Lewis will play guitar through a microphone. I will record using cubase. Marvin Gaye's album What's Going on was recorded using a Neumann U67. This is similar to our use of the Shure SM58 as they are both fairly clean microphones.
Lewis will require skill in being a musician - he needs to play cleanly to achieve a better recording. I will record using cubase, which will require basic knowledge of the program and the setup Lewis will use.
We will be using a Shure SM58 to record the guitar. This is a dynamic mic. We used this because it can record high sound pressure levels. On an amp this is useful.
We may face the problem of equipment failure. We will have to be resourceful and think logically to solve this. We will investigate each possible cause of problems - Cubase, the Microphones, and the amp.
Evaluation of Studio Recordings
We used a dynamic mic to record our electric guitar. We did this because dynamic microphones can record at higher sound pressure levels than a condenser microphone. We pointed the dynamic mic at the amplifier to record. We faced another microphone away from the amp to create ambient sound.
We recorded with a variety of instruments with different microphone setups, for example we recorded a guitar using a microphone on the sound hole and one microphone on the fretboard.
We had issues with Cubase at first but after a lengthy troubleshooting session, we fixed our problem - several settings were not quite right, as somebody had been in before us. Our recording has lots of ambient sound because of our setup, and while the microphone is quite clean, our sound wasn't because of the setting we used on the amp.
For the acoustic guitar recording, we recorded from the fretboard of the guitar and from the sound hole of the guitar. It turned out well, it was very clear.
Acoustic Left and Right ear
For the electric guitar recording we pointed one microphone at the amp, less than a foot away, and about 1.5 metres away we placed a microphone facing opposite the amp for added ambient sound. Ambient sound is the pressure level of the background noise.
Electric Guitar Recording
Acoustic Guitar Classroom Recording
Our previous recording of an acoustic guitar (our first recording in the studio) was recorded on a Shure SM58, similar to our new recording of the electric guitar. The major difference between the two recordings was that one was placed over the sound hole to get a good sound in a classroom, while the other recording had two mics, one of which was placed over the amplifier (the first guitar recording was acoustic) and the other mic was facing opposite to create ambient sound in the studio. Our old recording was a very simple one, with no ambient sound like the other recording.
Acoustic Guitar Classroom Recording
Glockenspiel Open Air Recordings
We recorded the glockenspiel using the microphone, with an omnidirectional polar pattern. We could hear the wind loudly, because the microphone was taking in sound from all directions.We used a H2 Handy Recorder microphone by Zoom to record our clip. We recorded outside of the sixth form in a fairly open area.
The quality of the glockenspiel was good quality, though there was a little bit of background noise, probably from the wind, and there was some fumbling around with something, which was probably the microphone at the start and end. Other peoples recordings were very high quality like ours. On a day with more wind you would be able to tell the difference much more between our omnidirectional recording and somebody else's isolated recording, like a figure of 8 or super-cardioid.
Open Air Glockenspiel
Evaluation of Studio Recordings
We used a dynamic mic to record our electric guitar. We did this because dynamic microphones can record at higher sound pressure levels than a condenser microphone. We pointed the dynamic mic at the amplifier to record. We faced another microphone away from the amp to create ambient sound.
We recorded with a variety of instruments with different microphone setups, for example we recorded a guitar using a microphone on the sound hole and one microphone on the fretboard.
We had issues with Cubase at first but after a lengthy troubleshooting session, we fixed our problem - several settings were not quite right, as somebody had been in before us. Our recording has lots of ambient sound because of our setup, and while the microphone is quite clean, our sound wasn't because of the setting we used on the amp.
For the acoustic guitar recording, we recorded from the fretboard of the guitar and from the sound hole of the guitar. It turned out well, it was very clear.
Acoustic Left and Right ear
For the electric guitar recording we pointed one microphone at the amp, less than a foot away, and about 1.5 metres away we placed a microphone facing opposite the amp for added ambient sound. Ambient sound is the pressure level of the background noise.
Electric Guitar Recording
Acoustic Guitar Classroom Recording
Our previous recording of an acoustic guitar (our first recording in the studio) was recorded on a Shure SM58, similar to our new recording of the electric guitar. The major difference between the two recordings was that one was placed over the sound hole to get a good sound in a classroom, while the other recording had two mics, one of which was placed over the amplifier (the first guitar recording was acoustic) and the other mic was facing opposite to create ambient sound in the studio. Our old recording was a very simple one, with no ambient sound like the other recording.
Acoustic Guitar Classroom Recording
Glockenspiel Open Air Recordings
We recorded the glockenspiel using the microphone, with an omnidirectional polar pattern. We could hear the wind loudly, because the microphone was taking in sound from all directions.We used a H2 Handy Recorder microphone by Zoom to record our clip. We recorded outside of the sixth form in a fairly open area.
The quality of the glockenspiel was good quality, though there was a little bit of background noise, probably from the wind, and there was some fumbling around with something, which was probably the microphone at the start and end. Other peoples recordings were very high quality like ours. On a day with more wind you would be able to tell the difference much more between our omnidirectional recording and somebody else's isolated recording, like a figure of 8 or super-cardioid.
Open Air Glockenspiel
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