Judith plays piano for me
Later this week, Mark came over to record some more guitars for me. We didn't have the same amp set up as with Alan or Mike, so this was a 'plug-it-straight-in-and-use-SansAmp-or-GuitarRig' job. On top of this, we recorded some acoustic guitar a la his Pat Metheny style, which has given songs like Get it Right a lot more vibrance.. I'm still not sure about the opening melody here, but I'm not in a state to think about it too much right now.
Yesterday, Judith met me at Vestry hall to record some grand piano for me. After freaking out (a lot) about not being able to get access to the studios, Richard Liggins informed me he'd be in Vestry Hall for the next few weekends and was kind enough to let me use Studio 2 (which is the one I wanted).
For the first time, I was allowed to record the Steinway grand, rather than the shitty old one they usually use. This is probably because it's summer and there's no-one there to say I cannot record it. I wanted to get a really intemate sound, with lots of velocity. To achieve this, I used two DPA microphones (I think the 410s??) and placed them closely over the hammers. The mics are also omni-directional, so they picked up a lot of the room sound at vestry too.
When plugged into some pres as wonderful as the Focusrite 428s, it sounded exactly how I wanted. It took a while to get all the takes right, but the result is breathtaking. I was so glad to finally work with Jude on some music and hope to do more of this in the future!!
After she left, I spent the remaining few hours in the studio trying to get some proper vocals recorded. Richard recommended using the Sontronics Helios mic over the U87. Indeed valve mics always sound great, but it didn't want to work so well with the Focusrite - a lot of unwanted top end. I could have filtered it, but I found better results from the Neve pre/compressor.
I think the vocals are okay, but I can do better. I'm going to be spending a lot of time in the studios for the next couple of weeks.
I'm gonna get it right this time.
Yesterday, Judith met me at Vestry hall to record some grand piano for me. After freaking out (a lot) about not being able to get access to the studios, Richard Liggins informed me he'd be in Vestry Hall for the next few weekends and was kind enough to let me use Studio 2 (which is the one I wanted).
For the first time, I was allowed to record the Steinway grand, rather than the shitty old one they usually use. This is probably because it's summer and there's no-one there to say I cannot record it. I wanted to get a really intemate sound, with lots of velocity. To achieve this, I used two DPA microphones (I think the 410s??) and placed them closely over the hammers. The mics are also omni-directional, so they picked up a lot of the room sound at vestry too.
When plugged into some pres as wonderful as the Focusrite 428s, it sounded exactly how I wanted. It took a while to get all the takes right, but the result is breathtaking. I was so glad to finally work with Jude on some music and hope to do more of this in the future!!
After she left, I spent the remaining few hours in the studio trying to get some proper vocals recorded. Richard recommended using the Sontronics Helios mic over the U87. Indeed valve mics always sound great, but it didn't want to work so well with the Focusrite - a lot of unwanted top end. I could have filtered it, but I found better results from the Neve pre/compressor.
I think the vocals are okay, but I can do better. I'm going to be spending a lot of time in the studios for the next couple of weeks.
I'm gonna get it right this time.
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