For this first part of my Artefact I'm going to be going through my planning stage of this Artefact going through the recording plan, research on the song, mic techniques and mic chooses for the mic and the last thing will be studio times for recording the song.  

Planning Recording 

For this part of the planning I will be going through and talking about the research that I did for the song

This is where I go through some research on the song like what the genre is, what the BPM is on the song and see if I will need a guide track for the project as well.

Mic Techniques/ Choice for instruments  

For this part I will be going through and talking about all the mic techniques I used for all of the instruments I used, drums, rhythm, lead, bass, accoustic and percustion 

In this section of my Artefact I will be going through the times I planed for recording the song

For this part of my website I will be going through that parts of the recording for the project.

Drums 

First up for recording is the drums. Before Stephen plays the drums we need to set them up first while I do that Tez will set up the desk so that the channels are there for all the drum parts. Once everything is set up we start recording then after the recording of the drums are finished we take all the mics and cables down for the next instrument which would be the guitar. 

Bass

Next up is the bass guitar and that will be recorded in the recording room as its just the D.I that we will be using to record it. so that will be set up by Tez while Tez does that I will be getting the tracks set up ready to go and record in the session. Once we get everything set up and ready to get recorded then we start Jack will be playing the  bass for us. Once the bass guitar are done with recording we mute the channel and mic down the D.I and guitar. 

Rhythm and lead

For recording both the rhythm and lead, we will be recording the rhythm first, me and Tez will set up the desk while Andreas gets the Rhythm set up to his liking. Once everything is set up and ready to go we start recording then once the rhythm is done 

Vocals 

Next up will be the vocals we record, Tez will set up the mic for her singing and get all the equipment she needs while she does that I will set up the desk for the mics getting signals into the desk and get the levels right by getting Tez to talk into the mic so I can fix the gain. Once thats done we start recording and get that done and after that is finished we will take down the mics for the end of the day. 

Final Listen 

For this part of this artefact I will be going through my mixing stage of my project, going through everything i went through to get my final mix.  

Drums 

The first thing that we will be mixing will be the drums, I will listen over the drums and add the effects that need to get added for example reverb and E.Q. But the drums where sounding good so didn't need to add much. I added compressor to all the elements kick snare hi hats and overheads. I then added reverb to the snare to boost the snare sound.   

Bass 

The next thing I mixed was the bass guitar, first I listened through the song with the bass guitar soloed then said to my self what can make it sound better so I added chorus to it so it give it more depth, movement and a wider stereo image, I also added compressor to the bass as well so I could even out the dynamic range. 

Lead 

After I am finished with the bass and was happy with how it sounds I moved onto the lead, for the lead guitar I listened through the song with the lead soloed and then after that I decided to add a classical compressor to it as its good for evening out the volume, increasing sustain for long ringing notes in the guitar and so that it is heard over the heavy guitars in the mix as well. 

Vocals 

This is where I'm going to show you the mics we used for the drums