Killa_Hertz
855 posts
Mar 28, 2016
8:53 PM
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I saw a video about a month ago of a kid rippin it up on harp in a stairwell. It sounded great. Most of it was his playing, i wish i could find it, but the natural reverb was pretty cool too. I know this is nothing new. But I was at this green house with the old lady this weekend. It was at an old DuPont Mansion. No one lives there now, its empty. But in front of the house they had this stone drive thru carport deal.
And as i walked thru it (playing harp ofcourse) i noticed how cool it sounded. So I sat in there and played a while. But i just felt i needed to record a bit of it (really just to see what the effect would sound like recorded) I put my phone down and walked to the other side and played a lil something.
Anyways i thought this was pretty neat. Im goin to do this more often. See what yall think. This is in A. I did it in C aswell,which sounded better/crisper, but a damn plane flew over. I didnt notice until listening to it after we left.
The timing is a lil iffy in spots because it was so humid. I had to lick my lips a few times and had to work it in while playing. Again, you guys might not be able to hear it, but i can. Lol.
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Last Edited by Killa_Hertz on Mar 29, 2016 9:20 AM
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STME58
1629 posts
Mar 28, 2016
9:11 PM
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Do you have a link to an audio file? I see the images and with all that stone you would get some sound bouncing around.
As you emtion, starwells frequently have very good reverb. My favorite stairwell that I have played is the escalator well down to the subway at a stop in Shenzhen China. It is three stories and each landing is a large oval shaped room about 40 feet across and surfaced in stone and tile. If you stand at one end of the middle floor and play it sounds great. The last time I was there I quit playing because of safety concerns. People heard the sound and then saw a tall bearded American guy and many of them forgot to pay attention to the escalator and tripped as they got to the end!
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Killa_Hertz
856 posts
Mar 28, 2016
9:30 PM
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Hah. Thats funny.
This is the first time ive played anywhere like this. It was pretty cool. it was suprising how the very small amount of reverb recorded so well.
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Last Edited by Killa_Hertz on Mar 28, 2016 10:26 PM
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STME58
1630 posts
Mar 28, 2016
11:22 PM
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It is cool what a little bit of natural reverb will do to fill out you sound. Of course you need a decent sound to start with and you have that.
I look for places like this. Sometimes when I am walking in an area that looks like it might have a good sound I will snap my fingers and listen for the reverb. I have found a really good area in a local shopping mall this way. Sometimes I will stop there on my way to work before the mall opens and play. People take morning walks in the mall and I have had them come up and tell me they were surprised to hear blues coming over the PA instead of the usual mall fare, and then they turned the corner and saw me playing. Another good place can be a parking structure. I would love to play in the Cathedral of Freiburg with it's six second reverberation time, but I have a feeling getting permission to play a harmonica in there would be a hard sell!
Last Edited by STME58 on Mar 29, 2016 7:10 AM
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Killa_Hertz
863 posts
Mar 29, 2016
4:53 AM
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Thanks STME. Appreciate it. I ve not quite been playing a year yet. But Im working on it. Its been coming together ok recently.
I just really thought it was fun. Imma start doing it more often. Find a good place to chill and play with good reverb.
Yes I immediately thought parking garage.
Thata great that people thought it was the PA. Very cool.
SIX SECOND NATURAL REVERB?!?! Thats amazing. But yea hard sell for sure. lol.
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Last Edited by Killa_Hertz on Mar 29, 2016 4:55 AM
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barbequebob
3195 posts
Mar 29, 2016
10:15 AM
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The so-called natural reverb is because a particular room has a very natural, live sound and reverb tanks and other reverb types were invented to simulate the acoustics of a very live room. One of the most naturally "live rooms" are bathrooms with tons of hard tiling where the sound bounces all over the place and nearly every recording you hear for the last several decades all have some sort of reverb to simulate a really live room. In fact, I've done gigs in rooms where the sound is so alive that using delays or reverbs were just totally nuts and a total waste of time.
Every room is always gonna be different because of things like the layout of the room, ceiling height, materials used in its construction and many more things beyond that and the more empty the room is, the greater the natural reverb tends to be.It not only affects harmonicas, but everything else as well.
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Killa_Hertz
869 posts
Mar 29, 2016
10:53 AM
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Ofcourse Bob. As i said .. i know it's nothing new. I just thought it was fun.
It was actually a post intended for the beginner thread, but I posted here by accident. I thought others might get a kick out of trying it.
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STME58
1633 posts
Mar 29, 2016
11:51 AM
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An acquaintance of mine has a recording studio in his attic and he records for a lot of local musicians. He told me it is not uncommon to set up in the bathroom to get the sound the artist is looking for.
There is a reason we seem to sound so much better when we sing in the shower, and it's not just because no one is listening.
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barbequebob
3198 posts
Mar 29, 2016
12:00 PM
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I did a recording session many years ago where my amp was recorded in a heavily tiled bathroom and had a great natural reverb with a hint of natural delay as well. Many rockabilly recordings also were recorded that way.
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Sincerely,
Barbeque Bob Maglinte
Boston, MA
http://www.barbequebob.com
CD available at http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/bbmaglinte
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Barley Nectar
1182 posts
Mar 29, 2016
4:41 PM
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I once played a gig in the Latonia Theader in Franklin PA. There is an acoustic reflector hanging in the dome of the theader that made the human voice audible over 1600 seats. It is a massive structure made of glass. the only way to here the other players was to stand in front of that players amp. Sound bounced everywhere and music was not heard by anyone We should have played accoustic instruments only! The place was built in 1928 and was one of a kind. Still in use today. Very impressive history! ...BN
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