"Arny Krueger" wrote in message
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"Number Lime" wrote in message
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A friend of mine had the (perhaps brilliant?) idea of blasting the
song on a stereo and recording the song in an empty room. But before
I start shooting in the dark, praying and hoping, I was hoping to get
some input from you guys.

He's not so much brilliant as perhaps knowledgeable in how people do
things like this.

Better than an empty room is a full room. Preferably a room with the
desired acoustics. Achieving that is left to your creativity.

Full of people talking, singing, farting, etc to get that real live
ambience. You can also detune some notes to make them 'bum' and vary the
timing of tracks to make it sound like a typically loose band performance !

geoff