Members rasputin1963 Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 Hear that treatment given the percussive organ during the verses of "Good Vibrations"? It sounds like it's beng flanged or phased or something... both the amplitude and overtone aspects are being affected. What studio FX would've existed in 1966 to modulate the organ like this? It sounds kind of like that weird "aquatic" sound that Vinnie Bell was using on his guitar in those days... [video=youtube;TCeD_6Y3GQc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCeD_6Y3GQc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 You arent talking about the Therimin used on that song are you? Otherwise they used a hammond organ on alot of those old tunes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members rasputin1963 Posted June 27, 2011 Author Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 No, no-- not the Theramin. And, while the keyboard being used might be a Hammond B3, it sounds definitely as if some post-FX of some sort have been introduced to the sound. I'm just always curious about what "tricks" were available, say, pre-1968. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 I havent listened to it in a long time but I believe its a spacial effect you're talking about that was done with tape or with tape in combination with panning. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members techristian Posted June 27, 2011 Members Share Posted June 27, 2011 Reverb and Lesley speakers I think. Dan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Folder Posted June 29, 2011 Members Share Posted June 29, 2011 What studio FX would've existed in 1966 to modulate the organ like this? It seems I have a question similar to this one almost everyday. I have learned a lot about classic sounds on the internet but not nearly as much I have had questions about. Just yesterday I learned that the piano sound on Joy to the World was a Hohner Pianet and not a Wurlitzer. For years I had always wondered what the keyboard sound in Aerosmith's Dream On was. Through my research I surmised it was probably an RMI electronic piano. When I picked up Steven Tyler's new autobiography at the bookstore recently I opened it to the page about him "finding" a suitcase full of money and him going out the next day and buying an RMI electronic piano. That's the closest I've come to proving my assumption on that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members samtrips Posted June 29, 2011 Members Share Posted June 29, 2011 You can hear the organ much clearer on the extended takes that form part of the bonus tracks to the Beach Boys Smiley Smile LP - there's bits where it breaks down and Brian instructs the musicians what to do. IIRC he says something about a motor being on for one beat and off for another which I thought was in relation to the organ perhaps? Can't find a youtube link to the track though. If you can find the track check it out as it wil give you more of a clue by hearing it more isolated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted June 29, 2011 Members Share Posted June 29, 2011 The keys have the leslie and tape loop trick recording the playback heads to a new track to create the echo on them. Since a reel to reels only have a few speeds you play to the slap back of the tape heads and the speed of the motor/tape feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Bartus Posted June 30, 2011 Members Share Posted June 30, 2011 No, no-- not the Theramin. And, while the keyboard being used might be a Hammond B3, it sounds definitely as if some post-FX of some sort have been introduced to the sound. I'm just always curious about what "tricks" were available, say, pre-1968. Two posts, two incorrect spellings of the word Theremin... I shall cease being a pompous ass now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members WRGKMC Posted June 30, 2011 Members Share Posted June 30, 2011 Two posts, two incorrect spellings of the word Theremin... I shall cease being a pompous ass now. We'll give you your gold pin for winning the Spelling Bee now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LRon Butterfly Posted June 30, 2011 Members Share Posted June 30, 2011 The Electro-Theremin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members John Sayers Posted July 1, 2011 Members Share Posted July 1, 2011 It sounds like tape phasing to me which was available to the leading studios of the day. The song these days is a commercial for one of our leading homewares stores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members philbo Posted July 5, 2011 Members Share Posted July 5, 2011 Analog flanging via tape machine was well known at the time. You'd get 2 machines going with the same track on both, but one machine would be driven by a 60 Hz generator with an LFO that would be fed to a power amp then to the tape machine power cord. Another way was to drag your hand on one of the tape reel flanges (hence the name). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Kotch Posted July 6, 2011 Members Share Posted July 6, 2011 To me, it sounds like what you'd get if you bounced it a few times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members horowizard1 Posted March 23, 2020 Members Share Posted March 23, 2020 On 6/27/2011 at 7:36 AM, WRGKMC said: I havent listened to it in a long time but I believe its a spacial effect you're talking about that was done with tape or with tape in combination with panning. Good Vibrations was only mixed in Mono. If you're hearing panning, that's a testament to the recorded arrangement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hammonddave Posted December 29, 2021 Members Share Posted December 29, 2021 I learned it today… it’s a Hammond console with registration 00550800. Full reverb (through Leslie). Leslie on tremolo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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