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Tone20002 wrote:Hi
"Sometimes when we gig or when I play for my own amusement, the sound is perfect, whilst at other times, even using the same gear it can sound 'different'."
Dave has touched on a phenomenon which has plagued me for ages. Can anyone explain why it should be that you can get a "spot on" sound one day but it can be quite different the next even in the same environment and using the same equipment on the same settings.
Could it be a change in ambient conditions which affect the sound frequencies, a change in our hearing which has been affected by what we had for dinner etc or something else as equally obscure?
I'd love to know the answer!
Cheers.
A couple of interesting points here.
Listen to the Mono and Stereo versions of " Me and My Shadows". Some tracks were recorded on different days even though they are of the same song. Apart from the fact that Mono and Stereo will have a different effect on our ears even Hanks tone is different, yet I bet he had exactly THE SAME SET UP AND SETTINGS on his kit. So ambient effects like air pressure, moisture and even voltage supply will have an effect. Brian May used to have his AC30 modded for American tours as the supply is only 110 volts and he said they sounded different when not on 240 volts!
2nd comment goes back to an earlier comment about the Studio.
I have said it before on the old MSN forum. Back in the 80's I had to do a Fire Safety Visit to Abbey Road just after the Beatles 21st Anniversary of the Abbey Road Album and we were told that Studio two hadn't been changed in any way apart from modern recording equipment since the 50's. The paint on the walls floor covering even the sea weed filled sound absorbent 'LiLo's' on the walls.
Yet Studio 3 had been re-furbished and modernised. Then no one wanted to use it as the atmosphere/ sound had changed!!!
Listen to stuff recorded at Hanks old Nivram Studios here in the UK and Brian's Honeyhill. Even though using the same Guitars , Amps, Echo etc, there is a subtle difference in the sound.
If Hank himself cannot recreate 'That sound' (whichever one that is) then all we can do is approximate it and, as long as the audience enjoy it then we have done our job and been ENTERTAINING...........
Steve
Tony
Goran wrote:Dave is quite right, the perceived sound from your gear changes quite radically depending on the venue, but, I think, even more so depending on the mood you yourself is in. I believe psychologi has a lot to do with it.
And a well known fact is that when playing the first set of a gig you often think that the whole band's sound is a disaster (the audience does not seem to notice, though........) in spite of the thorough soundcheck you did (in an empty venue, of course). When performing the second set after having had a cup of coffee (or perhaps a very small beer...) everything sounds all right again.
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