Capturing

Step 1 in your multitrack recording will be the capture of each of the instruments. Here are some guides on how to record.

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Capture Examples

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Acoustic Guitar 1 
Acoustic Guitar 2

Electric Guitar 1

Electric Guitar Part 1
Electric Guitar Part 2
Electric Guitar Part 3

Percussion and Drum Kit 1 
Percussion and Drum Kit 2
Percussion and Drum Kit 3

Recording/Compressing Vocals

Sound on Sound 1
Sound on Sound 2
Sound on Sound 3

Vocals
Vocal Duet
Choir
Ensembles

Recording Acoustic Instruments

Piano 1
Piano 2

Brass 1
Brass 2

Accordion
Violin
Handclaps
Headroom

Room Acoustics 1
Room Acoustics 2
Room Acoustics 3 

Task 1 - Guitar

An acoustic guitar – can match the audio with these mic placements?

  1. 40cm from the sound hole
  2. 20cm from the neck
  3. 20cm from the bridge
  4. 20cm from the sound hole 

An electric guitar - can you match the audio with these mic placements?

  1. Amplifier mic in the centre of the cone (close mic)
  2. Amplifier mic off centre from the cone (close mic)
  3. Amplifier mic in the centre of the cone (20cm back) 
  4. Amplifier mic in the centre of the cone (40cm back)
  5. Pair of mics in the centre of the cone and in the back of the cabinet

Task 2 - Drum Kit

A drum kit 

Can you match the audio with these mic placements on the snare drum?

  1. Dynamic mic above pointing at the centre of the snare
  2. Dynamic mic above pointing at the edge of the snare 
  3. Dynamic mic below the snare 
  4. Dynamic mic below and pointing at the snare wires
  5. Full kit with dynamic mic above snare
  6. Full kit with dynamic mic below snare

Can you match the audio with these mic placements on the drum kit?

  1. Low overhead stereo pair 
  2. High overhead stereo pair (with kick)
  3. Mid-range overhead stereo pair
  4. High overhead stereo pair (without kick)

Can you spot the two errors in this drum kit capture?

Can you match the audio with these mic placements on the congas? 

  1. Low overhead stereo pair 
  2. Mid-range overhead stereo pair
  3. High overhead stereo pair 

All these audio tracks have errors – can you spot the same mistake on two of them and a different error on the third?