Reflective Journal 21

I had booked 2 slots to record the different instruments and vocals for this week and I thought it went pretty smoothly as compared to the recording for demo 2. Not only that I managed to experiment with the different microphones and what sounded good to me and for the recording. During this period I used the AT 4021 for the cajon since in my mind it was like ' okay, this mic was used for drums so I guess it'll apply to other percussion instruments'. Though I had an issure where the snare of the cajon wasn't that audible and surprisingly enough I found that the AT-4081, which a fellow classmate had used, was able to clearly pick up the snare sound together with the bass which sent this vibration to the chest. I also ended up using the ribbon mic to record the male vocals because it was more clearer to me as compared to the MD 421-II and also the MD 421-II was too warm. Instead I used the MD 421-II for the guitar to attain that effect. Would have loved to use the AKG P420 but everyone was booking it out for the whole week so I was out of luck. I also used the AT-4081 for the grand piano although originally I planned to use the 4021 because the AT 4081 gave this 'vinyl' sort of effect to the grand piano and plus it sounded even better since I wanted to place the piano track in the background. All in all i'm pretty satisfied with the recording.

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