Scott Dorsey wrote:

Enda Hayden wrote:

As we live in an ultra quiet rural area and have a poor sounding rehersal
room, i'd like to know if anyone has tried recording vocals outdoors, or in
a big tent, etc?
I assume there'd be no verb, ambience, etc captured?

Outside in a field it's very dry, with no ambience to speak of. This can
be useful, but you will absolutely have to add some fake reverb even to
make it sound like a realistic dry vocal.

In a big tent it is VERY live, and it's a very bad ambience too with lots
of slapback. A big canvas tent is about the worst possible acoustic I
can think of, and a very popular one for festivals.

It's amazing how even a crafts fair shade canopy can screw up the sound.
Back in August at the litle festival I produced I covered the stage with
military surplus camo shade netting. That made all the photos look
funny, but it provided some cover and didn't mess up the sound.

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