.
December 27, 2009, 04:30:22 PM
