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Outdoor Reverb?

Discussion in 'Tips, Tricks & Talk' started by Louie Scrapinetti, Jun 1, 2018.

  1. #1 Louie Scrapinetti, Jun 1, 2018
    Last edited: May 29, 2019
    Thank you,
    Lou
     
  2. #2 Aaron Venture, Jun 1, 2018
    Last edited: Jun 3, 2018
    Altiverb has IRs of various outdoor locations, among thousands of other IRs.

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    Not sure if that's what you're after, though. They sound very light.

    Having an orchestra (l horde) on an open field (, Ned!), you'd only have reflections from the ground. And depending on what type of ground it is (concrete, grass, gravel, sand etc.) And from whatever objects are in the distance, vicinity or passing by. Acoustically, that's the only thing you're getting. Now, other things you'd be hearing or which your mic would pick up are some wind (unless it's calm), foliage reacting to the wind, distant sounds of life (if it's truly an open field, during nighttime you'd easily hear the vehicles passing on a road as far as 2km (maybe even 3 or 4) and of course, the insects (depending on where you are).

    Send me your mix (doesn't matter how long) and I'll drop some Altiverb Forest on it and you can decide if it's what you're after.
     
  3. #3 Mike Verta, Jun 3, 2018
    Yes, "outdoor," like "indoor" or "anywhere else" is sonically defined by the reflections off of its surfaces. Grass is a diffuser, dirt is mostly an absorber. In an empty field, it's the lack of immediate reflections that tells your brain you're outside in an empty space. As distance from the listening spot increases, low end also drops. A person's voice 50' away is severely "rolled off." I suspect the sound in your head is not just outdoors, but some very specific outdoors.
     
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  4. #4 Jerry Davis, Jun 3, 2018
    Pick a location and go looking for the appropriate bird and insect sounds. I'd avoid mosquito loops, though or you'll have your audience slapping themselves.
     
  5. #5 Rohann van Rensburg, Jun 5, 2018
    Have you checked out Openairlib.net? I (believe I did anyway) downloaded a few IR's from there for random settings, i.e. in a forest. Free, I believe.
     
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