Bankai Posted January 25, 2011 Posted January 25, 2011 (edited) Just finished my first recording piece for uni. I'm studying Music and Sound Technology. This song was all studio recorded with not a bit of MIDI in sight. There's a few things left to do to the piece but I'm kind of happy with how it's sounding [url="http://jekyll.mcalpine.ch/AlexMcAlpine_RockAndRoll1.mp3"]http://jekyll.mcalpine.ch/AlexMcAlpine_RockAndRoll1.mp3[/url] Edited January 26, 2011 by Bankai Quote
Bankai Posted January 29, 2011 Author Posted January 29, 2011 13 microphones. The bass drum is almost inaudible though due to an over active multipressor. I'll adjust it for the version I submit and then hopefully it'll be more prominent Quote
WHUFC BASS Posted February 3, 2011 Posted February 3, 2011 (edited) Guitar sound needs to be bigger - a bit more high end on the rythmn parts and higher in the mix certainly. bass could do with coming down a bit too with a bit more mid-range on it. Drums don't sound too bad though. Edited February 3, 2011 by WHUFC BASS Quote
Bankai Posted February 6, 2011 Author Posted February 6, 2011 [url="http://soundcloud.com/alexmcalpine/rock-and-roll"]http://soundcloud.com/alexmcalpine/rock-and-roll[/url] Edited to include suggestions. This soundcloud link should be more friendly to your computer as opposed to the mp3 I listed above. Quote
crez5150 Posted February 6, 2011 Posted February 6, 2011 [quote name='Bankai' post='1106947' date='Jan 29 2011, 05:58 AM']13 microphones. The bass drum is almost inaudible though due to an over active multipressor. I'll adjust it for the version I submit and then hopefully it'll be more prominent[/quote] Do you not think 13 mica is overkill?? You don't need that many to get a goo. Balanced mix... Quote
Bankai Posted February 7, 2011 Author Posted February 7, 2011 13ish is standard for studio work. Often more are used. Quote
crez5150 Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 [quote name='Bankai' post='1118614' date='Feb 7 2011, 09:19 AM']13ish is standard for studio work. Often more are used.[/quote] I wouldn't say so.... at least not in the studio's/engineers I've worked with Quote
Bankai Posted February 7, 2011 Author Posted February 7, 2011 Well if we run through it we have: Overhead Left and Right A microphone for each of the toms 2 microphones to each snare drum in order to get both the drum and snare sound. A microphone to the hi-hat A microphone to the ride cymbal to bring out it's definition 2 microphones to the bass drum. One captures the overall sound and another the attack. So there we have our 13. ideally I would have placed two microphones at the far end of the room in order to get a nice natural reverbish noise, but I didn't have enough stands. Quote
crez5150 Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 [quote name='Bankai' post='1118677' date='Feb 7 2011, 10:37 AM']Well if we run through it we have: Overhead Left and Right A microphone for each of the toms 2 microphones to each snare drum in order to get both the drum and snare sound. A microphone to the hi-hat A microphone to the ride cymbal to bring out it's definition 2 microphones to the bass drum. One captures the overall sound and another the attack. So there we have our 13. ideally I would have placed two microphones at the far end of the room in order to get a nice natural reverbish noise, but I didn't have enough stands.[/quote] Kool.... Not saying its wrong or anything.... there are no rules as such..... just in my experience it seems overkill Quote
Bankai Posted February 7, 2011 Author Posted February 7, 2011 I suppose they can be done with less but when trying to get a full modern rock sound it's hard to skimp. A lot of Jazz stuff is done with far less. Quote
WHUFC BASS Posted February 7, 2011 Posted February 7, 2011 That's a big improvement. The vocals could do with coming down a bit though, they just seem to drown it out a bit. Also, not criticising your singing, but I'd give it a bit more aggression in there. Imagine some dirty bastard is trying to chat your missus up whilst his pet elephant is standing on your foot. Quote
Bankai Posted February 8, 2011 Author Posted February 8, 2011 Not me singing though, was the guitarist! Will adjust them now to make it sit better. Quote
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