Sound Evaluations.
key terms:
-dynamic microphones- coil inside the microphone moves backward when sound is incoming this vibrates the diaphragm and causes current. (mainly used for vocals)
-condenser microphones- has two plates with voltage between them, when diaphragm vibrates the voltage changes, changing the current of the sound waves. (mainly used for wind instruments)
shure SM58
-dynamic microphones- coil inside the microphone moves backward when sound is incoming this vibrates the diaphragm and causes current. (mainly used for vocals)
-condenser microphones- has two plates with voltage between them, when diaphragm vibrates the voltage changes, changing the current of the sound waves. (mainly used for wind instruments)
-polar patterns- a polar pattern is the way the microphone picks up the sound being produced such as cardioid picks up most sound from the front with little sound being picked up on both sides and back of the microphone
-preamp- (preamplifier) sound engineering device that prepares a microphone signal to be processed by other equipment.
shure SM58
When recording the glockenspiel we used the shure sm58 microphone, this is dynamic microphone meaning that the polar pattern is cardioid this is that most of the sound comes from the front of the microphone with little sound being picked up at the back and sides.
Position/distance- 10cm away from instrument, pointing at the keys.
Type of microphone- Dynamic.
Polar pattern- Cardioid.
The recordings i took were in the studio and were of good quality, no background noise or other noise interferences have been picked up, the recordings i took were a near professional standards. to improve this recording i took we could of experimented with different microphones and different measurements away to test how the quality of the recording went.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/glock-task-0003-audio-akg-jae?in=user-435554839/sets/glockenspiel-in-studio
AKG D112 (egg)
When recording the glockenspiel we used this microphone, the AKG D112, this is a dynamic microphone meaning the polar pattern is cardioid, having most of the sound being picked up from the front of the microphone with only a small amount being picked around the two sides and back.
Position/distance- 10cm away from the instrument, pointing at the keys.
Type of microphone- Dynamic.
Polar pattern- Cardioid.
The recordings i took were a good quality recording and had no background noise or other noises that were interfereing with it, knowing this the recordings i think were of a professional standard, to improve these recordings more i could of made adjustments to the measurements of how far the microphones were away or make hanges to the way the microphones were pointed at the instrument.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/glock-task-0002-audio-egg-jae?in=user-435554839/sets/glockenspiel-in-studio
AKG C1000
Recording the glockenspiel i used the AKG C1000 which is a condenser microphone meaning that the polar pattern would be a cardioid/super cardioid meaning that most of the sound that would be picked up at the front of the microphone with small amounts of the sound being picked up around the sides and back of the microphone.
Position/distance- 10cm away from the keys of the glockenspiel.
Type of microphone- Condenser.
Polar pattern- Cardioid/ super cardioid.
These recordings i took were of a good quality and had nothing interfering with the recording, this would mean that the recording i took was at a near professional standard. But to improve this recording further i could have had the instruments at different angles to see if the sound was enhanced or not from other ways/angles.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/glock-task-0001-audio-shure?in=user-435554839/sets/glockenspiel-in-studio
H2 Handy recorder (open air).
Open air 1:
Recording this i used a different type of microphone called the H2 handy recorder. This type of microphone can be used for other types of recordings such as interviews. The first time on recording the glockenspiel i adjusted the angle for it to be 90 degrees to the front and 120 degrees to the rear, the recording was an average recording as there was a lot of background noise such as people walking past, the wind and just general noise. If i was to record this again i would use a pop shield to mask these background noises that can be heard, making the recording more crisp and free from interferences.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/open-air-jae-1
Open air 2:
The angles i set this to was 120 degrees to the rear, this again meant that there were lots of noise interference with the recording, this meant that the recording wasn't as good as it could have been, to get it to this standard i could hve gone some where that was enclosed as they'd be no interference to my recording but i could of also used a pop shield masking anything else.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/open-air-jae
Open air 3:
when recording the glockenspiel for the third time we had the H2 Handy recorder closer to increase the sound that was picked up. even though we were close to the instrument itself we still got nise in the back of the recording. this could be prevented by using a pop shield to mask the noise from outside, thus having a crisper recording.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/open-air3-jae
29/09/15 recordings: (final).
plan and evaluation of final recordings:
When we recorded in the studio we recorded vocals, acoustic guitar and piano.
guitar:
I recorded the acoustic guitar, this also was a high standard of recording with no interferences within the recording, this recording we took was on a AKG1000 microphone an it was 10cm away from the instrument and the instrumentalist, this microphone is an cardioid microphone and is a condenser.
mixing desk:
time of recording: 14:30
date: 13/10/15
location: classroom
group: Emily, Andrew, Jacob, Jamie.
roles:
Emily and Andrew are in charge of the setting up mics ad setting the gane, the person in charge of the track setting, and using the mixing desk is Jacob and the preformer we are recording is Jamie who will be preforming for us.
skills:
The skills that will be required when recording a professional recording is teamwork. we will need teamwork to make sure everything runs smoothly and that the problems we face are quickly averted, we' need communication to make sure that the way we do things are communicated with everyone, this would make sure that everyone knows what to do at the right time. Finally in our team we would need to listen to each other to help with the flow of everything and to help with the communication part too.
position- 10cm away facing the performer
type of microphone- condenser
polar pattern- cardioid
problems we may face:
There are many problems we may come across such as system failure, the mics may fail but to overcome this we may change the leads to the mics making sure everything that may be a problem is managed and we can rule out and make sure they can be solved. the other problems we may come across is that the mixing desk may fail, this could be helped by checking all the connections or leads to the desk itself making sure everything is connected or secure to the desk.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/andrew-recording-0002-audio
vocals:
When recording the vocals we used a pop shield and pop filter behind the mic.
i used the Rhode NT 1 condenser microphone with the polar pattern cardioid. The recording we took was to a high standard and i think it was a professional standard of recording, i wouldn't need to change anything about the recording as it had no background noise or any interferences.
skills:
The skills that will be required when recording a professional recording is teamwork. we will need teamwork to make sure everything runs smoothly and that the problems we face are quickly averted, we' need communication to make sure that the way we do things are communicated with everyone, this would make sure that everyone knows what to do at the right time. Finally in our team we would need to listen to each other to help with the flow of everything and to help with the communication part too.
Problems we could face and how to avert them:
When recording the vocals we had to make sure all the cables we in the correct places and that everything on the mixing desk was correct such as the gane and the track was right, this meant that we could record a professional sounding track with no interference or background noise.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/andrew-recording-0001-audio-vocal
piano:
My third and final recording of our final recordings was piano, this we had to set up two mics for, one on either side of the piano (right and left) this would mean that we could pick up maximum sound from each side of the keys getting crisper recordings. this recording i took was professional and had no interferences within and no background noise detected in the recording.
skills:
The skills that will be required when recording a professional recording is teamwork. we will need teamwork to make sure everything runs smoothly and that the problems we face are quickly averted, we' need communication to make sure that the way we do things are communicated with everyone, this would make sure that everyone knows what to do at the right time. Finally in our team we would need to listen to each other to help with the flow of everything and to help with the communication part too.
Problems we may face and how to avert them: We could have set the mics too close or too far away from the piano, to solve this we could do a few test runs to make sure, with the gane correct that everything we recorded sounded crisp and to a high professional standard of recording.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/andrew-recording
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/glock-task-0003-audio-akg-jae?in=user-435554839/sets/glockenspiel-in-studio
AKG D112 (egg)
When recording the glockenspiel we used this microphone, the AKG D112, this is a dynamic microphone meaning the polar pattern is cardioid, having most of the sound being picked up from the front of the microphone with only a small amount being picked around the two sides and back.
Position/distance- 10cm away from the instrument, pointing at the keys.
Type of microphone- Dynamic.
Polar pattern- Cardioid.
The recordings i took were a good quality recording and had no background noise or other noises that were interfereing with it, knowing this the recordings i think were of a professional standard, to improve these recordings more i could of made adjustments to the measurements of how far the microphones were away or make hanges to the way the microphones were pointed at the instrument.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/glock-task-0002-audio-egg-jae?in=user-435554839/sets/glockenspiel-in-studio
AKG C1000
Recording the glockenspiel i used the AKG C1000 which is a condenser microphone meaning that the polar pattern would be a cardioid/super cardioid meaning that most of the sound that would be picked up at the front of the microphone with small amounts of the sound being picked up around the sides and back of the microphone.
Position/distance- 10cm away from the keys of the glockenspiel.
Type of microphone- Condenser.
Polar pattern- Cardioid/ super cardioid.
These recordings i took were of a good quality and had nothing interfering with the recording, this would mean that the recording i took was at a near professional standard. But to improve this recording further i could have had the instruments at different angles to see if the sound was enhanced or not from other ways/angles.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/glock-task-0001-audio-shure?in=user-435554839/sets/glockenspiel-in-studio
H2 Handy recorder (open air).
Open air 1:
Recording this i used a different type of microphone called the H2 handy recorder. This type of microphone can be used for other types of recordings such as interviews. The first time on recording the glockenspiel i adjusted the angle for it to be 90 degrees to the front and 120 degrees to the rear, the recording was an average recording as there was a lot of background noise such as people walking past, the wind and just general noise. If i was to record this again i would use a pop shield to mask these background noises that can be heard, making the recording more crisp and free from interferences.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/open-air-jae-1
Open air 2:
The angles i set this to was 120 degrees to the rear, this again meant that there were lots of noise interference with the recording, this meant that the recording wasn't as good as it could have been, to get it to this standard i could hve gone some where that was enclosed as they'd be no interference to my recording but i could of also used a pop shield masking anything else.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/open-air-jae
Open air 3:
when recording the glockenspiel for the third time we had the H2 Handy recorder closer to increase the sound that was picked up. even though we were close to the instrument itself we still got nise in the back of the recording. this could be prevented by using a pop shield to mask the noise from outside, thus having a crisper recording.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/open-air3-jae
29/09/15 recordings: (final).
plan and evaluation of final recordings:
When we recorded in the studio we recorded vocals, acoustic guitar and piano.
guitar:
I recorded the acoustic guitar, this also was a high standard of recording with no interferences within the recording, this recording we took was on a AKG1000 microphone an it was 10cm away from the instrument and the instrumentalist, this microphone is an cardioid microphone and is a condenser.
mixing desk:
time of recording: 14:30
date: 13/10/15
location: classroom
group: Emily, Andrew, Jacob, Jamie.
roles:
Emily and Andrew are in charge of the setting up mics ad setting the gane, the person in charge of the track setting, and using the mixing desk is Jacob and the preformer we are recording is Jamie who will be preforming for us.
skills:
The skills that will be required when recording a professional recording is teamwork. we will need teamwork to make sure everything runs smoothly and that the problems we face are quickly averted, we' need communication to make sure that the way we do things are communicated with everyone, this would make sure that everyone knows what to do at the right time. Finally in our team we would need to listen to each other to help with the flow of everything and to help with the communication part too.
position- 10cm away facing the performer
type of microphone- condenser
polar pattern- cardioid
problems we may face:
There are many problems we may come across such as system failure, the mics may fail but to overcome this we may change the leads to the mics making sure everything that may be a problem is managed and we can rule out and make sure they can be solved. the other problems we may come across is that the mixing desk may fail, this could be helped by checking all the connections or leads to the desk itself making sure everything is connected or secure to the desk.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/andrew-recording-0002-audio
vocals:
When recording the vocals we used a pop shield and pop filter behind the mic.
i used the Rhode NT 1 condenser microphone with the polar pattern cardioid. The recording we took was to a high standard and i think it was a professional standard of recording, i wouldn't need to change anything about the recording as it had no background noise or any interferences.
skills:
The skills that will be required when recording a professional recording is teamwork. we will need teamwork to make sure everything runs smoothly and that the problems we face are quickly averted, we' need communication to make sure that the way we do things are communicated with everyone, this would make sure that everyone knows what to do at the right time. Finally in our team we would need to listen to each other to help with the flow of everything and to help with the communication part too.
Problems we could face and how to avert them:
When recording the vocals we had to make sure all the cables we in the correct places and that everything on the mixing desk was correct such as the gane and the track was right, this meant that we could record a professional sounding track with no interference or background noise.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/andrew-recording-0001-audio-vocal
piano:
My third and final recording of our final recordings was piano, this we had to set up two mics for, one on either side of the piano (right and left) this would mean that we could pick up maximum sound from each side of the keys getting crisper recordings. this recording i took was professional and had no interferences within and no background noise detected in the recording.
skills:
The skills that will be required when recording a professional recording is teamwork. we will need teamwork to make sure everything runs smoothly and that the problems we face are quickly averted, we' need communication to make sure that the way we do things are communicated with everyone, this would make sure that everyone knows what to do at the right time. Finally in our team we would need to listen to each other to help with the flow of everything and to help with the communication part too.
Problems we may face and how to avert them: We could have set the mics too close or too far away from the piano, to solve this we could do a few test runs to make sure, with the gane correct that everything we recorded sounded crisp and to a high professional standard of recording.
https://soundcloud.com/user-435554839/andrew-recording
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