Week 9: Drum Recording & Project 3

Weekly Reflection

This week's sessions were focused on the practical side of audio engineering. This week's first session was spent within the SAE C24 recording studio, where we underwent a professional drum live recording with the SAE drummer, Shiron. We had the opportunity to set up the whole drumkit from scratch while understanding the details of the whole process. In our lecture, Andy went through the different micing positions for each part of the drum kit and the way in which different micing distances produce different sounds and bleeds of other drum parts. The drum micing content learnt and reviewed today will play a big role in our drum recording sessions for project 2. In terms of the second session of this week's classes, we reviewed the outcome requirements of project 3 and how we would look at developing our own portfolio website. When communicating my ideas to Andy and keeping in mind the fact that I already have my own portfolio website he has approved for me to research, plan, and execute a live stream event as a supporting project for project 3. This will enable me to demonstrate my time management, creativity, and audio engineering skills within a live recording session.
With regards to the development of Project 2, I have scheduled my final drum recording session for the week of the 17th of April due to the fact that my drummer will only be in town then. My next steps throughout this week will be to understand the processes and risks of conducting my own live stream and book my artists for the show.
In regards to project 3, I will also look to develop a google sheet that will allow me to track the whole process and development of the live stream idea, which can be found attached below.
With reference to this week's transferable skills, I personally felt that the best-reflected skills have been time management, creativity, and planning. The way in which I feel that time management and planning have been reflected throughout this week has been through the planning stages and process of the 2nd and 3rd projects. These skills are extremely important and we will require them in our work life. Time management is a skill that allows us, students, to ensure that key deadlines and submissions are met on time. Lastly, in terms of the creativity transferable skill reflected this week, the way in which I feel it has been reflected is in the creative planning of the upcoming live stream show, whereby the show is aimed at providing an opportunity for the youth musicians of Dubai to shine on a stage.

Notes

In class Drum Recording

Overall Drum Kit Setup

Sound Boards used as further acoustic treament to reduce reflection

SM57 Dynamic microphones used to mic up the toms & snare drum

AKG Pencil Microphones used in XY stereo pairing as overhead microphones

Room Microhone to acture room natrual reverbs

Studio desk and protools setup

Project 2 Development (Slide's) Plan

Pedros’ Projects.pptx

Project 3 Development - Website maintence and progress

Project 3 Development - Live Stream Planning Document

2022 Dubai Youth Band Live Stream_.xlsx

References

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