GaGa-RaGa

Gaga-Raga

As soon as you press play, you can hear performers moving/talking and instruments being touched, the metronome also can be heard at the beginning far off in the distance. This is because they have not edited/mastered it properly and automated the audio. The metronome is also at a very high frequency making it easy to hear. I would have cut out those parts which means it sounds more professional and slick, therefore making the song start at the beginning when you press play rather than waiting a few seconds.

Yet again, the piano sounds like it was recorded far away. Too much reverb, recorded using a condenser, this is because you can hear everything else in the room. I would either lower the gain of the condenser so it wouldn't pick up any other audio in the room or use a dynamic microphone. I would have also reduced the reverb by placing foam in the room to absorb it. I would have placed the microphone in a better position and close to the part that emits the sound this would also mean it wouldn't pick up anything else as there is a shorter distance between the microphone and noise being recorded.

Gaps in between vocals aren't cut out, meaning you can hear breathing and swallowing, I would fix this by going through the song and lowering the gain using automation at parts of the song where the performer isn't singing so you can't hear anything else happening such as swallowing from the performer or them shuffling, or just cutting all parts between the vocals on the track.

Microphone gain isn't set right she becomes too loud at 1:14, when compared to the other parts of the song such as the beginning it is very different in volume, I could also change the automation of the gain during the track to make sure the volume does not peak. I would either record it again or use a compressor.

Not using a pop shield created popping in the vocals. One pop can be heard at 0:47. I would record the song again and use a pop shield or try my best to reduce the pops by lowering the gain using automation when there may be a pop.

Didn't cut the microphone audio at the end, can hear her taking off her headphones, i would cut this out and it would make it sound more professional.