Wednesday, December 2, 2009

2nd Actual Recording

Date: 2 December 2009 (Wed)
Time: 8.30am – 12.45pm (Recording); 1.30pm – 5.30pm (Structure & Editing)
Venue: TRCC Music studio 1 & 2
Team member present: Zachary, Hui Zhi, Chun Kiat, Shirley
Absentee: Joyce

1. Objective of session:

Instrument recorded: Saron Panerus - Peking
Dynamics: Soft, Medium, Loud, Muted - played with 3 different mallets

Talent: Shirley
Chief Engineer: Hui Zhi

2. Difficulties faced:
a. Unwanted buzz coming from AKG
- Solution: We decided to do without AKG as it's used as overhead. Neumann is our piority.

*Set -10dB pad for Neumann, to reduce the room ambience

3. Others:
a. Instead of constructing an artificial enclosed space, we tried out using pillows.

4. Reflections/Comments:
HuiZhi: Recording sessions have been successful for the past 2 days. We managed to complete our recording for the whole instrument. Good job guys!

5. The meeting ahead: 9 December 2009 (Wed)
Actual Recording of Saron Barung