Song 1 Recording

I will talking about the making and process of a song my group did in the recording studio. It will involve the equipment we used (such as mics & instruments etc) and how we used it so it could be effective.

On the 19th of November my group (John,Roy,Daniella and Christina) and I discussed what we'll be recording and what microphones we'll be using for Christina's original song 'Kiss on'. We had to record vocals, bass, drums and keys in order for it to work. The microphones we decided to use were an Audix D6, two Shure SM57's, a Rode NT 100 and two Rode NT5. It didn't really take too long to set up as everyone had a role and a mic to set up. I was mainly in charge of setting up Logic and making sure all the microphones where in the right channels. Once all the microphones were set up, we were ready to record the guide vocal and guitar. Unfortunately, that was a mistake as we recorded using a Rode NT 100 that is mainly for vocals with the guitar and because of the sensitivity of the condenser mic it managed to pick up the guitar. This meant that the guitar and vocals were recorded into one track which was wrong.  However we had enough time to delete it and start again but this time doing it one at a time. We decided to record the guitar first using the Shure SM57 as this  is a dynamic, uni-directional microphone. We did not have to power up the Phantom power(also known as 48V) as it is not a condenser microphone. We then went on to do the guide vocal next using  the NT 100 we had to make sure  Christina(the performer) was listening to DAW rather than the mixer as this would have made a really unpleasant sound.

Further we recorded the bass using the Audix D6 which is a dynamic, cardiod microphone. This worked really effectively as it picked up a real 'bassy' and clear sound. The microphone works really well for picking up low frequencies.

On the 26th of November we decided we want to record the drums. We made it easier and more time consuming by asking Roy to come in 10 minutes before the lesson to set up the drums. John and I then went to search for the mics we needed for it. We used a pair of Rode NT5's as overheads in order to record the drum kit, it is great on picking up things such as the high hats and cymbals. The reason it works so well is because its an Omni directional, condensor mic which means it can pick up delicate sounds. We used the Audix D6 on the bass drums as like the bass amplifier it was really good for picking up low frequencies. We then lastly recorded the piano part which I played, I decided that the NT5 was the best to use as it captured the sound really well and clearly. We had two microphones on this so the notes wont be missed on the playback.

Unfortunately due to being very ill i wasn't able to be there for the final week but did get informed by the group that the existing recordings except the guitar was deleted as it wasn't played properly to a click but it had a great quality in the sound.