Recording Drums - If I Ain't Got You
Last week Myself and Max began recording for our first song If I Ain't Got You by Alicia Keys. We did this in the studio using a Mixing Desk, Apple Mac and Logic (recording software). The other equipment we needed to use was a Drum kit, Dynamic Microphones and Condenser Microphones including an SM57 and AKG-1000. XLR cables were used to connect the mic's to an outlet that was connected to the mixing desk and Mac.
We put 8 tracks on logic because thats how many mics were set up and each mic picks up a different part of the drum kit.
Before we started to record the song we needed to do a sound check to make sure all parts of the drum kit were being played at the correct sound level. I had to either turn up or turn down the volume depending on how loud it was, it is very important to make sure no instrument "clips" on red.
After the sound check was complete we began recording the song, to do this we played the song itself through Tom's headset so he could play the drums at the same time in order to make the recording accurate. At first the song playing was too loud for Tom therefore we had to turn it down slightly. Although we was in the studio we could still talk to Tom through the Talk back button. To record what Tom was playing we had to select all tracks and press record.
Tom wasn't happy with the first recording so we re did it but we still kept the first recording so when it comes to editing the track we can take the best parts of both.
A problem that occurred was in the first recording the kick drum didn't record. This was because the kick drum and the hi hat was on the same input. To overcome this problem we put the hi hat track on input 9.
We put 8 tracks on logic because thats how many mics were set up and each mic picks up a different part of the drum kit.
Before we started to record the song we needed to do a sound check to make sure all parts of the drum kit were being played at the correct sound level. I had to either turn up or turn down the volume depending on how loud it was, it is very important to make sure no instrument "clips" on red.
After the sound check was complete we began recording the song, to do this we played the song itself through Tom's headset so he could play the drums at the same time in order to make the recording accurate. At first the song playing was too loud for Tom therefore we had to turn it down slightly. Although we was in the studio we could still talk to Tom through the Talk back button. To record what Tom was playing we had to select all tracks and press record.
Tom wasn't happy with the first recording so we re did it but we still kept the first recording so when it comes to editing the track we can take the best parts of both.
A problem that occurred was in the first recording the kick drum didn't record. This was because the kick drum and the hi hat was on the same input. To overcome this problem we put the hi hat track on input 9.
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