This week has been an exciting exercise, and I mean exercise, in recording some God-inspired songs written by a good 
friend. Now, I know that I don't know many things that a beginning Studio Producer and Sound Engineer should know. I realize that it is more than knowing your equipment (which I failed at miserably -lots of waiting by patient musicians), or knowing the process, or knowing how to place a microphone or what pickup pattern to use. It is knowing people. Knowing who should play or sing what part and when. Knowing how much to push for the perfect take without getting diminishing returns. 
The things that I have made note of that seemed to go fairly well are; always use a click track that has subdivisions of the beat (in some cases, a drum loop), take good notes of edits that need to be made, always compress Kick Drum and Bass Guitar, have a prerecorded sync point (like a rap of a snare) recorded on every track to align tracks that have to be moved from recorder to recorder before you begin tracking. I never understood how time-consuming the whole task can be. I am about 1/3 of the way through, but I feel very positive about the future completion of "The Risen Lamb" and "Lonely Night in Heaven." I hope to share the original tracks with readers in the future. I am sure I have plenty more to learn in the mixing and mastering of this project. For those interested in equipment, here is a partial list; Win XP computer with Protools LE 6.04, Livedesign, Event TXL8 Powered Monitors, Roland DAW 880, Rode NT2, Audix mics, Headphones by Shure, AKG, and Koss, Headphone amp by Ross, and PodXTLive. Instruments include Pearl Drums, Sabian cymbals, Kawai Digital Piano, (2) Martin guitars, Shecter Bass guitar, Fender Squier Telecaster (amazing sound without the price - it's the only one I have heard that sounds like a real Fender Telecaster), and God's instrument, the human voice.
I want to conclude this post by expressing my thanks to Pastor Steve Clark for seeing the vision of this week and allowing some time for it to happen.
3 comments:
Great to see the pictures of you guys abd I would love to have a copy of the recording when it is done
David
It was a blast working with you all this past weekend. I'm just thrilled to be allowed to be apart of the process. It seemed to me you had everything under control and exuded confidence in your ability to put all this together. By the time the singers turn was up....you had it All Goin' On! Can't wait for the finished product. I am in awe of what God is doing in all of our lives! Thank you for your servanthood. God Bless You!
Loved the pictures! It is so exicting to see this great project come togther. You did a great job. Can't wait to hear the final product.
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