Recording assistant for Mat Quinn
Session Review
The first session that I was apart of in the studio was as an assistant for Mat Quinn who was recording the drums for his track. However, immediately we ran into some pretty major problems; first and foremost the Hi hat for the drum kit was broken, the chain had been snapped that allowed the Hi hat to function, this therefore halted any progress while we had to decide what we were going to do although ultimately it was Mats decision as he was the producer and his session we were working on.
With the Hi hat broken and it being key to Mats recording, we had no real other option than to use the electric drum kit otherwise the session would have been completely wasted. When using the electric drum kit we firstly brought it in to the control room as there was no real need to patch it through from the live room as that would have just being creating work that doesn't really need to exist, next we brought in a monitor wedge so our performer (Alex Ross) could hear himself when playing as well as being able to hear the metronome, therefore being able to play in time and at the same standard when on the V-drums as the acoustic drum kit. We ran the electric drum kit through Riches laptop using logic to record both audio and midi, which would therefore allow Mat to choose what he wanted to use from the two.
As one of the assistants my job was to just help with the set up process and to dismantle when we are finished this can take a while with the acoustic drum kit as there are many microphones that need to be set up on stands; plugged in, as well as moving anything that could be in the way or even trying to find items that are needed but have been misplaces, this usually is the microphone clips as they are never put back properly meaning a lot of time can be wasted just finding them. However in this case since the Hi hat was broken rendering the acoustic drum kit out of order, I helped to move the electric drum kit into the control room as it was the best solution to the problems that presented themselves, as we were still isolated from others, meaning we went disturbing anyone else's doing work while still being able to record drums. We were happy that it worked out in the end but remained a little disappointed because we wanted to set up the drum kit but obviously not had the chance, but the drum track was recored well with the V - drums with plenty of time left for the session which allowed us to really scrutinise and get as meny takes as we wanted but it only took a few takes which allowed us to really get one that we like and then put back the kit with time leftover to then work on other things.
Cheers
Dan
Session Review
The first session that I was apart of in the studio was as an assistant for Mat Quinn who was recording the drums for his track. However, immediately we ran into some pretty major problems; first and foremost the Hi hat for the drum kit was broken, the chain had been snapped that allowed the Hi hat to function, this therefore halted any progress while we had to decide what we were going to do although ultimately it was Mats decision as he was the producer and his session we were working on.
With the Hi hat broken and it being key to Mats recording, we had no real other option than to use the electric drum kit otherwise the session would have been completely wasted. When using the electric drum kit we firstly brought it in to the control room as there was no real need to patch it through from the live room as that would have just being creating work that doesn't really need to exist, next we brought in a monitor wedge so our performer (Alex Ross) could hear himself when playing as well as being able to hear the metronome, therefore being able to play in time and at the same standard when on the V-drums as the acoustic drum kit. We ran the electric drum kit through Riches laptop using logic to record both audio and midi, which would therefore allow Mat to choose what he wanted to use from the two.
As one of the assistants my job was to just help with the set up process and to dismantle when we are finished this can take a while with the acoustic drum kit as there are many microphones that need to be set up on stands; plugged in, as well as moving anything that could be in the way or even trying to find items that are needed but have been misplaces, this usually is the microphone clips as they are never put back properly meaning a lot of time can be wasted just finding them. However in this case since the Hi hat was broken rendering the acoustic drum kit out of order, I helped to move the electric drum kit into the control room as it was the best solution to the problems that presented themselves, as we were still isolated from others, meaning we went disturbing anyone else's doing work while still being able to record drums. We were happy that it worked out in the end but remained a little disappointed because we wanted to set up the drum kit but obviously not had the chance, but the drum track was recored well with the V - drums with plenty of time left for the session which allowed us to really scrutinise and get as meny takes as we wanted but it only took a few takes which allowed us to really get one that we like and then put back the kit with time leftover to then work on other things.
Cheers
Dan
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