Saturday, December 12, 2009

4th Actual Recording

Date: 12 December 2009 (Sat)
Time: 9am – 5pm (Recording); 1.30pm – 5pm (Structure & Editing)
Venue: E2 Studio 2 + STA Audio Control Room; Vista D2,D3
Team member present: Zachary, Hui Zhi, Chun Kiat, Shirley
Absentee: Joyce

1. Objective of session:
Instrument recorded: Slenthem and Gender (Barung & Panerus)
Dynamics: Soft, Medium, Loud, Muted - played with 3 different mallets

Talent: Hui Zhi
Chief Engineer: Chun Kiat
Structure: Zachary (Saron Family) , Shirley (Bonang)

2. Difficulties faced:
a. Unwanted noise coming from the microphone

- Solution: Requested the TSO to switch on the mic splitter located at E2 Studio 1. Lava advised this during our previous session at E2 Studio 2.

*set AKG to -6dB with 0Hz roll off to reduce the loud unwanted noise; Neumann was fine and remained at 0dB, 0Hz.

3. Reflections/Comments:

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4. The meeting ahead: 15 December 2009 (Mon)
To work on the structures for readily recorded samples & Gamelan compositions