Chapter 58: The master of recording songs
2 p.m. is the time when the band and the radio station make an appointment to record a song. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
That's a big deal for the band. Therefore, everyone who had already been notified gathered at Haitian Qin Store early. In order to move musical instruments, Xiao Haitian also specially called a small truck.
When everyone rushed to the station, Xie Moling was already waiting for everyone early. After the instruments were moved into the studio, the equipment was installed.
At this time, Hua Ming had already begun to communicate with the recording engineer of the radio station.
Don't underestimate recording, recording is not a simple thing, it is much more troublesome than live performance.
Before recording, it is very important to communicate with the recording engineer as the whole recording process requires the full cooperation of the recording engineer.
As soon as the communication was communicated, the recording engineer was very surprised.
At first, he heard that it was a student band that was being recorded today, and his head grew when he heard it. Because most of the students are newcomers with little experience in recording, they don't understand many details, so they have to learn from scratch, and in the process of recording, they are particularly prone to mistakes.
Recording engineers annoy newbies, which is something that everyone in the circle knows.
The sound engineer had thought he was in trouble again this afternoon. But after communicating with Hua Ming, he found that this young guy was very familiar with the whole process of recording, and he was proficient in the professional terms, equipment names, precautions, and cooperation between the two.
Where did this young kid get so much experience in recording? This is the surprise of the sound recordist.
After communicating with the recording engineer, Hua Ming began to explain the details to everyone.
After everyone turns off their phones, turns in anything that might make a sound, and leaves the studio absolutely silent, the recording will begin.
Why stay absolutely silent? This is because, in the recording studio, high-sensitivity condenser microphones are used, and even the slightest noise can be sensitively captured by the microphone, which can affect the overall sound of the finished product.
Hua Ming and everyone brought professional monitoring headphones and began to adjust the volume of the instruments one by one.
In this recording, in the accompaniment music part, Huaming uses physical instruments to record, that is, all this part of the music is directly played by the band with its own instruments.
Before the official recording, it is very necessary to test the sound of each instrument and adjust the volume. Because of the first recording, Huaming used the most secure collective recording method, that is, all the instruments and singers recorded together at the same time.
This is the safest, but also the roughest recording method, because although electric guitars, electric basses, electronic organs and other electroacoustic instruments are directly connected to the mixing console of the studio through audio cables, but instruments such as drums and saxophones are picked up live through condenser microphones, and the singer's voice is also picked up live.
In this way, several different sounds will be mixed together and it will be difficult to adjust them later.
Under Hua Ming's command, after adjusting the volume of each instrument, the trial recording began.
For these newcomers, it is almost impossible to succeed without going through repeated trial recordings.
For example, the first time the first song was tested, it was quickly stopped by Hua Ming.
This is because, in the recording scene, except for the drums and singing, all the other electroacoustic instruments, the sound has been transmitted to the mixer, there is no sound at the recording site, everyone can only use monitor headphones to hear.
Listening to it with headphones is naturally different from the live sound that everyone is used to, so at the beginning, everyone was not used to it, and naturally it was wrong.
After many trial recordings, everyone finally got used to it.
The first recording officially began.
Very good, with everyone's cooperation, although occasionally a little mistake will be made, except for the need to re-record, the whole process is quite smooth, and soon, the recording of seven songs was completed quickly.
Of course, this was very fast, and it was already more than an hour later.
Which seven songs?
Of course, it is "I Wish People Were Long", "The Girl is Pretty", "Nunchuck", "Red Dragonfly", "Your Eyes", "Later" and the cover of "The Past Can Only Be Recalled".
No, it should be 12 songs, because "I Wish People Were Long", "The Past Can Only Be Recalled", "Your Eyes" and the version sung by Teresa Teng, and "The Girl is Pretty" and "Red Dragonfly", as well as the version of Zhou Yiwei.
As for the two songs "Later" and "Nunchuck", Hua Ming didn't let them sing them, because Hua Ming hadn't practiced these two songs for them alone, and now the effect of their singing is not satisfactory to Hua Ming.
After a short break, everyone started recording a second time.
This time, the method of separating the accompaniment and singing is adopted, which is also the most commonly used way to record songs normally.
In this way, the accompaniment part of the song is recorded first, and then the singer records the singing voice with the accompaniment that has just been recorded through the monitoring headphones.
Songs recorded in this way are easier to mix and synthesize in the later stage, because it is a multi-track recording mode, and each instrument has a separate audio track, which is more convenient to adjust.
Another advantage of this recording method is that it does not add the original singing, which is the complete original accompaniment.
For a song, the original accompaniment is also very important, and the person who listens to the song, after being proficient in the song, if he wants to sing it by himself and does not want to have the interference of the original singing, it is best to use the original accompaniment.
With the foundation of the first pass, the second pass went more smoothly, but this successful completion was more than two hours later.
Now it's time for the recording to end!
Don't worry, there's a third time.
However, the third time is none of your business, if you want to go back, you can go first!
After eating some takeaway, Hua Ming was ready to start recording for the third time.
The third time was Hua Ming himself alone, recording the accompaniment of one instrument after another.
This is because, in terms of level and understanding of the songs, Hua Ming is a little better than the other members of the band, and Hua Ming himself, he can achieve the current extreme in the details of each instrument.
For Hua Ming, who requires perfection in music, if he wants the most perfect effect, he naturally has to do it himself, and then mix and synthesize it in the later stage.
In his previous life, this was something Hua Ming often did, and he was already extremely proficient in this matter.
I'm sorry, big brother recording engineer, but you're going to have to work overtime tonight.
After the third pass, the recording engineer realized that he had met a real master. With the accompaniment of the automatic beat sound of the electronic organ, the electric guitar, the electric bass, and the drum kit, Hua Ming completed the recording of a song without any mistakes, and the accompaniment of each instrument was exquisite.
Master, definitely master. In this industry, how many people can record such a high-level of various musical instruments one by one?
It's worth it. This is the idea of the big brother of the sound engineer.
The third accompaniment recording of the seven songs was finally completed.
It's finally over, it's getting late!
Hold your horses! Hua Ming took out the acoustic guitar again and set up the pickup microphone unhurriedly.
What is he doing here?
Don't forget, Hua Ming also has a new song, "The Wandering Singer's Lover", which was freshly released last night.
Why Use an Acquitous?
Campus folk songs, acoustic guitar accompaniment is the most distinctive and original!
Hua Ming first recorded the accompaniment of the acoustic guitar, and then recorded the accompaniment of other instruments over and over again.
This kid is secretly releasing a new song again? Why is the melody so good? In the listening room outside the recording studio, everyone who was already waiting for a long time was in high spirits.
It's not kind, but secretly released a new song! But the melody of this song is so good!
In the end, Hua Ming followed the accompaniment of the acoustic guitar that had been recorded and completed the recording of the singing.
The whole recording process is finally done.
Watching Hua Ming, who was still not tired, walk out of the recording studio, everyone couldn't help but sigh, it is not a loss to be a martial arts master, and his physical fitness and mental state are obviously superior!
However, what everyone is more anxious about is, what kind of song was that just now?
Hey, my sister is also in the listening room!