Brief 2: Unit 48 Being a recording engineer

Date and Time of recording: 24/11/16,1/12/16
Members in group/roles: Jacob,Matt,Ben,Henry
instruments and performers to record: Piano,Kick drum,Tambourine,Guitar,
Microphones used:
Instrument         Position/Distance:            Type of microphone:         Polarpattern:       Performer:
Piano                 Two on both speakers     C1000s                                Cardioid              Ben
Tambourine       One infront                     Rhode NT2-a                           Omni               Matt
Guitar                Two near sound hole      C1000s                                 Cardioid              Ben
Cymbals            One infront                        C1000s                                Cardioid              Henry
Kick Drum        One infront                        C100s                                   Cardioid              Jacob

Recording in different locations using different locations using different microphones:
In this unit we set up 3 different microphones in 3 different locations to see how they effect the audio and what it sounds like.

Equipment list:
AKG C1000s
SM58
Rode NT2-a
Yamaha Steel String Guitar
Microphone Stands

Microphone/Where it was recorded -Track Link
1 to 10 all use the guitar

1.AKG C1000S/Classroom - https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/akg-c1000s-class-room?in=user-219131996/sets/recording-in-different-locations

2. SM58(MONO) / Classroom - https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/sm58?in=user-219131996/sets/recording-in-different-locations

3. SM58(STEREO) / Classroom - https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/sm58-stereo?in=user-219131996/sets/recording-in-different-locations

4. Rode NTA- a / Classroom - https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/rode-nt2-a?in=user-219131996/sets/recording-in-different-locations

5. AKG C1000s / Presentation Suite (Hall) - https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/akg-c1000s-presentation-suite?in=user-219131996/sets/recording-in-different-locations

6. SM58 / Presentation Suite (Hall) - https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/sm58-presentation-suite?in=user-219131996/sets/recording-in-different-locations

7. Rode NT2-a / Presentation Suit (Hall) - https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/rode-presentation-suite?in=user-219131996/sets/recording-in-different-locations

8.AKG C1000S/Outside - https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/c1000s-outside

9. Rode NT2/ Outside https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/rode-nt2-a-outside

10.  SM58 C1000s / Outside https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/sm58-outside

11 to 15 all in studio

11. C1000s/Symbol - https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/symbols-ben-henry-matt

12. C1000s/Drums - https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/symbols-ben-henry-matt

13. 2 SM58 Stereo sound Piano - https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/piano-ben-henry-matt

14. C1000s/Guitar - https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/piano-ben-henry-matt

15. Rode NT2 /Tambourine  https://soundcloud.com/user-219131996/tambourine-studio-rode


1. In this first recording we need to edit out the first couple of seconds out so that there is no talking in the recording

2. In this recording the microphone is too close to the player as it picks up the fingers hitting off the guitar.

3. In this recording, which is a stereo recording, it has a good quality of sound out of the left and right speakers as the sound is not distorted and at a good volume level.

4. The microphone is too close to the guitar in this recording as the recording is picking up the strings vibrating making a distorted sound.

5. This recording has a natural strumming sound and is of a high quality and is not to loud.

6. In this recording you can hear the player hit the guitar when strumming as the microphone is to close to the guitar.

7. This recording is clear and you can hear the full sound of the guitar as it is in a good position away from the microphone.

8.  In this recording you can hear some background noise due to the wind in the background but the instrument is still a clear quality.

9. In this recording you can hear  background noise due to the wind in the background but the instrument is still at a reasonable quality.

10. In this recording you can hear little background noise due to the wind in the background but the instrument is still at a high quality.

11. In this recording I had a high quality of recording and there was little background noise and the sound was clear but did clip due to the sound being to loud.

12. In this recording I had a high quality of recording and there was little background noise and the sound was clear but did clip due to the sound being to loud.

13. In this recording I had a very high quality of recording and there was no background noise and the sound was clear and did not clip for being too loud it also sounded high quality as a stereo recording as well.

14. In this recording I had a good quality of recording and there was little background noise and the sound was clear and did not clip for being too loud however you can hear noises of the fret board being picked up on the recording.

15. In this recording I had a good quality of recording and there was  very little background noise and the sound was clear and works using the omnidirectional polar pattern as the sound was being picked up all around the microphone.




Recording-     Microphone    - Pattern    -              Distance                             - location
(1)                AKG C1000s     Cardioid   - 6 inches just above the sound hole   Classroom
(2)                SM58 (MONO)  Cardioid   - 6 inches just above the sound hole   Classroom
(3)                SM58 (STEREO) Cardioid   - 6 inches just above the sound hole   Classroom
(4)                Rode NT2-a        Cardioid   - 6 inches just above the sound hole   Classroom
(5)                AKG C1000s     Cardioid   - 6 inches just above the sound hole   Presentation suite
(6)               SM58 (MONO)  Cardioid   - 6 inches just above the sound hole   Presentation suite
(7)               Rode NT2-a        Cardioid   - 6 inches just above the sound hole   Presentation suite
(8)               AKG C1000s     Cardioid   - 6 inches just above the sound hole   Outside
(9)               SM58 (MONO)  Cardioid   - 6 inches just above the sound hole   Outside
(10)              Rode NT2-a        Cardioid   - 6 inches just above the sound hole   Outside
(11)              SM58 (MONO)   Cardioid  -  5 inches just infront of the symbol    Studio
(12)              SM58 (MONO)    Cardioid - 8 inches infront of the drums              Studio
(13)              SM58 (STEREO) Cardioid - 4 inches infront of the piano             Studio
(14)              SM58 (MONO)  Cardioid  - 6 inches infront of the sound hole    Studio
(15)        Rode NT2 (MONO) Omnidirectional  - 5 inches away from the instrument at all sides - Studio



Different polar patterns:

Cardioid: A cardioid polar pattern has most sensitivity at the front and the least at the back as this in mainly used when there is only one instrument or one person playing as it is unidirectional.

Omnidirectional: A omnidirectional polar pattern has equal sensitivity all round as this in mainly used for picking up multiple people or instruments.

Hyper cardioid: A Hyper cardioid polar pattern picks up from the front and the a bit of the back, not as much as the figure of 8,  compared to the normal cardioid from the front and sides

Figure of 8: A figure of 8 polar pattern picks up from the front and back and equal sensitivity making it useful for duets or when people need to be opposite each other.