1st Lesson:
Adding some more evidence of what I did including videos and pictures
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Microphone Distortion
Recording a blank track
In this lesson, we started with a blank file on logic and recorded the tambourine and guitar.
12/11/18
Recording of an already existing track
19/11/18
In this session we were practicing the same concept as the week before but using a different track using Logic and setting up microphones in the studio
We also looked into the advantages of using a DI box
Some of the advantages included having no background noise
Also, with a DI box, you are able to do 2 clean recordings at the same time.
At the end of this recording session, we ended up with 2 guitar parts. The first track that the guitarist recorded was too prominent and didn't fit with the style of the song. This was due to the heavy strumming of the guitar, similar to heavy metal song. This song sounded like a "soft" pop song from listening to the instruments already in the track.
However, from improving the way that the guitarist strummed the chords of the song, the track recorded after this was much
To record some of the tracks, the musician recording requested to use a metronome. A metronome...
In this session we were practicing the same concept as the week before but using a different track using Logic and setting up microphones in the studio
We also looked into the advantages of using a DI box
Some of the advantages included having no background noise
Also, with a DI box, you are able to do 2 clean recordings at the same time.
At the end of this recording session, we ended up with 2 guitar parts. The first track that the guitarist recorded was too prominent and didn't fit with the style of the song. This was due to the heavy strumming of the guitar, similar to heavy metal song. This song sounded like a "soft" pop song from listening to the instruments already in the track.
However, from improving the way that the guitarist strummed the chords of the song, the track recorded after this was much
To record some of the tracks, the musician recording requested to use a metronome. A metronome...
26/11/18
This sessions focus was mixing and editing recorded tracks. The process of this included using key commands to navigate around logic. Using key commands are usually quicker ways of editing and mixing instead of having to look for everything on the mouse.
We also transferred audio files from different audio software. This can be done by... research
We also transferred audio files from different audio software. This can be done by... research
You can import data from another project including track content (regions and folders), plug-ins (including settings), sends (including level, routing, and destination channel strips), Input/Output assignments, automation, and track notes.https://support.apple.com/kb/PH13458?locale=en_GB&viewlocale=en_US
Identifying the instruments used in a specific track depending on the sound wave of the track.There are different ways to describe sound which are length, tone, pitch and volume.
Where the sound waves were
Where the sound waves were
To adjust the size of the tracks, we would use the zooming tool which is at the top right corner of the whole track. It's used to zoom in and out of the track using the mouse or the keyboard. There is also an alternative to this which is zooming into only one of the piano tracks only, for example the piano.
Trimming the tracks down
Ugly background noise that we don't need
Cutting off empty parts or lines of no audio
Editing where the music was suddenly cut-off
Ugly background noise that we don't need
Cutting off empty parts or lines of no audio
Editing where the music was suddenly cut-off
Learning to use the keyboard commands to navigate around Logic and save
Symbols of key commands
Tools (scissor tool)
Cutting out tracks, number of methods, using the marcee tool is one of the recommended ways as it results in a much cleaner sound
Applying fades to the track with the fader tool.
Symbols of key commands
Tools (scissor tool)
Cutting out tracks, number of methods, using the marcee tool is one of the recommended ways as it results in a much cleaner sound
Applying fades to the track with the fader tool.
Playing the track from the desired location back and forward
comma + full stop
comma + full stop
- The dragging technique
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Recapping lesson on the 10th December
In this session, t
Louder sounds making us think that the music is better
Key command for automation is A
Dealing with the loudness
What does a compressor on a mixer do?
A compressor is a 'turning down' device which can be used for the vocalists track which consists of loud, soft parts and dynamics.
On the left hand side of the compressor there is an input gain which can be adjusted to go lower and higher. Although the compressor works to turn things down, we need to tell the compressor when to do this. This is done with a threshold. A threshold is a point where something changes such as a door which changes your environment from two places.
Some rules that apply to the threshold are, if the level of loudness is below the threshold, nothing happens to the sound. The compressor doesn't have to turn down anything as the sound has not gone beyond the threshold. However, when the level of noise gets louder, it goes above the threshold and when the sound gets too loud,the compressor turns down the sound before it goes any further
Linking to ratios, ratios are the comparison between two amounts where the first amount determines the amount in the second. Using 2:1 as an example, if the first number was 4, then the ratio would be 4:2.In production terms, the ratio is between the compressor and the threshold. Testing this out, going beyond the threshold caused the compressor to turn the volume down using the ratio. In other terms, the ratio of the threshold depends how much the compressor is going to turn it down by.https://www.quora.com/What-are-ratios-and-proportions
We listened to the track first without the compressor and then with the compressor. The main difference here was that there was less movement of volume and the vocals were "in one place". This was a advantage made to the track as it then suited more with the track with the band playing which already had all of instruments playing at one level without the volume of the sounds increasing and decreasing abruptly.
On the graph the dark grey section is the input section and the white line is the compressor. From this, I could identify what the compressor was turning down, depending on the volume of the section. When it looked like the volume level was rising above the threshold point, the compressor would turn the volume down, making the sound fit into the rest of the lines.
This is shown in the image below.
When we listened back to the vocals with the band, the lines/words and sections that were quiet was turned up, also without the loud parts sounding too loud. This was all done with compression and once there is a threshold, the music cannot pass this.
The range has been shifted so that there are less of the loud parts and more of the not so quiet parts which is what we were aiming for.
When it is compressed, the fader turns the whole thing up so that the volume can be altered as the producer desires.
Once we had completed this, the emotion in the sound and lyrics make it sound like a pop record rather than jazz which is what it is.
We could also change the threshold to make it much higher so that the idea of the compression is much more gentle, which is more suited to the style of the music.
When we go back to automation, the changes are less drastic as the compression as most of the adjustments have been done by the compressor. Sometimes producers may choose to use automation, compression or even both which is optional.
The key command to use the automation function is 'A'.
Moving on to another track and focusing on the bass part, even though the bass sounded good as it was, the basses were not loud enough to trigger the threshold and some notes were being affected more than others. With compression, the bass shifts in one place but without it, it moves around.
The electric piano in this track is almost like an organ. This comparison is made due to the way the notes are stay in one place once it is played. On an organ, the notes played without any variation in volume.
Another way of using compression together with holding things in place, is to give something a completely different feel to what it's doing. Therefore, a recording of the drums could be compression, resulting in a different feel afterwards.For this style of music the drums were improved with added volume and compression.We chose to experiment with this on the drums because the drums are an easy way to feel what's going on.
Next, we looked at a piano piece where we identified the tone of the sound could be improved to sound more "balanced out". To do this, We will be using EQ.
EQ literally means "equaliser" which makes something balanced. During this we are balancing the amplitude of different frequencies of a sound. However this track doesn't require any use of compression as it's just the piano playing as a solo instrument.
In the times where you couldn't record low and high frequency information, you had to re balance the frequency of the sound.
A compressor is a 'turning down' device which can be used for the vocalists track which consists of loud, soft parts and dynamics.
On the left hand side of the compressor there is an input gain which can be adjusted to go lower and higher. Although the compressor works to turn things down, we need to tell the compressor when to do this. This is done with a threshold. A threshold is a point where something changes such as a door which changes your environment from two places.
Some rules that apply to the threshold are, if the level of loudness is below the threshold, nothing happens to the sound. The compressor doesn't have to turn down anything as the sound has not gone beyond the threshold. However, when the level of noise gets louder, it goes above the threshold and when the sound gets too loud,the compressor turns down the sound before it goes any further
Linking to ratios, ratios are the comparison between two amounts where the first amount determines the amount in the second. Using 2:1 as an example, if the first number was 4, then the ratio would be 4:2.In production terms, the ratio is between the compressor and the threshold. Testing this out, going beyond the threshold caused the compressor to turn the volume down using the ratio. In other terms, the ratio of the threshold depends how much the compressor is going to turn it down by.https://www.quora.com/What-are-ratios-and-proportions
We listened to the track first without the compressor and then with the compressor. The main difference here was that there was less movement of volume and the vocals were "in one place". This was a advantage made to the track as it then suited more with the track with the band playing which already had all of instruments playing at one level without the volume of the sounds increasing and decreasing abruptly.
On the graph the dark grey section is the input section and the white line is the compressor. From this, I could identify what the compressor was turning down, depending on the volume of the section. When it looked like the volume level was rising above the threshold point, the compressor would turn the volume down, making the sound fit into the rest of the lines.
This is shown in the image below.
When we listened back to the vocals with the band, the lines/words and sections that were quiet was turned up, also without the loud parts sounding too loud. This was all done with compression and once there is a threshold, the music cannot pass this.
The range has been shifted so that there are less of the loud parts and more of the not so quiet parts which is what we were aiming for.
When it is compressed, the fader turns the whole thing up so that the volume can be altered as the producer desires.
Once we had completed this, the emotion in the sound and lyrics make it sound like a pop record rather than jazz which is what it is.
We could also change the threshold to make it much higher so that the idea of the compression is much more gentle, which is more suited to the style of the music.
When we go back to automation, the changes are less drastic as the compression as most of the adjustments have been done by the compressor. Sometimes producers may choose to use automation, compression or even both which is optional.
The key command to use the automation function is 'A'.
Moving on to another track and focusing on the bass part, even though the bass sounded good as it was, the basses were not loud enough to trigger the threshold and some notes were being affected more than others. With compression, the bass shifts in one place but without it, it moves around.
The electric piano in this track is almost like an organ. This comparison is made due to the way the notes are stay in one place once it is played. On an organ, the notes played without any variation in volume.
Another way of using compression together with holding things in place, is to give something a completely different feel to what it's doing. Therefore, a recording of the drums could be compression, resulting in a different feel afterwards.For this style of music the drums were improved with added volume and compression.We chose to experiment with this on the drums because the drums are an easy way to feel what's going on.
Next, we looked at a piano piece where we identified the tone of the sound could be improved to sound more "balanced out". To do this, We will be using EQ.
EQ literally means "equaliser" which makes something balanced. During this we are balancing the amplitude of different frequencies of a sound. However this track doesn't require any use of compression as it's just the piano playing as a solo instrument.
In the times where you couldn't record low and high frequency information, you had to re balance the frequency of the sound.
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