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The importance of the tracking sheet

After the setup, both mics and cables in the recording room, and input ties, phantom in the control. We had ran into error of a faulty mic / lead cable.

The tracking sheet was also ordered in a not ascending way so it quite hard to trace which signal was causing the noise. After checking the connection points was intact, the problem was still not resolved. Later we discovered that one of the microphone cables for piano L was faulty so was replaced. This error took up about 30 mins of time which could have been spent recording. To prevent such error in the future the tracking sheet should be numbered ascendingly and should be relative from visual placement of mics.

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Dan was in a booth room so isolated to record vocals. The advantage of this is that the vocal audio signal is clear with no other spill from other instruments. This type of recording also allows for vocals to be overdubbed or re-recorded given any mistakes or dislikes needing to be corrected. The reason that there are 4 mics in the room was inorder to experiment to find which mic had the appropriate frequency response for Dan’s lyrics and the texture of the song as a whole. Each of these mics were condenser so required phantom power which was switched on from the mixing room.

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In image 1 the piano was turned around so that his wooden frame would reflect the sound reducing the sound of the room near the condenser microphones to record electric guitar. This was to insure a clear audio signal for the guitar setup. In image2 2 condenser mics, Shure Beta 57 placed over the piano L R will capture the sound spill of the room but not direct output of electric guitar amp but reflection of the sound which is what we want in this case. The Opus contact mic although placed at the treble of the piano captures base sounds of the frame vibrating.

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