Capturing and editing audio data
recording audio files
throughout the protect i used a selsction of microphones and microphone techniques to achiv the sound i wanted. The first thing i recorded was the drums. i recorded the drums using 3 different microphones. to mic the hi-hat i used a sure sm57. due to its high frequency response i thought that it would give the high end of the hihat a nice crisp sound. i also used a audix d6 on my snare drum. This microphone is commonly used as a bass drum microphone because of its low end pickup, however i thought that this microphone would be perfect for my snare to create a darker sound.
Another instrument that i recorded was a piano. my two microphones of choice was the se electronics se5 small diagram condenser microphone. Condenser microphones are known for their sensitivity i also wanted the microphone to be a small diaphragm microphone because of its ability to keep up with fast transients. When recording my piano i learnt about the proximity effect. This rule states that cardioid microphones exaggerate the bass frequencies when they are placed near a sound source and the closer they get to a sound is the more bass the microphone will pick up. so barring this rule in mind i experimented with different microphone positions, some being very close to the strings of the piano and some being further away. what i found is that when the microphone is further away it pics up a more ambient sound and when the microphone is closer it picks up more of a dry dead sound.
cut
I used the cut feature in my track almost all my tracks. The cut feature is used to separate an audio track. The most notable place where i used the scissors tool was when i started to arrange my track. i used the scissors to cu out the section of the track that i wanted.
copy
paste
i used pasting when to replay my four bar over and over again. similar to a loop however when you copy and paste each section is individual which means you can edit each one and chsnge diffrent features.
loop manipulation
offline processing
online processing
software sampling
When creating my hi hat pattern i used the process of software sampling. My particular tool of choice was the exs24 sampler. I chose this because i have experience with it and it also gives a wide range of possibilities.To achieve a similar sampling effect I could have also used the Ultrabeat . When using the sampler the first thing i did was find the section of the hi-hat rhythm i wanted to use. After i found about 3 different hi hat hits that i liked i put them all into the sampler and maped them to c1 d1 and e1.
Track automation
i used automation in the main piano sample at the beginning of the song i used a autofilter. after 4 bars i slowly started to turn the amount of cut off uo from around 20% to 85 % doing this increased the amount of frequency that could be heard and gave the impression of a fade in.
choosing and combining sounds
In my project my snare drum didn't sound as prominent as i would have liked it to. so to achieve a more prominent sound i combined my snare sound with the sound of a rimshot. This worked because it made the sound more thick and helped it to cut through the rest of the instruments
stylistic interpretation
tempo track
the tempo of the song is 135bpm however the piano sample is only 80bmp i changed the bmp of the sample to 135 because i wanted the soung to be faster and i also wanted to make it more accurate to the original song
controlling expression
recording audio files
throughout the protect i used a selsction of microphones and microphone techniques to achiv the sound i wanted. The first thing i recorded was the drums. i recorded the drums using 3 different microphones. to mic the hi-hat i used a sure sm57. due to its high frequency response i thought that it would give the high end of the hihat a nice crisp sound. i also used a audix d6 on my snare drum. This microphone is commonly used as a bass drum microphone because of its low end pickup, however i thought that this microphone would be perfect for my snare to create a darker sound.
Another instrument that i recorded was a piano. my two microphones of choice was the se electronics se5 small diagram condenser microphone. Condenser microphones are known for their sensitivity i also wanted the microphone to be a small diaphragm microphone because of its ability to keep up with fast transients. When recording my piano i learnt about the proximity effect. This rule states that cardioid microphones exaggerate the bass frequencies when they are placed near a sound source and the closer they get to a sound is the more bass the microphone will pick up. so barring this rule in mind i experimented with different microphone positions, some being very close to the strings of the piano and some being further away. what i found is that when the microphone is further away it pics up a more ambient sound and when the microphone is closer it picks up more of a dry dead sound.
cut
I used the cut feature in my track almost all my tracks. The cut feature is used to separate an audio track. The most notable place where i used the scissors tool was when i started to arrange my track. i used the scissors to cu out the section of the track that i wanted.
copy
paste
i used pasting when to replay my four bar over and over again. similar to a loop however when you copy and paste each section is individual which means you can edit each one and chsnge diffrent features.
loop manipulation
offline processing
online processing
software sampling
When creating my hi hat pattern i used the process of software sampling. My particular tool of choice was the exs24 sampler. I chose this because i have experience with it and it also gives a wide range of possibilities.To achieve a similar sampling effect I could have also used the Ultrabeat . When using the sampler the first thing i did was find the section of the hi-hat rhythm i wanted to use. After i found about 3 different hi hat hits that i liked i put them all into the sampler and maped them to c1 d1 and e1.
Track automation
i used automation in the main piano sample at the beginning of the song i used a autofilter. after 4 bars i slowly started to turn the amount of cut off uo from around 20% to 85 % doing this increased the amount of frequency that could be heard and gave the impression of a fade in.
choosing and combining sounds
In my project my snare drum didn't sound as prominent as i would have liked it to. so to achieve a more prominent sound i combined my snare sound with the sound of a rimshot. This worked because it made the sound more thick and helped it to cut through the rest of the instruments
stylistic interpretation
tempo track
the tempo of the song is 135bpm however the piano sample is only 80bmp i changed the bmp of the sample to 135 because i wanted the soung to be faster and i also wanted to make it more accurate to the original song
controlling expression
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