Vocal Tuning in the '70s! (Talking with Richard Dodd) - Warren Huart: Produce Like A Pro
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- Опубликовано: 19 авг 2018
- While we were in Nashville, we had a chance to talk with the incredibly talented Richard Dodd! The interview took place at Blackbird Studios in Studio D, where we were having our Produce Like A Pro Academy Master Class. Believe it or not, this is the first time Richard and I had met in person even though we’ve worked together in the past.
Since the early 1970s, Richard has been recording hits and working with legends. He has proven time and time again that he has an ear for music and the skills to craft and create a hit, through his work with artists such as Boz Scaggs, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, The Travelling Wilburys, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, Greenday, Wilco and Freddie Mercury, to name just a few.
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Hi Friends, While we were in Nashville doing the Produce Like A Pro Academy Master Class, we had a chance to talk with the incredibly talented Richard Dodd! The interview took place at John McBride's Blackbird Studios in Studio D. Believe it or not, this is the first time Richard and I had met in person even though we’ve worked together in the past.
Since the early 1970s, Richard has been recording hits and working with legends. He has proven time and time again that he has an ear for music and the skills to craft and create a hit, through his work with artists such as Boz Scaggs, George Harrison, Roy Orbison, The Travelling Wilburys, Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, Greenday, Wilco and Freddie Mercury, to name just a few.
Wonderful video Warren! Thanks for sharing! Richard is an amazing talent and a Gentleman!
Harmony Studios thanks ever so much! Richard is truly wonderful! Such a pleasure to talk with him!!
Thank you for posting this video. The real invisible hero behind all music legends. Came here after seeing Indian artist Buddy's album 'Star'
Richard Dodd!! What an immense pleasure to listen to the man. And I totally agree with him that it's a load of fun to mess around with the hardware and 'see what happens'. Sometimes it brilliant! A lot of times, well... it's always fun! :)
Agree! Amazing guy with a wealth of experience!
What a nice and polite person and he has a lot of interesting things to say. Great interview.
HI Marc, he is amazing! A wealth of knowledge!
Wonderful video Warren! Thanks for sharing! Richard is an amazing talent and a Gentleman!
Thanks ever so much Harmony! I agree 100%! Richard truly is amazing!
Great interview. Being an old school rock n roll guy / guitarist I loved hearing the Uriah Heep story. Mick Box is a great guitar player.
Agreed 100% John!!
What a lovely gentleman.
Agreed 100% Marc!
Thanks for this video. Would love to see more like it!!!!
Thanks ever so much Nathan! I really appreciate it! Yes, this was a huge treat to get to hang out with Richard! In person, not by phone or email! Haha
Thank you Richard, and Warren❣️
Thanks ever so much Audrey!!
A somewhat understated gentleman, but an interesting interview. My first (major) recording date was at Lansdowne in (late) 1975, so Richard was probably gone by then. Visited the building earlier this year, which is now - sadly - luxury flats.
Wonderful! Thanks for sharing your experience Steven! I really appreciate it!! Sad to see these great studios go.
Amazing episode! i loved it ! :)
Thanks ever so much my friend!
I was an engineer in the 70s too. Brought back memories.
Thanks for sharing Colin! Great to have you here in our community!
Great Interview at a Great Studio!
Thanks ever so much Eric!! You Rock!
Way Cool. Nice one Warren!
Thanks ever so much Ryan! You Rock!
Oh! God! That API is jaw dropping...
It certainly is Mat!! Blackbird is a beautiful studio!
Your videos are so much informative.....
Came to know so much stuff about real recording which were done in olden days ..unlike now ,which are completely or partially digital...👏👏👏👏
Thanks ever so much Adarsh! You Rock my friend!
Hi Warren, Wow the things we can do now with ease compared to then, I remember my little cheap 4 track, pitch and bpm would change every time you used it due to the tape speed knob . massive respect. thank you, all the best, Darren Ross.
I agree Darren! Things are so much easier to do now! We are blessed! As long as it's not abused we are in good shape indeed!
great to hear Gerry Bron name-checked at 8.55..... he was my second cousin once removed..musician, record company founder (Bronze) and manager, (and his sister arather successful actress ). His father was a music publisher and is name checked in George Martin's book.
Yes! Agreed 100% drjazz72! Gerry Bron's sister, Eleanor was the girl in Help! Thanks for the marvellous comment my friend! You Rock!
Amazing interview... I never knew you could tune vocals in Tape...
Where there is a will there is a way!
I am watching your videos under protest until you recognize Barry's Tea Gold blend.
Haha I'll make a point to try it out Dana!!
Cool video Warren
Thanks JeroenvdMusic!
Good grief - he's from Luton - I didn't know that!!!! So am I :-0
And he worked for the same company I did!!!!
That's amazing Justin!!
Donna Summers spilled the beans on pitch correction in the 70’s many years ago. In an interview she talked about them doing this exact same thing for her on days she couldn’t hit the high notes.
Sure, preemptive vocal tuning with Vari-Speed. I did that all the time! They tried that to get Ringo to hit that high note at the end of With A Little Help From My Friends but it didn't sound right. Years later we got the Yamaha SPX 90s that had a pitch shift you could make notes a few cents sharp or flat with, but that was usually done while mixing. Such a hilarious bit at 17:40.. "Where was that drug when I was doing those Vocals in the 70s??" I remember looping a 16-Bar piece of stock music which had to play constantly as a bed under a 20 minute radio program and having to keep adding a bit more top end EQ every 5 minutes because the tape was wearing out. To this day they haven't come up with a Plug-in that really sounds like Tape Phasing, although I did come really close aided by a program called Pitch N' Time by Serato. Do you plan on doing an interview with anyone that did Window Edits on 2-inch multi-track masters? Imagine someone going through all that trouble just to move a Tom Fill around! Now, that's either real fun or insanity and maybe a bit of both
Very interesting!
Thanks ever so much my friend!
On the subject of different tape machines, it would be interesting to know the differences between the most common tape machines used back in the day. You always hear Studer of course, but I suppose there were functions and technical solutions that differed between them, as Mr Dodd hinted in the clip.
I got some new techniques to implement for my own content! Thank you so much!!!!
Loski Trouble nice
Loski Trouble neat!
Awesome vid
Marvellous!
Great interview, and also, how old is he? He looks 35, but's been active since the 70's?
In 1968 I recorded at Columbia Records in New York. We had an engineer for the board, one for the transport, a producer (who mostly slept) and the band. I remember the tape guy running two machines into a third while using his thumb to vary the speed of one of the playback machines to get the flanging effect (called flanging because you would press your thumb in the edge, or "flange", of the supply reel). I always thought that that was different than phase shifting. Am I incorrect or is it just the Brits calling it something different than we did?
You are very correct Al! That's amazing! That is definitely the effect my friend! Thanks for sharing your experiences!
Flanging and Phasing are the same thing with Flanging having a wider range of delay length, or more simply, a longer delay between the two (identical) signals than Phasing has. Because Phasing has such a short delay difference (usually less than a Millisecond), you get more of the comb filter/EQ/frequency cancelling effect, whereas with Flanging, it sounds more like a Leslie Cab effect that is long enough of a delay that it doesn't cancel out the upper frequency range. Hope that makes sense.
I went to school In Luton.
All I think of when I hear Luton is 'Luton Airport' the Campari Ad from the early 80's!
The classic with Lorraine Chase! . As Richard says the town has changed a lot. I also worked at the GM (Vauxhall plant) there for 3 years prior to moving to LA to attend MI. This interview had quite a lot for me to digest. Another great one.
What a nice feller.
Absolutely Lasse! Great guy!
By tape phasing, wasn’t it flanging Warren? Matt?
You mean I've been racking myself for 20 years singing runaway in A minor because its been sped up!...lol
Haha yes, it seems that is true!!
Laik
Did Richard work with The Sweet?
Hi Jeff, yes, he said he did early Sweet recordings.
yes, their 1st recordings and album
Luton Airport reminds me of nothing so much as an oversized bus station.
Hi Simon, I think of when I hear Luton is 'Luton Airport' the Campari Ad from the early 80's!
Lorraine Chase !
Whenever you can, London city airport is the way to travel :)
Wow! Yes, Lorraine Chase!
Thanks for the tip Erik!
17:35 my goodness....I could use that drug too.
Four days on a verse.
YES!! That's dedication Dana!!
Nice clickbait. The truth is that even though you could change the tape speed, there was no such thing as vocal tuning back then. ;p
Haha are you joking? So changing pitch on Tape or Digital is different? We have always done things whether it's slowing down the track to get singer to hit a note or loading a word into a delay unit in the 70's and spending it up until it was in tune, Engineers have gone out of their way to get things to sound better.
We loaded vocal lines into a Delay and then pitched them until they were in tune. Some songs several days to pitch each note. Then the early samplers came in and that sped up the process, however it's been done for several decades. Sorry to burst your bubble! LOL!
It's pretty different. Digital pitch correction relies heavily on time stretching which didn't exist in the 70s. ;) But yeah... you've got a point there.