It sort of reminds me of the tea towel drum thing.
Since a couple of drum libraries have come out featuring this what they call 'vintage technique' that was the 'trade secret' of many studio engineers, I've even seen discussions of whether towelling or Irish linen has the best tonal qualities to achieve this effect....lol
I always thought the idea was to use whatever you have at your disposal to get the thing you're after down, now you need a certificate of approval from Berklee and some planning permission from the experts before you are allowed to get creative now it can seem.
Man, I've even had to run out of a recording down to the nearest radio shack to get a £5 PZM mic so the engineer could play out my last take into a public toilet block and have me sit and record the 'room' there because it wasn't sounding right from the studio mics. I had to time it right so we could play out the entire track without somebody flushing from the next cubicle...lol. We weren't worried about phase issues and stuff, somebody taking a dump next-door was far more of a concern.
I wonder if I should share that tip in the Techniques forum?...I'd probably get ducked for promoting some kind of witchcraft...
