The recording process (Evaluation)

What succeeded during recording and what Did not:

During the recording process i found out that the revised version of the song works a lot better than the original due to the lyrics being limited down to a few choruses.
Also the recording of the voice/ piano was rather clear, due to prior testing of both settings and distance adjustments of the microphones.

One of the obvious step backs was that the artist was unable to perform her best due to having a slight cold. Due to this I may have to record the song again sometime next week.

To try to improve the singing voice we decided to try a new method, which was to use a microphone and a small amp setup. I soon realized that this was not a successful method to use, As the sound quality was not improved but was made worse due to the crackling and distortion from the audio coming from the amp.

Here are some images from the recording process :

Here is the amp from Alisons electric guitar and the microphone from college that we used to do a test recording. Also there is a an image of the microphone which was connected to the mini amp.

Here is the microphone setup which I used in order to capture both Alisons voice and the sound of the piano. After all the tests I found this to be the correct / best set up in order to capture the best sound quality from both the Piano and Alisons voice.

Here is an image which shows the way in which i labeled both the microphones in order for me to know the diference between the two. Also you can see there is an SD card in the image, i can take the SD card straight from the recording devices and then slot them straight into my PC, so it makes it much easier when it gets to the editing stage on MixCraft.