Rain Stick

Yes, it is a cool sound. I had to get mine out for a sound check comparison.
Wouldn't you know, I happen to have one.
Try backing the mic off a bit. You have the sound, but the subtle nuances seem to be getting a little lost. There is a softness to the sound that seems to be getting overrun by the loudness/ close proximity of the mic. Also, the room seems to be somewhat live, and you are getting quite a bit of that. Something like a walk-in closet full of clothes would be good for this.
You can split the recording into separate wav files, and trigger them with various samplers you have.

RobertB
Yes, it is a cool sound. I had to get mine out for a sound check comparison.
Wouldn't you know, I happen to have one.
Try backing the mic off a bit. You have the sound, but the subtle nuances seem to be getting a little lost. There is a softness to the sound that seems to be getting overrun by the loudness/ close proximity of the mic. Also, the room seems to be somewhat live, and you are getting quite a bit of that. Something like a walk-in closet full of clothes would be good for this.
You can split the recording into separate wav files, and trigger them with various samplers you have.

+1 to the above. I'd also add....using two or more mic's so you'd have this sound in stereo while in the closet. Then, maybe open the door and have mic's in the room to pick up some ambience just "to have". Good job on the recording though Janet...it sounds like a good capture, but like Robert mentioned, it's a bit loud due to being close mic'd. This is good though, but 2 more mics along with it not so close up would have been nice...then you mix them all and it comes to life.
 
The softness Robert mentions is important for this for sure.....yours sounds a bit like "Torrential Stick" though....hahaha...which is cool because, well, that doesn't really exist so we can call this one "The Janet T Stick". :) Honest though...all laughing and joking aside, I do like the quality of the print here as far as eq and capturing the actual sound. I'd listen to what Robert has offered as well as maybe adding a few mic's on each side (like having two ears which you'd pan) so that the sound would be less mono and would allow for some room to come into play. Nice job Janet....hope all is well, haven't talked to you in a long time. :)
 
-Danny  

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Sweet sound! Thanks for sharing!

Janet
So, more than one mic, huh?  Well, that might be a little much for this equipment- and know-how-challenged recording star, but we'll see.  Recording in stereo I can handle though.  Not sure why I put it on mono.  

Janet, I think you may be confused. Unless you are using a stereo mic, stereo=2 mics. Mono that you are referring to is Sonar's "mono interleave". That is not the same thing as what we are talking about here. You cannot record using one mic and make it stereo. Even if you recorded to where you saw two wave forms on one track, that is not stereo unless there are 2 independent sound sources....in your case, it would be 2 mics. Just wanted to give you a heads up on that. :)
 
-Danny

i used a single large condenser microphone to capture a rainstick for a song i produced for a band called "Kettlefish"..
i posted lengthy reports and posts here..
 
anyway, i blended the sound of the rainstick, with actual rain samples..
 
worked great.
 
the rain is, of course, very organic, and the rainstick is very, well, in your face....
 
distance from the mic helps, with a rainstick, unless you are going to do what i did, use 'elements' of it in a mix, rather than feature it in the mix...
 
the choice of mic is key, otherwise you could end up with a sibelent mess when mixing.....
 

exactly.... two mics and two inputs to two tracks both of which are mono..... but the result is stereo.
 
I was kinda kidding about the whole "record it in stereo" thing..... but it would be interesting..... like some of the old Beatles/Pink Floyd stuff... hear the rain start on one side and slide across the sound stage to the other...
 
Or better yet.... QUAD!!!!

Ah, ya. I have rain on my synth, but the rain stick sounds neat. Well, "Riders on the Storm" is a song, but then my rain is subdued in the song and you have to listen to where it is at near the frequency of the cymbals of the synth.
Could of made it a little better, but then I am older and still fail and try not to become a grump for the most part.
Ah, what was being talked about - who knows??
Well, stick rain in a song with the rain stick!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9ZdZU5us4A
 
or you can listen to the real version by the Doors, better also.
 

The rain stick had torrents rain though, something different.

Nice gentle rain though, well whatever.
 

Much! Now, that sounds like a rain stick.
You captured some really nice samples on this round.
 
After you posted the original, I realized that my rain stick needed a little maintenance.
It's almost twenty years old, and the tiny wires were slowly creeping out of the holes in the cactus. I drove them all back in, and set them with a drop of superglue.

I suppose you could EQ a bit if you wanted to also.
 
Now, all you have to do is apply to the song "Singin' in the Rain"!
 

Janet
If it were me...........
I would just sample the Door's "Rider in the Storm" and be done with it.....
 

 
 
Clifford

Well I've learned something here. I'd never heard of a rain stick before. Quite a few neat ones for sale on the various usual sites. Interesting.

Sounds like a good idea!  :)