On Sunday I recorded 2 more songs for the EP/musical product - At Last and Hometown Glory.These didn't take too long to record as each took 4 or 5 takes before they were sounding ok. On At Last it turned out that on one part of the song, a previous take sounded better so I split the track and moved the better part into the track that I felt was the best take overall. Again, after all the recording had been done I finished the tracks and mixed them down on Monday night. I had saved some of the effects for guitar and vocal on a preset from the last recording session and used these on both tracks however I changed them slightly.
On Hometown Glory Rob and myself used a click track to play the guitar to as it is quite a repetitive song and if it goes out of time then the whole song sounds a mess. This helped a lot as it kept the guitar part consitent and it was easier for me to record the vocals as I didn't have to make any last minute changes.
Again when recording we used: an acoustic guitar (TangleWood); a microphone - louten horizon (for both guitar and vocals); two rokit speakers one on either side of where we were mixing the track so that we could listen to the music properly as a surrounding sound and pan it left or right when needed; an alesis USB audio interface and an RNP pre amp.
In At Last I removed the bass reduction and added some extra reverb. I then changed the bass part of the visual EQ to make the lower notes sound more clear and smooth and I also changed the EQ on the guitar to give the same sort of effect. In Hometown Glory I added extra gain because at the start of the song and in the verses my voice sounds quite quiet in comparison to the chorus, this then made the track sound slightly more clear and equal in terms of volume. I also added some extra reverb to the guitar.I still have to record a couple more tracks for the musical product and hopefully I will get these done over the Easter holiday.
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