DI boxes
A DI unit, or more generally DI, is a device typically used in recording studios to connect a high-impedance, line level, unbalanced output signal to a low-impedance microphone level balanced input, usually via XLR lead. DIs are frequently used to connect electric instruments to a mixing consoles microphone input.
This is the back of the mixing desk that we have in the recording studio. the black female XLR ports shown in the the image are what you plug the XLR lead into in order to use it if you were using it for a microphone.
However if you wanted to use the mixing desk as a DI box you would use the jack leads shown in the picture below the back of the mixing desk, these generally are used with electric instruments (for example an electric guitar or an electric bass guitar.)
BPM: 88
Instruments to use:-
- Acoustic Guitar- 2 mics - 2 tracks
- Piano- 2 mics - 2 tracks
- Vocals- 1 mic - 1 track
- Tambourine- 1 mic - 1 track
Lyrics and Chords
However in my i took
Verse 1:
Em7 G
Today is gonna be the day
Dsus4 A7sus4
That they're gonna throw it back to you,
Em7 G
By now you should of somehow
Dsus4 A7sus4
Realised what you gotta do.
Em7 G Dsus4 A7sus4
I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do
Cadd9 Dsus | A7sus4 ||
About you now.
Verse 2:
Em7 G
Back beat, the word is on the street
Dsus4 A7sus4
That the fire in your heart is out,
Em7 G
I'm sure you've heard it all before,
Dsus4 A7sus4
But you never really had a doubt.
Em7 G Dsus4 A7sus4
I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do
Em7 G |Dsus4 A7sus4 ||
About you now.
Bridge:
C D Em
And all the roads we have to walk are winding,
C D Em
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding,
C D G5 G5/F# G5/E
There are many things that I would like to say to you
G5 A7sus4
But I don't know how.
Chorus:
Cadd9 Em7 | G
Because maybe,
Em7 Cadd9 Em7 G
You're gonna be the one that saves me,
Em7 Cadd9 Em7 | G
And after all,
Em7 Cadd9 Em7 | G Em7/B | A7sus4 ||
You're my wonderwall.
Verse 3:
Em7 G
Today was gonna be the day,
Dsus4 A7sus4
But they'll never throw it back at you,
Em7 G
By now you should have somehow
Dsus4 A7sus4
Realised what you've gotta do.
Em7 G Dsus4 A7sus4
I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do
Em7 G | Dsus4 A7sus4 ||
About you now.
Bridge 2:
C D Em
And all the roads we have to walk are winding,
C D Em
And all the lights that lead us there are blinding,
C D G5 G5/F# G5/E
There are many things that I would like to say to you
G5 A7sus4
But I don't know how.
Chorus 2:
Cadd9 Em7 | G
I said maybe,
Em7 Cadd9 Em7 | G
You're gonna be the one that saves me,
Em7 Cadd9 Em7 | G
And after all,
Em7 Cadd9 Em7 | G Em7 ||
You're my wonderwall.
Chorus 3:
Cadd9 Em7 | G
I said maybe,
Em7 Cadd9 Em7 | G
You're gonna be the one that saves me,
Em7 Cadd9 Em7 | G
And after all,
Em7 Cadd9 Em7 | G Em7 ||
You're my wonderwall.
Outro:
Cadd9 Em7 | G
I said maybe,
Em7 Cadd9 Em7 | G
You're gonna be the one that saves me,
Em7 Cadd9 Em7 | G
You're gonna be the one that saves me,
Em7 Cadd9 Em7 | G Em7 ||
You're gonna be the one that saves me,
Ending Instrumental |: Cadd9 Em7 | G Em7 | Cadd9 Em7 | G Em7 |
How it will all be recorded
Piano- This shall be a 2 track recording due to the fact that I shall record this using two AKG C1000S microphones one placed on the left and the other on the right. This is called stereo recording, this will help me achieve a more equal sound I shall position the mics away at the distance of 15cm
Vocals and Tambourine- These separate 2 tracks shall both be a 1 track recording therefore I shall be only using the one microphone Rode NTA1 for both. This is the only vocal microphone we have in the studio. This will be a mono recording due to it being a singular recording and because it has a cardioid pattern therefore getting a pretty much all surround sound. The mic placement of this will be about 6cm from the pop shield
Acoustic Guitar- This shall be recorded using 2 tracks as i shall position one microphone on the neck and the other near the sound hole. The microphones I will be using are AKGC1000S. This is called stereo recording, this will help me achieve a more equal sound. The microphones will be placed bout 15cm away from the sound hole and again 15cm away from the neck of the guitar.
The polar patterns for all of these microphones are cardioid- cardioid microphones are more sensitive to sound at the front and least sensitive at the back. Their unidirectional pickup makes for affective isolation of unwanted ambient sound and high resistance to omnidirectional alternatives. Cardioid microphones are essential when considering a mic for live performance.
The Final Recording
wonderwall - cover
This is the overall track that i covered. I added some EQ, reverb and also compressed the vocals a bit. i used a copy of the the vocals to create a call and response style vocals in the chorus. This created a depth to the audio.
individual tracks of wonderwall cover
In this link above there are labelled individual tracks of the whole cover.
The first audio track is the sound hole of the guitar was recorded in the studio so we had sound proofing and little to none background noise. I had few issues when recording except from the software not setting up correctly. The quality of recording was good due to it being in a studio, with all the right equipment and correct microphone placement. This evaluation also applies to the track labelled copy sound hole due to it literally being a copy of the first one just used in different ways.
The second audio track is labelled neck acoustic. I added panning to the far left on this audio track. Overall I think that its a good quality recording however i need to reduce the panning so its not so far left. Again with the track labelled copy of the neck acoustic, it is panned but a little less, again this still needs to be panned more central or less far left.
The next track is piano right. It's fairly decent, however the gain on the mic was not high enough and too central, for it to give the audio appearance of the right hand side of the piano. Similarly with the audio track labelled Piano left, its a little more to the left and the gain is better, however its slightly muffled on the higher notes, overall though its a decent recording.
The tracks labelled vocals and copy of vocals in my opinion are fairly alright, however the vocals are almost overpowering.however an effect i used which was particularly effective was call and response in the chorus. This, again,created a depth to the audio.
A problem that occurred when uploading the individual tracks was the fact that the tambourine track didn't and refused to many time to upload.
