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Creating slap-back echo with long delay - Pro Tools Tutorial
From the course: Get In the Mix with Pro Tools
Creating slap-back echo with long delay
A popular sound in 1950's rock, slap back echo is sometimes part of a contemporary mix. If you've heard of Elvis sing, you've heard slap. Guitarist playing the Blues sometimes reach for it too, it adds liveness and excitement wherever we use it. So let's go to the live room where David is playing the drums. In the control room we'll add slap echo. Alright, David, we're rolling. Let's add some slap to that. This single audible echo between about 80 and 200 milliseconds, adds a distinctive bounce and pulse to every drum hit. On a vocal, slap echo can add a retro feel to the sound. Elvis and his contemporaries reached for this effect so often that it has become a cliche. It's evocative of the time. Listeners today associated slapback with those happy days of the 1950s. You can almost hear the fins on the car. On a solo instrument, like guitar or a rhythm instrument like drums, slap echo makes a performance sound more live, putting the listener in the noisy bar with the band. It reminds…
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Using long delay on key lyrics7m 2s
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Establishing groove with long delays8m 42s
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Creating slap-back echo with long delay6m 6s
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Modulation rate and depth7m 32s
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Modulation shape7m 43s
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Using modulation for a chorus effect5m 54s
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Double tracking6m 23s
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Spreaders and thickeners11m 53s
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Creating a comb filter and a flange effect5m 34s
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Flanger and phaser effects7m 35s
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