How It Was Recorded

Gear · reverb

Unidentified Echo chamber (Power Station bathroom)

Records it appears on · 1

  • Le Freak

    Chic · C'est Chic, 1978

    • Bass drum echo · Mix effectsVerifiedA live echo chamber, the studio bathroom, was overloaded to create the large echo on the bass drum after the 'freak out' shout.

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A real echo chamber, the same method as the one on the record: a loudspeaker and microphones in a hard, empty room. It is not a model of this chamber, so set the decay by ear.

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