Sunday, March 19, 2006
Status Update...A lot Can Happen in Nearly 2 Weeks
Well...
Since the last post...
Bongos recorded...cymbal hits recroded...backing vocals started...electric overdubed...much editing...little sleeping!
Last Saturday the drummer came to record some cymbal overdubs we needed...and at the same tiem the opportunity was embarked upon to record bongos for a breakdown of one of the tracks. The bogos need some FX in mixing but otherwise sound quite cool...they certainly add alot to the track.
Yesterday 50% to ne of the backing singers was recorded and a bit less to one of the others. Seems a lot but the quality is good so yey! This was however an extremely long day and by the end matchsticks were required to keep the eyes open!
Today electric parts were overdubed. this, to say the least, took a heck of a lot longer than anticipated...however it was worth it and the new parts gained are a vast improvement.
Whilst backing up the days work diarys were also synced across the a few memebers of the band to sort out mixing and alos to give a final timescale across post production...Scary stuff when you are talking weeks rather than months!
In the midst of these last coupleof weeks vast amounts of editing have also been carried out and by the end of most days it feels like the ears are truly at capacity for the day...Bringing this back to today i can certainly say i now know alot more about the sounds to an electric guitar than at the start...and because of the FX box the guitarists users can distinguish between various guitar amps alot easier...really dont know if that is a good or bad thing for a sound engineer to say!
Since the last post...
Bongos recorded...cymbal hits recroded...backing vocals started...electric overdubed...much editing...little sleeping!
Last Saturday the drummer came to record some cymbal overdubs we needed...and at the same tiem the opportunity was embarked upon to record bongos for a breakdown of one of the tracks. The bogos need some FX in mixing but otherwise sound quite cool...they certainly add alot to the track.
Yesterday 50% to ne of the backing singers was recorded and a bit less to one of the others. Seems a lot but the quality is good so yey! This was however an extremely long day and by the end matchsticks were required to keep the eyes open!
Today electric parts were overdubed. this, to say the least, took a heck of a lot longer than anticipated...however it was worth it and the new parts gained are a vast improvement.
Whilst backing up the days work diarys were also synced across the a few memebers of the band to sort out mixing and alos to give a final timescale across post production...Scary stuff when you are talking weeks rather than months!
In the midst of these last coupleof weeks vast amounts of editing have also been carried out and by the end of most days it feels like the ears are truly at capacity for the day...Bringing this back to today i can certainly say i now know alot more about the sounds to an electric guitar than at the start...and because of the FX box the guitarists users can distinguish between various guitar amps alot easier...really dont know if that is a good or bad thing for a sound engineer to say!
# posted by Dave Cartwright @ 22:13 
