My Recordings

Recording Of something more:
I started off by using the "singer songwriter guitar" template which gives me all the mono recording tracks that   I will need and also a master track. I needed to check the mic levels which I do by checking the bar that goes yellow, green and then red- what I want is for it to be in the green area to get rid of any unwanted crackles/pops. I then started to record the guitar intro which is a short riff played at the beginning. After this  I recorded from the 1st verse till end and then listened back and decided which bits needed improving. Once I knew the weaker parts of the recording I recorded over those sections. Once it had done all the tweeks on the recording  put the sections together with cross fades. Now all together I then equalised it by "adding air" which made it sound lighter and clear up fuzzy low parts. After this I recorded the vocals which took a couple of go's. I also equalized this to give it warmth and monitoring the gain. Then I gave both of them the same re-verb which wasn't massively noticeable but still the creating a well rounded sound.

Recording of Who's me :I set up the same, used the same template and also did a level check. I recorded the riff , the main guitar part and then the vocals. Once this was done I found lots of bits that I didn't like in the vocals so Inserted another track where I could record any amendments and then inserted them back in to the original track. I then moved on to adding all the effects. For the guitar I wanted it to sound quite quiet and gentle-to do this I reduced the gain and then I also messed around with all the different levels until it was soft sounding. With the voice I also wanted it soft so I equalised it similarly to the guitar part. I then, along with reverb similar to the last track also added minor delays so it had a slight echoing effect.


Recording Of who's Me: This song is quite different from the previous two . However I set-up the same and used the same equipment . I recorded the verse chorus and bridge for guitar and then just copied them. I recorded the vocals on top and thickened t by doubling it up. I went in a different direction with the equalizing this time. This song is more up beat and not as gentle as the others. To emphasize this, for the guitar I "added warmth" which made the guitar a bit heavier by improving the clarity in the lower notes giving an almost bass effect. I wanted the singing to sound quite powerful also so to do this I equalised it to enhance the top and bottom end of the scale and increased the gain

Problems I had :

• when I first mastered the track it created 2 separate tracks with left and right pan -  I then realised I needed to change it from "mono" to a "stereo" track
• making it all fit together and sound smooth- I found it hard to put all the guitar parts together and still sound like one song even with fades -this is something I can work on in the future