AE-240 Winter-2010
Week-10:
Thanks for a great class everyone!
Below is Jack and Jimmy's song / mix as well as my end-of-class mix of
little Bitty Pretty One.
week-6's recordings
HERE.
Pre-class
remix...
After living with a mostly
mono "Five Again' mix, I decided to take a different mixing approach.
Here are two mixes I did after electronics class on Wednesday...
The SM version on the left was balanced while listening to the little Otari
tape machine speaker. The 2nd mix (on the right) was balanced on the big
speakers.
MY ONLY REQUEST is that if
you have ideas, PLEASE RECORD THEM, burn to redbook CD with our recording
on the left chanel and you overdub(s) on the right chanel). If you
have multiple overdubs that need more tracks, just do an additonal pass.
If you have any requests,
TELL ME NOW!!
MY overview of Week-6's events
is that I was a bit selfish after class as I was hogging the console trying
to make sense of our recording. Being a bit tired, I went for 'conventional'
with a nearly mono mix, but on listening in the car, I realized that the
drums and acoustic, on '5,' should be separated - left and right - with
the vocal and bass up the middle. We'll try that this week.
Week-8: Katie Mae
D would like to capture a live band performing a 60's song for one of her
projects. I am anticipating that some of our peeps will be participating
in said project. Also anticipating a rehearsal / pre-pro (week-7)
with the recording scheduled for the following week (just a hunch).
Below, are three links: 'Build Me Up Buttercup' is the song by a
soulful British group called The Foundation. I've also included
another one of their songs 'Baby Now That I've Found You' along
with Allison Krause's cover version - forgive me, but this is one
of the Internet's best features - finding multiple versions of songs...
KMD is going to sing lead. If anyone wants to sing BKGs on Buttercup,
start practicing, it's all goin' down live and in this key.
Week-6:
Jack
V & Friends will play some of Jack's songs while we magnetically capture
and preserve the performance on 24 track tape. I believe it is likely
to be live, vocals included.
Week-5: This
is a 'wrap' week for four track, unless someone twists my arm. We
will hopefully complete the two songs we've started PLUS learn how to use
tape for echo and flanging.
Congrats to everyone.
This was AE-240 and I have come to envision it - everyone actively participating
in every facet of the production.
Week-4: Tracking Pictures
of Matchstick Men with Jack (gtr/vox), Aron (drums) and Ry (bass).
Week-3: Shy of four students, we
played vintage analog tape and vinyl and discussed the history and techniques
of that era. Click HERE for student summary.
Week-2: Record Little
Bitty Pretty One based on the Thurston Harris version from 1957(history)
This is a very short and simple song that
should allow us to replicate the sound of 1950's style analog recording.
Listen and see if you can figure out how many instruments and mics are
used.
At first, it sounds like a live recording,
EXCEPT that only the claps seem to have reverb, which is only a little
bit suspicious because I kinda expected the vocalists to be clapping -
UNLESS there was a dedicated group of 'clappers.' The vocals
are dry, the drum sound is leakage - perhaps from the piano and/or bass
- timing is impeccable in that the drums and claps seem to be very much
in sync all the way through.
DRUMS: Hoku Aki
PIANO: Rose Marie
BASS: Chambs
GUITAR: Jack
BKGS: All during tracking, Chambs
James, Rose and Eddie during ODubs.
As per my back up plan, the details are
as follows:
-
Make a loop of the original intro
-
record claps in the lounge to capture the
verb
-
loop the claps and lay onto track-4.
-
record drums, piano and bass to the clap loop
using the room mic for piano and drums, plus and SM-58 for Bass and Guitar
through a 2-channel mixer limiter. In addition, a crocth mic was
on the kit (panned left in eddie's mix).
-
overdub vocals
-
mix or submix.
FUTURE IDEAS
I have an original tape from 1960 with
a radio station ID an dI was thinking we might tag that to the end og this
recording, possibly use a little flanging during the seque from this song
to the next song that we do - a 'concept album of songs and recording styles
from various eras.'
My electronics class repaired the keyboard
in our 'studio,' so as long as we don't need the low C#, we're good to
go.