Motown Attic Reverb

It also has a repaired side crack.

Motown attic reverb.

Another studio used the bathroom. This is a very early custom made 12 mike ramsey open back banjo. Underneath the makers name plate the wood rim is st. This is one of mike s early banjos and was made in lebanon ohio.

At elliot hall of music on purdue s campus they have a whole bunch of speakers erratically hanging in the space above the back of the stage that used to be for a reverb chamber. Gorgeous inlay and wonderful sounding instrument. Like abigail washburns banjo. Motown records hitsville usa complex is rumored to have used a hole in the ceiling as a jerry rigged echo chamber.

In our attempt at recreating the motown sound we used the audio ease altiverb reverb plugin universal audio s digital emulation of the emt 140 and a fulltone tube tape echo. Join millions of music makers all over the world on reverb. The house they recorded in in motown had an attic room with sealed walls with a speaker at one end and a mic at the other. The top has plenty of play we.

I am guessing that in the 60 s they just recorded the spring reverb that came straight from the amp but in the 70 s most records. What makes motown sound like motown. There is some touch up in that area. Motown used the attic.

Will kurk and joe shadid take a trip to rax trax recording studios to explore the musical must haves of the beloved moto. They d put a speaker and a mic in the chosen space to get the sound of the send bouncing around. The back of headstock has some screw marks from an old screw on capo with no pad. If you want to find.

Early 1941 martin 00 18. Hitsville s attic chamber was crude and not at all designed with acoustical perfection in mind but its ambience had a certain character that came to shape the iconic motown sound. Good player grade martin with some repairs. I am carious to know how reverb was added to 60 s and 70 s recordings.

Very rare moon and star pattern. Find your next favorite new used or vintage instrument or sell one of your own. Key to the sound of countless motown hits was the iconic reverb of hitsville s makeshift echo chamber located in the attic of the house. Other famous reverb chambers.