recording outdoors

[steveguitarplayer]

Hey

i once heard that an engineer (i think john cuniberti) used to record his drum samples outside to avoid acoustic problems.

im curious about trying this with recording guitars. i know it may be a stupid idea/thing to do but im curious as to what you guys think?

i know obviously that there are the issues of outside noise, council restrictions, rain, wind etc but forgetting those for a minute, would it be an idea to try or am i nuts?

(where i record, outside means there are still trees around and a brick wall would face the back of the amp still)

 

[bryan_kilco]

Live bands do it all the time!!

 

[steveguitarplayer]

thats cool, im aware that live bands do it but i was wondering if anyone has tried it or considered it as part of a studio production.

 

[ForHerDeadEyes]

Hmm.. I remember reading about some band recording their album outside.. can't remember the band nor the circumstances.. too many years ago..
What I do remember is that the biggest problem was wind, and the noise it made and.. eh.. I was about to say "blowing the mics".. I mean wind hitting the capsules..

 

[Uros]

Yeah, this is exactly what I have wondered in the past, at the very beginning of my ae path to be exact
In theory this can give amazing results, but in practice...you would have to find a really deep valley with as little wind as possible, no cows, sheep, etc .

 

[BLUElightCory]

The other potential issue with tracking outdoors is that there will be almost no ambience, depth, or space in the tone - this is probably not too much of a problem for recording electric guitars, but for most other sources I can't imagine being a fan of it.

 

[amarshism]

I believe muse have done heaps of weird things like this when recording. Even recording cymbals in a room with a pool and going so far as to hit them then dip in the water for weird effects. Whatever delivers the results.

 

[if6was9]

Yeah both Muse and Kings X have done this on albums. I'd like to give it a go but Irelands not exactly the best country for it!

 

[BLUElightCory]

Yeah both Muse and Kings X have done this on albums. I'd like to give it a go but Irelands not exactly the best country for it!

Muse scrapped it because it sounded bad.

I did read that Stone Temple Pilots did it on "Tiny Music...."

 

[Heabow]

Oh man, I'd be so happy to record a band live just in front of the windows of my neighbors just to throw them a big FUCK OFF at their face! Ahahah!

 

[AndrewB]

I believe muse have done heaps of weird things like this when recording. Even recording cymbals in a room with a pool and going so far as to hit them then dip in the water for weird effects. Whatever delivers the results.

There's a Muse song on their last album called Guiding Light, where if you listen closely, every time the snare hits, you can hear a stream rushing.

 

[Terminus]

I did read that Stone Temple Pilots did it on "Tiny Music...."

I remember seeing a video way back in the 90s with STP's drummer in the yard in front of the place they recorded playing the drums all mic'ed up.

 

[Viral_Tyler]

hahaha think about this. during a breakdown..

DUN DUN.. DUN DUN.... DUN DUN... (tweet! tweet!) DUN DUN.. (gun shots!)

lol

 

[steveguitarplayer]

thanks guys

i might give it a shot just for kicks and see how it sounds. il use my practice amp to test.

 

[tobin1]

There's a video floating on YouTube somewhere of George Lynch recording guitar tracks out in the middle of the desert.

 

[Line666]

This is it, was just about to post it anyway;



Looking back its a bit more of a show off opportunity than a proper session but none the less, cool idea.

 

[chrisrivalry]

Sigur Ros did this for one or a few of their tracks on Heima, and they actually mentioned that the only reason why it worked is because the wind kind of just stopped blowing haha.

 

[topsoul182]