Sunday, April 09, 2006
5 7 12 13 24 42
Right some Lost style numbers : 4 8 15 16 23 42 -> What do they mean? Who knows.
And some album related numbers : 5 7 12 13 24 42 ->
5 - Quantity of songs mixed
7 - Quantity of songs still to mix
12 - Number of tracks on the album
13 - From yesterday, the number of days remaining till mastering
24 - On avage the amount of time it takes to edit (in hours) a song from start to finish)
42 - The number of tracks on the final song on the album
Yesterday 2 tracks were mixed (although i've sicne thought of some ace stereo to add to one!) One track was the opening to the album, and i have to say i am really impressed with the result. a few bits need tewakign after listening through other speakers, but other than that it is sounding cool. it will make a good album opener.
After all the hard work it is good to see that the album is now coming together. After a predited one more week of anachy it should all start to settle down.
YEY!
And some album related numbers : 5 7 12 13 24 42 ->
5 - Quantity of songs mixed
7 - Quantity of songs still to mix
12 - Number of tracks on the album
13 - From yesterday, the number of days remaining till mastering
24 - On avage the amount of time it takes to edit (in hours) a song from start to finish)
42 - The number of tracks on the final song on the album
Yesterday 2 tracks were mixed (although i've sicne thought of some ace stereo to add to one!) One track was the opening to the album, and i have to say i am really impressed with the result. a few bits need tewakign after listening through other speakers, but other than that it is sounding cool. it will make a good album opener.
After all the hard work it is good to see that the album is now coming together. After a predited one more week of anachy it should all start to settle down.
YEY!
Sunday, April 02, 2006
A Bit of Everything
In the last three days I have done a bit of everything.
Friday - Editing
Saturday - Mixing
Sunday - Recording
Actually, by saying i was mixing on Friday was a bit of a lie. Editing has been going on pretty much 24/7 for the last two weeks now. Thereport on editing is that it is both time consuming, and tedious at the same time. about halfof the tracks are now nearly edited. It is going to be a long couple of weeks.
Saturday (yesterday) marked the commencement of Mixing. This was mixing the tracks i had edited a couple of weeks back. Now mixing i have found a completely different ball park. Again it is time consuming, but it is quite good fun. It certainly helps the development of the ears that is for sure. 2 Tracks are down, 10 remain.
Today some more recording was done. Seems a bit backwards to be recording after starting mixing some stuff, but that is how it has panned out! Being corded was the "choir". Choir in tis case means the entire band (minus drummer due to work commitments and being at the otehr end of the country) standing at the front of the church where the studio is, running a 50m multicore back to the studio and recording them all sing together parts that needed more vocal emphasis. The picture at the top is of the punks in action!
Technocally they each had their own mircophone, pop shield and pari of headphones. This will gice the outright clarity of the singers. But for ambience i put two large diargram mics up in front of them, crossing each other to give a stereo image. A skill i learned from i live recording i was involved in a few years ago. I had in my head that i may get a nasty delay if i just put the signers in a line, so i arranged them in a semi circle around the two ambience mics, using anotehr mic lead to measure that all the distances were the same. Listening to the raw capured sound i have to say i am very happy with the results.
Over the next two days the final recordings will be completed.
Tomorrow - In the day i am giving my ears a rest after a tough few days and concentrating on other projects (well dissertation), but in the evening a Sax player iss coming in to part a part down to a track. Should sound very impressive, really looking forward to it.
Tuesday - A few keyboard overdubs. Not much, just odd notes here and there. At the end of the day we will be able to declare the recording complete! Bring it on.
Let the good/mixing times roll!
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Editing
Now then...
Editing...
Time consuming you bet...
Yesterday i sat infront of my computer at 9am. By 7pm i was just finishing up doing the main rough pass of each intrument. There are a few niggly bits timing wise here and there but i am genrally happy with the result. In a minute i am goin got listen back again with fresh ears to hear the sound.
Worked out that 12 songs on the album...2 are nearly edited...1 is just vocals and pad...so 9 full songs left to do...work on a solid day and half for each one (yesterdays i classed as an easy song) there is a lot still to be doing. Its all fun! :-S
Editing...
Time consuming you bet...
Yesterday i sat infront of my computer at 9am. By 7pm i was just finishing up doing the main rough pass of each intrument. There are a few niggly bits timing wise here and there but i am genrally happy with the result. In a minute i am goin got listen back again with fresh ears to hear the sound.
Worked out that 12 songs on the album...2 are nearly edited...1 is just vocals and pad...so 9 full songs left to do...work on a solid day and half for each one (yesterdays i classed as an easy song) there is a lot still to be doing. Its all fun! :-S
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!
