assignment #3 – music 174a

the idea of this project is to record at least 3 different instruments (a drum kit is considered a single instrument) with microphones to create a complete recording of a piece or song. quality counts. strive for fullness and detail.

3-5 minute piece

1 use at least 3 different microphones

2 majority of tracks should be miked (some electronic instruments allowed)

3 use close and distant miking

4 make at least two overdubs

5 at least 5 edits, and at least 10 tracks

6 do a basic rough mix

no effects or plugins with the following exception:
– acoustic effects can be used (hallway reverb, room mic, etc.)

you must present your piece in 10th or finals week, playing the piece, explaining what you did and answering questions.
you should place the session in the 174a folder, with a separate stereo interleaved soundfile with the final edit/rough mix.

you should also hand in documentation as follows:
– microphone/instrument diagram
– track listing with mic, settings
– take listing with time, description, notes

work in the following groups

Grant Parker Hovander – James Forest Reid – Tracy Nicole Levick
Crystal Jiao – Matthew Harrison Rice – Joyce Hwayoung Park
William Joseph-Glen Carlisle – Gregory Tazmond Farley
John Anthony D’Agostini – Kostyantyn Chumakov – Aldo Marcel Mojica
Camden Robert Greenwood – Salvador Zamora – Cordane Omari Richardson
Cory Jonathan Banh – Christopher Patrick Loree
Raymond S Lim – Chloe Jessica Bari – Yidai Li
Camille Angela Latzke – Caleb Michael Hess – Chi Zhang
Jacob Michael Ugalde – Francis Kyle Galang – Jorge Alberto Jiron Villarreal
Daniela Andrea Chaparro – Kenroe Ervin Ang – Lizbeth Rios