Music Production Techniques

Grant

We started of by choosing the song we wanted to do the practical with. Then we decided which mics we were gonna use!

We used the Rode NT1000 

And we used two SM57's   

We used the NT1000 to record our vocals because its a dynamic mic and its great for vocals. 

And we used the SM57's to record the piano and drums. 

The first thing we did was set up the equipment and we plugged XLR cables into the mics, and connected it to the channels we wanted the signals to go through. After doing so we made sure that the right channels were connected to the logic file so that the inputs and outputs were correct. 

We used the SM57's to record the Piano and the Drums. We put the two mics where the symbols were so that it could pick up the sound very clearly and we placed the mics two different places of the piano.

Trying to record was a bit of a difficulty at times because we tried to get the metronome to play through the headphones and that was a problem at one point. To record DAW would have to be pressed of and then listening back DAW would have to be pushed down to get the playback. In order to get a signal we would have to turn the red nob.

Each track was named appropriately for the channel that was connected to the mic and what was being recorded e.g Mic Rode NT1000 Main Vocal.