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Topic: What's the sound effect in S&J's Tear Drop? |
Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 9 May 2020 11:16 am |
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Just curious on this tune which I'm starting to work out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhaReVCrS_8
There's a little sound effect that sounds like a IIm chord on the first note of the second bar, basically the sound right before the harmonic diminished run. It sounds like a chord strum of something, but with a ton of reverb. Anyone know what it was? Santo brushing the strings on a different neck maybe?
Edit S&J, not S&T, oops!
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Cody Farwell
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Sunland, CA
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Posted 9 May 2020 12:57 pm
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To me, it sounds like it's happening at the mixing desk. There are liberal amounts of reverb on the steel already, but you can hear a boost in volume & reverb noise as well during those parts - including the harmonic run.
You could get a similar effect live by using a reverb pedal that has an expression pedal function. Probably won't sound exactly the same. |
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David Knutson
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Cowichan Valley, Canada
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Posted 9 May 2020 1:34 pm
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Sounds to me like an overdubbed strum with somewhat more than subtle effects added. It seems to be still ringing when Santo starts that harmonic run, so I'm guessing a guitar strum.
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Nic Neufeld
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Kansas City, Missouri
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Posted 9 May 2020 2:37 pm
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Thanks guys...I was trying to figure it out (how to do it live) and getting nowhere. But it makes sense, their version of A Thousand Miles Away, for instance, has very obvious overdubs so they were certainly not averse to making use of multitracking.
I'm pretty sure the harmonic run is also a separate track because it has some strong reverb on it too.
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Derrick Mau
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Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
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Posted 9 May 2020 7:50 pm
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Aloha Nic,
I did that on my recording I just did about a few weeks back. I just brushed the top strings 1 to 4 with my pinky, then go to the 1st string to hit the chimes.
Takes a lot of practice to get it, and you'd have to have the tone set on the bright side to hear it.
J & S used a lot of reverb on it, way more than I wanted to put on mine.  |
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Miles Lang
From:
Venturaloha
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Posted 10 May 2020 6:54 pm
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| I usually reach down and brush that chord right by the bridge, then quickly up to catch the Palm harmonic |
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