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August 2000 - Tip 1 |
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For August 2000 we are examining how recording engineering relates to music production. Many times the engineering skills that allow a person to operate recording gear can be used by the producer to "direct" the musicians that are recording the song. -ed. |
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| PRODUCTION BY METERS - PART 2 | |||
| BY ROBERT DENNIS | |||
POST DATE 8/06/2000 |
| Last tip we found out that that a musician's level comes up when the part is being comfortably played. So a musician's volume increases 2-3 dB after the part has been practiced and the musician is ready for the take. Another factor is that the level will again decrease after the musician gets bored playing the tune again and again. |
| The level decreasing again means that the producer knows by reading the meters that two many takes have been recorded. If you are letting a musician try several guitar solos, to be recorded onto different tracks, you may find the first two tracks you record are at a lower level; then the next two tracks may be at an increased level and the fifth take back at a lower level. This means that the musician was enthused about playing the part on takes 3 and 4 - either of these would tend to be good takes. The musician felt the the part had already been played the best by time the record button was pushed for take five. Thus take five is likely to be a poor take. |
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