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I'm planning a recording in which I want to recreate the sound of an old vinyl 78rpm record. In some ways, I want to end up with a sound that is similar to the intro to "Lucas With The Lid Off" by Lucas. I want mine to be "dirtier" sounding than "Lucas."

So far, I'm just planning to sample some old 78s before and after the recorded sections to see if any of those will work for surface noise. Then I'll be playing with the EQ to limit the spectrum to something closer to the capabilities of the 78s.

I'll be doing all of my tracking in DP.

Has anyone here done any project work similar to this, and if so, could you provide any tips or software/plug-in suggestions?


Thanks.

Lindy

Try this:

http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/vinyl/

Free!

Magic Dave

there‘s the free vinyl plugin http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/vinyl/

but I think sampling old shellacs sounds a lot more fun...
here‘s a link to a band that uses samples of old shellacs (hence the name):
http://www.78plus.net/

yet another post that happend at the same time..

...and another one.


You might try iZotope Vinyl.

I would try looping recorded noise from a 78 and then use Vinyl to process the mix. I think that you can turn off the pops and clicks in Vinyl. I would use the recorded noise for that and Vinyl for the other processing parameters.

The Korg Triton has a built-in vinyl effect that beats the pants off Vinyl (IMO).

Kind regards.

lindymack wrote:So far, I'm just planning to sample some old 78s before and after the recorded sections to see if any of those will work for surface noise. Then I'll be playing with the EQ to limit the spectrum to something closer to the capabilities of the 78s.

You'll probably get much more interesting results by doing it this way. It will take a little longer, but you will have some really cool surface noise. More organic too!

If you find a record that has particular charm, don't forget to sample all of the sections between the songs!

Thanks for your suggestions, everybody. I'm still going to do the surface noise samples, but I really like what Vinyl does for the eq. The Triton is not really an option, since budget is a major consideration (as I guess it always is).

A combination of Vinyl and shellac samples should do the trick.

Again, thanks.


Lindy

I find a combination of Izotope Vinyl and DP's Pre-Amp can carry you a long way here. This is one of the few times Pre-Amp can work great.

If you have a heavy compressor or amp sim plug, they can help distress the sound nicely on top of that -- give it the right boxiness and comp.

I've actually grabbed some vinyl samples off of a few sound effects site, to get the right record feel, as Izotope Vinyl is a great prefab EQ and can add some decent electronic noise, but offers inauthentic vinyl pops and clicks.