re-amp for reverb

[mbc113]

Anyone done this? Played back a track through monitors in a reverberant space and recorded it again? I've always wanted to, but never needed to... I always just did the actual recording there with my laptop. The playback method seems like it would be fun though... but probably not as good results. Any tips?

It seems that this would work better for some instruments than others.... like it doesn't seem like drums would sound as good since when they are played live they project in all different directions, whereas if you played it back through monitor it would be somewhat unidirectional. Has anyone found this to make a difference.... any ways of getting around it?

[dagosto]

I have actually done this to a snare sample for a hip hop project. I used the TB speakers in a nice live room and miked it up with a Coles. There was a nice distortion added to the sound as well as the reverb. I would recommend it to get more unique sounds.

[Bellringer]

I have taken a drum machine that didn't sound as realistic as I would have liked and ran it thru a large PA system. After experimenting with some different mics I managed to get a much more realistic sound out of a machine I spent days programming. It worked out well enough that I managed to record quite a few songs with a drum machine that I was ready to throw out a window. Depending on the sound I wanted, I would sometimes use studio monitors and other recordings would go through the big PA. Sometimes you have to find interesting ways to get better sounds on a low budget.