Studio Project – Lecture 1 Summary
30.09.10
Useful sites for this module:
zigzagmusic.com
dpamicrophones.com
Studio Production Exercise – AB Stereo
Looking at Omni-directional and Cardioid Condensor Microphones and placement to sound source.
1st Task
- Use two omni-directional microphones (picks up signal equally in all directions), – the two microphones are fixed to a mic spacer bar,
- good for acoustic mixing,
- distance is critical for a decent stereo image,
-/-(too wide – out of phase)
-/- (to close together -narrow stereo)
- Set up a single stereo track to record this input.
- Record
2nd Task
- Use two cardioid microphones (AKG 414) placed on the stereo bar,
- placed at 90′ of one another to capture left and right signals,
- both send mono signals into protools inputs which are then sent through a stereo channel in protools,
- Mic placement and gain control is key to capture the best sound possible,
- The closer the mic the less gain is needed,
- you must fine tune the gain so the channel never clips (into the red) which will prevent a horrible distorted sound.
- Record and Compare.
With a trained Ear you may be able to hear the difference in quality of each recorded sound and distinguish which sounds better but for this excercise a basic understanding of the methods one would undergo to record a single instrument in Stereo was to be understood and the sound itself was irrelevant, as a group I felt we did this well.
I look forward to what is yet to learn.
DJ
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