Original Message                 Date: 09-Aug-02  @  03:50 PM   -   Creating a retro feel

Matt Hutch

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I'd like to open it up to some of the more experienced producers here at DT to shed some light on creating a track with a retro feel to it.

An example of the sound I'm talking about would be tracks mixed by Kruder & Dorfmeister on their CD compilations. The sound of these tracks is definitely on the dull side, but it'd not just a matter of high end. The drums, synths, instruments and vocals in these tracks all have a retro feel to them.

I'm thinking it could be the use of tube compressors being overdriven which might create the sense of warmth and loss of high end, but I really don't know because I don't have any experience working with tubes, I'm just going by what I have read.

Any ideas?

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Message 11/12                 Date: 15-Aug-02  @  06:36 PM   -   RE: Creating a retro feel

psylichon

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Yeah, man, the online sound is killer, too. I reverse all my hihat tracks to lose the transient JUST like that classic MP3 sound! Killer! (For added MP3ishness, raise your bass 5 dB, remove the snare track, and put a phaser on the cymbals!)0

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Message 12/12                 Date: 16-Aug-02  @  02:29 AM   -   RE: Creating a retro feel

brett

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you guys are killing me. but I did put a drum loop to mp3 before using it in a song to make it gritty.

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