March 8th, 2014

Hello there dear reader! Had a pretty eventful day today (during which no homework got done, sorry Regina!). Went and recorded the  up-and-coming emo-punk band today at the Music Garage (which I highly recommend for any and all rehearsal/recording needs). Today we were tasked with tracking three songs for a live sound recording for a client ;) we had a limited number of microphones. Here’s an idea of what we had on hand….

Microphones:

·      Random Audio Technica Dynamic Microphones. Note* I literally don’t know what model each microphone was, we were given a random assortment of random audio technica dynamic mics. To free up your mind just consider these akin to shitty sm57’s and 58’s. These mics were basically rode hard and put away wet.

·      1x SM57.

·      1x SM98

·      1x C414

·      1x Blue Blue Bird.

Another factor for today was what we had to deal with space and interface wise.  Although we were in an acoustically altered room (It was not completely treated by any means, but it didn’t sound horrible in the slightest.), we had the above mentioned microphone selection, an old Mackie 12 channel mixer, and a 10x10 PreSonus firewire interface. 

So needless to say we were pretty limited to what the guys and me are used to. But! At the very least, I feel like we were able to work through the hurdles and make things work