asked for waveforms

Having mentioned you could see the difference in the drum recordings in the waveform view, I was asked for a screenshot, which I provide here:

Simultaneous recording, L/R channel, two mics
The two mics were not in exactly the same place here, which emphasises the difference a bit, but not as much as you might think; I could do better with the Novas and the 57s and so on, but nothing I did – yes, including identical placement to the 957 as used in this recording – captured as much of the drum resonance. In this particular recording I’m going to keep both tracks and merge them – the 57 got some nice high tones that I want to keep in the final mix.

I should probably mention that a lot of this is a matter of specific intent, and possibly taste. If you want really short, snap-tight punchy drums, you’d prefer the SM57′s behaviour, or that of the Novas, and so on. As always, it’s a matter of getting your intended effect. But I’ve been finding the various recordings I’ve made of percussion rather aurally tiring, particularly heard raw, and in the released tracks I’ve had to do a lot of futzing and reverb and such to get something not as close to what I want as I’m getting straight out of the mic from the 957.

Mirrored from Crime and the Blog of Evil.

And thanks to everybody who came out on Friday!

Thanks to everybody who came out on Friday! The poster was the most effective promotional tool, apparently, and I should’ve done more of that. (It’s all a learning experience…) I was really nervous about the S.J. Tucker song that I covered, particularly since there were some friends of hers in the audience (hiya! ^_^ ) but the consensus seemed to be that while my version is quite different, it works. ♥! (I am however mad at myself for fucking up Stars at the end of the first set. I mean seriously, what, fingers? C’mon, get with the programme! XD ) I hope everybody had a good time, and it was great fun talking to the people who stayed all the way through the show and wanted to chat afterwards.

Now I work on album f’srs. And also on booking new shows. And all this stuff, really. SO MANY THINGS TO DO omg. If anybody out there has places they want to see me try to play, let me know!

Mirrored from Crime and the Blog of Evil.