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Reamping via woofers only

Reamping via woofers only - Pro Tools Tutorial

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Reamping via woofers only

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- [Instructor] A while back, I started thinking up new ways to create special sound effects by using reamping via studio monitors and mic placement. My thought was that just about anyone that is recording would have one or two microphones and some sort of speaker or two that they were using. These are tricks almost anyone could try out. I was looking at my studio monitors one day and I had a thought. What if I played back recordings and mic'd up just the woofer or the main driver? What would I get? First, I tried a vocal track. Here's the original. ♪ So for the first step let's power down ♪ ♪ Tell me what do you see ♪ - Now here's the reamped woofer version. ♪ So for the first step let's power down ♪ ♪ Tell me what do you see ♪ - Notice how dark it gets, yet I thought it would be muddier. I think using an omnidirectional mic allowed some of the tweeter sound to come through, but also, the main driver in a monitor…

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