Links to the masters and mix downs.
Born To Be Wild
Mix-down
MASTERED
Crazy Little Thing Called LoveMix-down
MASTERED
Recording Documentation
Your Name
Jake Taylor
Date/s of Recording
9th June, 2007
Song Title
Born to Be Wild
Format
Sampling Rate: 44.1 kHz
Bit Depth: 16 bit
Duration: 3:37
Total Time Spent on Recording
6 Hours 45 Minutes
Notes/Issues/Commentary on Recording (Minimum 300 words)
| Monitoring out to headphones became a problem in this song, the bassist couldn’t hear himself properly, and therefore is a little sloppy in the mix. Also, the EMU drum kit to my ears isn’t that great, but it’s all I had to work with. This meant the EQ was pretty crucial towards the drums themselves. The biggest problem was recording the band itself – They were either busy, doing exams, studying for exams, out partying or something else. Next time, I think that more planning could help this as well as meeting them properly before the recording takes place to finalise times etc. Then as a turn of my good fortune, I was notified that the singer was leaving for While trying to set the gain levels for the drums, in future, I must get the drummer in (he was to come into record later in the session For all the microphones, I used online User Guides to form a basis as to where to place each mic, and then used my ears to help define to positioning. |
Production Documentation
Your Name
Jake Taylor
Date/s of Production
17th June, 19th June 2007
Song Title
Born to Be Wild
Format
Sampling Rate 44.1 kHz
Bit Depth 16bit
Duration 3:44
Total Time Spent on Production
7 hours 12 minutes
Notes/Issues/Commentary on Production (Minimum 300 words)
| This was to be a heavy mix. The original was pretty thin I thought, and I didn’t want to replicate that. Ben’s amp was very sweet sounding, and in this song, he was that main focal point. I created three guitar tracks, panned two left and right, and kept one in the middle to get a big sound. I had doubts about doing it, but it worked in the end. Compression and EQ were quite important as the original sounds came out a little thin, or too thick, as with the guitars. The problem I faced was that the guitar was bottom end heavy, and this meant the bass had little room to move, so I added EQ to the guitar to help give space to the bass. For EQ I used a site (see notes “General EQ Guide”), which gave a simple list of what EQ to apply to specific instruments. This helped me greatly, and I also found it was mostly good for my mix. For compression I used a method that I found within Mixing With Your Mind, basically, it was a step-by-step process on how to apply compression. I still find the concept of compression however still a hard area to grasp and I would like to further my understanding of how to apply it. |
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Recording Documentation
Your Name
Jake Taylor
Date/s of Recording
9th June, 2007
Song Title
Crazy Little Thing Called love
Format
Sampling Rate: 44.1 kHz
Bit Depth: 16 bit
Duration: 3:37
Total Time Spent on Recording
3 Hours 30 Minutes
Notes/Issues/Commentary on Recording (Minimum 300 words)
| Drums were pretty easy on this song to record, everything was already set-up, I liked to mix from the previous recording,so I kept most things the same. The biggest problem was recording the band itself – They were either busy, doing exams, studying for exams, out partying or something else. Next time, I think that more planning could help this as well as meeting them properly before the recording takes place to finalise times etc. Then as a turn of my good fortune, I was notified that the singer was leaving for While trying to set the gain levels for the drums, in future, I must get the drummer in (he was to come into record later in the session For all the microphones, I used online User Guides to form a basis as to where to place each mic, and then used my ears to help define to positioning. These were usually correct. |
Production Documentation
Your Name
Jake Taylor
Date/s of Production
17th June, 19th June 2007
Song Title
Crazy Little thing Called Love
Format
Sampling Rate 44.1 kHz
Bit Depth 16bit
Duration 2:56
Total Time Spent on Production
6 Hours
Notes/Issues/Commentary on Production (Minimum 300 words)
| Monitoring out to headphones became a problem in this song, the bassist couldn’t hear himself properly, and therefore is a little sloppy in the mix. Also, the EMU drum kit to my ears isn’t that great, but it’s all I had to work with. This meant the EQ was pretty crucial towards the drums themselves. The biggest problem was recording the band itself – They were either busy, doing exams, studying for exams, out partying or something else. Next time, I think that more planning could help this as well as meeting them properly before the recording takes place to finalise times etc. Then as a turn of my good fortune, I was notified that the singer was leaving for While trying to set the gain levels for the drums, in future, I must get the drummer in (he was to come into record later in the session For all the microphones, I used online User Guides to form a basis as to where to place each mic, and then used my ears to help define to positioning. |
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