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Chapter 29: Ocean Way Studios
It’s important to notice that the recorded direct signal component (#1 on pre-
vious page) is different than pre-existing dry (unprocessed) acoustic record-
ings in a DAW. This is because within a DAW, the dry audio was already re-
corded – so it already contains the direct signal component (along with all the
other components) that was captured by the microphone originally used. This
distinction is fundamental to the Re-Mic process.
Re-Mic
Processing
Re-Mic mode is a tool for “replacing” the original dry audio signal.
When Ocean Way Studios is in Re-Mic mode, the original dry signal is not
mixed back in with the wet processed signal. Instead, the dry signal is pro-
cessed to sound as if it were recorded inside the studio space itself, by emu-
lating the direct signal component. This processed source signal thus inherits
the sonic characteristics of the studio acoustics, source dispersion patterns,
and microphones with more accuracy and realism than is possible with re-
verb processing.
The concept is similar to that of guitar “re-amping” whereby previously re-
corded guitar tracks are routed out of the DAW, into a guitar amplifier, then
re-recorded using a microphone to replace the original guitar track with a
new track that inherits the sonic characteristics of the amp. This technique is
also used in studios to great effect by “re-micing” any pre-existing audio to in-
herit the sonic characteristics of the recording room.
In the same way, with Ocean Way Studios, any track or bus can be routed
into the plug-in to “re-record” the original source so it inherits the sonic char-
acteristics of the Ocean Way studio acoustics, source dispersion patterns,
and microphones.
Reverb
Processing
In artificial reverb processors, the direct signal component is not actually part
of the processed signal. Instead, the original dry signal is simply mixed back
in with the reverb ambience (the wet signal). Although great results can be ob-
tained with this method, it is only an approximation of what really happens in
the physical realm.
When Ocean Way Studios is in Reverb mode, the plug-in behaves like most
artificial reverb processors. The direct signal component is not in the pro-
cessed signal. Instead, the original dry signal is mixed back in with the wet re-
verb ambience.