Show 75 – Homemade Effects and Demos
This week Ryan does some experiments to see what homemade effects he can come up with and Jesse asks if demo recordings are still relevant in today’s home recording world.
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Good show! I might have to try that homemade reverb in the stairwell at work.
To throw another one in, I tried making a sort of plate reverb at home. I used a piezo transducer from Edmund’s scientific (6 for $1.50!), which I taped to a baking pan and hung from a mic stand with a rubber band. I actually tested it out by just playing acoustic guitar/singing directly into the pan (terrible improv’d song linked below), but I’ll probably be using it via monitors in the near future. I don’t like the sound on vocals (too many weird resonances), but it sounds kinda cool on acoustic.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2998392/singing%20into%20a%20cookie%20sheet.mp3
That is another great example of DIY effects. I have been thinking about getting some piezo transducer pickups to play with for a while now. Just one more think on my list. Thank you so much for taking the time to share with us. Now I have to build a plate reverb!
Great effect Neil. You should try blending it with the original sound.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-xzoL1fApk
Don’t think there’s any excuse for someone not to try making one of these for 50 bucks or so!