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... The Cubase SL system required a sound card and a MIDI interface cable to enable its’ recording features, which I installed. ...
While working on my actual recording, I found out how to adjust individual track volumes through the Cubase SL mixer and reviewed functions available on the Cubase SL menu. In addition to completing this “low level” recording project (there is always a new ‘level of low’), I reviewed the Cubase SL system to reinforce what I had previously learned about the Otari 54 console and to make a general comparison of the two systems. ...
In regard to the Otari CB-147 Remote Control Unit, John and I went through its’ functions and noted how the machine had a safety function for recording protection and how All Sel-Rep and All Repro functions related to the slave machine functions (in this case, the MTR-90). ...
This entire procedure was necessary to see that the machine was set up correctly for recording at the beginning of the session. ...
Week Three
Recording Session
The class recorded a session in Analog format with the Mountain Dawg musical group. ...
Week Four
Recording Session:
The class recorded overdubs for the session recorded the previous week in Analog format by the Mountain Dawgs (Mark, Joe, and Garth). ... It was the band’s intention to complete the overdubs for all four songs recorded the previous week and do guitar lead overdubs on the song “Hope”, but we were only able to finish the recording on the song “Hope” due to a few console-related gain problems and performance complications. ... The operators seemed to have the machine procedures down fairly well and there were no problems with the Otari Auto Locator or the Remote Control Unit that I was aware of.
Studio Lab:
I was told that Ralph and I would be running console for Zach’s group’s recording session to occur the following Monday, so I decided to become more familiar with the console. ...
Because Zach and I were in the studio during lab time and I would be on the console and Zach’s band was recording, Zach and I discussed the general overall session information necessary for his band. We proceeded to put together information including recording format, musician and instruments, song style, general specifics on room ambience or effects ideas, titles of songs, microphones and microphone placement, cue set up, etc. ...
Week Five
Recording Session:
Ralph and I were both on the console for this session. As I mentioned previously, our class was recording Zach’s band, who shall remain “Nameless”, I guess, since they didn’t have one (members: Zach [bass guitar], Joel [Acoustic Guitar], James [Drummer], and Ryan [lead vocalist]). ... We proceeded with recording and then dealt with a weak signal from the vocal microphone and a distorted noise in the cue, which the vocalist said he could deal with. ... We ended up recording four of the five songs and planned to record the last song at the next session. ... It mentioned pre-roll and post roll, rehearse without recording, track delay, and time code adjustment capabilities. ...
I observed Mark of the Mountain Dawg group transfer the Analog recording made by his group to ADAT format on the Alesis ADAT. First, he readied the analog tape for recording and checked to see if the machine was connected to the MPS. ... Then, he formatted the ADAT tapes to ready them for recording the Analog data and rewound the ADAT tapes. ...
During the recording process, I observed the ADAT tape machine as it recorded data. ... Upon reading the digital display for the master tape deck, you could see the first eight tracks recording and on the slave tape deck you saw the other four tracks completing the twelve tracks being transferred from the Analog machine. ... It took the same amount to record Analog onto ADAT as the original recording took to record because of the normal setting. ...
Week Six
Recording Session:
Zach’s band, who shall remain “Nameless”, since they didn’t have one (members: Zach [bass guitar], Joel [Acoustic Guitar], James [Drummer], and Ryan [lead vocalist]) came in to record overdubs. ... From what I understood to have happened, things went pretty smoothly for the exception of panning onto unassigned tracks and recording some dead air. ...
During the recording, I remember the information about the waveframe megabyte usage being relayed to me. ...
Workshop Procedural Summary
It takes a lot of time and preparation for sessions to come off right. I found it beneficial with my experience on the console to take the information down before hand as completely as possible so as to add to the smoothness of session procedures. ... Also records on all session activities including but not limited to session set up diagrams, track listings, songs, recording troubles with instrumentation, special considerations for individual song styles and sessions, etc.
Approximate Word count = 5372
Approximate Pages = 21.5
(250 words per page double spaced)
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