Multi-track Recording and Music Production

3 guitar parts – Power chords, solo and slide guitar.

Power Chords

For each part we didn’t want to hear any string noises so the guitarist was put behind a screen.

2 SM57’s – One in the middle of the cone and on the edge of the cone – This stays the same with all guitar parts.

AKG C414 –  Ambient mic, to pick up the guitars reverb in the room – 2 meters from amp.

Channels – 1,2,3

Double track guitars to 4,5 and 6, this was done by changing the inputs of 4,5, and 6 to 1,2 and 3.

Solo

Added more gain, turned down tone on the guitar.

Channels – 7, 8 and 9

Originally we went up by 1 octave but this lacked style when recording, so we used no reverb in the recording.

Slide Guitar

Send 1,2 and 3 to 10, 11 and 12.

We needed more gain than the amp provided so we used an FX pedal – giving more overdrive rather than a clean sound.

Have a more ‘roomy’ sound to this track.

When we are doing individual mix’s it would be best for us to choose between this and the power chords.

My role is the drummer.

2 guitars, to help when tracking, one as the bass and a slide guitar.

Channels – 17-23

We put the bass through the DI

2 AKG C414’s (Condenser) – overheads, making it stereo. Bass and snare in the middle so they appear to be in the middle of the sound field.

AKG D112 (Dynamic), – kick drum, pointed towards where the beater hits, about 2 inches away, giving more attack when the beater hits.

2 Shure SM57’s (Dynamic) – Snare, one on top and bottom. The top was used to capture the low end, popping sounds. The bottom captured the crisp snare wires.

Beyerdynamic M201 (Dynamic) – toms, These are good mic’s for the toms because they avoid cymbal bleed.

 

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