Second recording session planning!

So, our second recording session is of Alie singing and Adam from one of the other groups is playing the acoustic guitar.

For our planning, me and two other members from our group decided that we'd be using two C414 condenser microphones to mic up the vocals and the guitar. The other two members of our group were not too interested at putting any input into this so the rest of us got on with it and went ahead and decided.

The C414 condenser microphones are extremely powerful microphones as they provide 9 different polar patterns that you can use. For our recordings we decided that on both of the instruments we'd be using the cardioid pattern as we want to make sure we get the best sound from the instrument and vocals without lots of room ambiance. The C414 condenser microphone has a frequency response of 20Hz - 20KHz, this shows a strong frequency response picking up all frequencies which will be a real advantage for us so we know we will deffinatly be able to pick up a really nice sound from both the singer and the guitarist.
We also decided we was going to be using a D.I box as well as micing the guitar up. This is to boost the sound of the guitar to make it sound fuller than if it was just being miced up.

Floor plan for our second recording session.

We then decided that we'd be recording two songs for the session as we achieved two in the last session. We made up an equipment list and drew up a floor plan of where everything was going to go in the room, this would make it easier for us on the day so we know where everything's going to be set up and what channels the microphones were going to be plugged into.

Because we done a lot of the major planning at the very beginning of this project it's easier when it comes to planning for each recording session as we know who's going to be playing which song and what equipment we want to use. The three of us in the group that work together, work together well and can agree well on things which also makes it easier. We also planned out our whole track list as well which makes this a whole lot easier.


Thanks for reading,

Chazzy.