Singer/Songwriter Riaghan O' Callaghan came back up to Killybegs again today to re-record the song she had previously done for The Peer Project. The song was a relatively newly written song of the artists and it was actually quite a long recording process considering the simplicity of the song, however I wanted Riaghan to be happy with her performance in it so we did as many takes as necessary and eventually finished the song perfectly in one day.
The equipment we used was my home studio set-up including an Alesis Firewire 16 desk, two alesis mkll monitors, macbook pro with Logic Pro Studioi 9, AKG perception 170 condenser mic, Rode NT1-A condenser mic, and an Ibanez electric acoustic guitar.
On self evaluation I believe I could have asked the artist to have the track very well prepared as it could have saved us a lot of time and hassle and could have led to a simpler and more enjoyable recording experience for her.
For my next stage in the project I will tomorrow, mix and master the song to achieve the desired and suitable sound for the track. That will be 3 songs fully mixed and mastered in the home studio along with some live performances we have recorded for The Peer Project from actual gigs. We are considering using one of these performances, allthough they are not as high quality as the studio recorded ones, they bring a new element to the channel, and a new option for the artists interested in being recorded.
Another blog will be added tomorrow after the mixing and mastering process is complete.
Carl.
Monday, 30 May 2011
Thursday, 26 May 2011
Two Songs Recorded, Mixed and Mastered.
After getting the macbook pro back, I installed Logic again, but had some trouble with syncing it with my Alesis desk. After some troubleshooting I then visited the alesis website and downloaded updated drivers that were required to run the desk. We recorded my version of The Killers - Mr. Brightside , and a version of Adele's 'Someone Like You' was also played and recorded by Aoife Doogan and John Doherty.
For the Recording Process we used my Macbook Pro with Logic Pro Studio 9 and my Alesis Multimix 16 Firewire desk. Mic's we used included a Rode Nt1-A, and a set of AKG 170 perception mic's.
On self evaluation i believe that the recordings came out good and the mix of both tracks is nice and clear compared to the quality of other local and small scale productions or home projects similar to 'The Peer Project'.
Our intentions for the next couple of days are to get the slideshows done for these songs and upload them. Two more songs will also be recorded, mixed and mastered within the next 4-5 days. The next two artists recording are Paddy Molloy, and Riaghan O' Callaghan. Several other musicians have contacted me asking it possible that they could record, meaning that we could exceed our goals at the start of getting four recordings uploaded with slideshows to our channel.
Carl.
For the Recording Process we used my Macbook Pro with Logic Pro Studio 9 and my Alesis Multimix 16 Firewire desk. Mic's we used included a Rode Nt1-A, and a set of AKG 170 perception mic's.
On self evaluation i believe that the recordings came out good and the mix of both tracks is nice and clear compared to the quality of other local and small scale productions or home projects similar to 'The Peer Project'.
Our intentions for the next couple of days are to get the slideshows done for these songs and upload them. Two more songs will also be recorded, mixed and mastered within the next 4-5 days. The next two artists recording are Paddy Molloy, and Riaghan O' Callaghan. Several other musicians have contacted me asking it possible that they could record, meaning that we could exceed our goals at the start of getting four recordings uploaded with slideshows to our channel.
Carl.
Monday, 2 May 2011
Macbook Pro Crashed.
After recording our fourth song fully, just a few days later my Macbook pro crashed. I had it sent to Dublin with a friend straight away to a shop called 'Compu B'. When contacting the shop they informed me that the Macbook was not turning on properly because the hard drive had crashed permanently. They said that some of the data may be recoverable but more than likely not. A huge error in this project was not backing up our recordings on a separate external hard drive. I will be receiving the Macbook back this thursday and if the data was unrecoverable we will have to spend a couple of days re-recording the songs. Although this could be quite a setback and is dis-heartening, fortunately, the musicians that played for us have been more than kind and offered to re-record gladly to our relief.
On self-evaluation I feel that i was very foolish not to have the data backed up and could potentially have created an overlog of work that could potentially have to be done to catch up.
Up until that stage I felt that we had been doing quite well in relation to our planned project schedule.
On working further on the project when the macbook returns I have already purchased an external hard drive for backing up further recordings and work. I have also gained access to a range of new mic's from a local drummer and intend on experimenting with them for the use of a cahone that will be played by 'Mojo Gogo's' Drummer and percussionist Jordan Carty.
Carl.
On self-evaluation I feel that i was very foolish not to have the data backed up and could potentially have created an overlog of work that could potentially have to be done to catch up.
Up until that stage I felt that we had been doing quite well in relation to our planned project schedule.
On working further on the project when the macbook returns I have already purchased an external hard drive for backing up further recordings and work. I have also gained access to a range of new mic's from a local drummer and intend on experimenting with them for the use of a cahone that will be played by 'Mojo Gogo's' Drummer and percussionist Jordan Carty.
Carl.
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