Music Listening Test…
1.
a) There are electricity signals that are
disturbing one another. Also, the crash of electricity passing through the
cable to the guitar and the cable being pulled out.
b) You could DI box the guitar to avoid any
feedback or background noise.
2.
a) Close mic’ing a piano, you can hear then
keys being played aggressively just under the sound of the notes/chords being
played
b) You can also DI box the piano recording
eliminating any key playing sounds, reducing the loss of energy and getting a
fuller sound.
3.
a) There is feedback from the electric
acoustic and the closely played microphone recording the sounds.
b) Only use a normal acoustic guitar if
close mic’ing, or DI box the recording.
4.
a) The bass guitar is too loud meaning it
sounds distorted and not very clean. It is a lot louder than the drums in which
I cant really hear that well.
b) Turn the gain down on the recording and
or when recording the bass, make sure you are recording it at a volume not too
loud as you can always turn it up when editing, but when turning it down from
it being too loud, not losing the clean sound to it.
5.
a) It alters in volume, it gets louder then
quieter etc.
b) When mic’ing the xylophone up, have
multiple microphones lined up going down the instrument, therefore, picking up
every sound being produced.
6.
a) The bass drum and snare were very loud
and over-powering the rest of the kit.
b) To avoid this, you can turn the volume
of the bass drum and snare track down when editing.
7.
a) After the guitar had stopped, there were
a couple of seconds of background noise where the musician had stopped playing
and had moved and physically stopped the recording.
b) To avoid this problem, when editing, cut
the track from where the musician has stopped playing. Also, to save the effort
of having to cut it as soon as the musician has stopped and started creating
noise, when you have stopped playing the instrument in a recording, sit there
for a couple of seconds in silence top reduce and costs of background noise.
8.
a) The problem in this recording is the
change in tempo on the drums. It starts with a quick beat then slowly fades
into a basic drum pattern.
b) To avoid this, listen to a metronome to
keep in time to a beat.
9.
a) During this recording, you can hear the
squeak of a door opening and closing.
b) To avoid a problem like this happening,
there are many alternatives. Don’t let someone else in the studio with you,
keep the door locked or put a sign on the door letting people know there is a
recording happening.
10.
a) With this recording, it sounds like the
microphones that have been set up to record the drums have been placed badly,
some parts of the kit sound as if the mic has been closer and some further
away.
b) To avoid this happening, ensure that all
microphones have been placed the same way to get the most accurate and clean
sounding drum kit.
11.
a) The bass in this short track is really
out of time to the drum kit. I also think the bass is a little too loud.
b) To avoid these problems, the bass player
should listen to the recorded drums to know when to come in and when to stay in
time. Also, turn the bass recording down a bit.
12.
a) In this guitar sequence, there are
chords being played wrong making the recording sound terrible.
b) To avoid this, rehearse the piece before
recording to make sure you know the whole piece.
13.
a) I THINK that in this drum fill, the
snare was a lot louder than the rest of the kit, making the listeners main
attraction, the snare.
b) To avoid this, you should level every
mic set up and drum before recording.
14.
a) This recording is way too quiet.
b) To avoid a problem like this happening,
turn up the tracks gain when editing it. You could also make sure the musician
is sitting closer to the mic when recording, or make sure the volume on the
actual instrument is turned up. For example, the knob on an electric guitar.
15.
a) In this recording, I think the amplifier
is too loud.
b) To avoid something like this happening,
make sure the amp is at a good volume when recording it.
16.
a) The bass in this track is far too loud,
and you can hear the snare/cymbals of the drum kit rattling to the powerful
volume of the bass.
b) To stop this happening, you can record
in a room that doesn’t have a drum kit in. If you are unavailable to do that,
then you can record the bass via a DI box.
17.
a) The edit of this recording has made it
sound very tinny and almost unbearable to listen to.
b) To stop this, when editing the drums,
make sure when equalizing a track, you only do it to enhance the volume and/or
to give it an intentional sound that listeners will appreciate.
18.
a) In this recording, you can hear the
metronome in the background.
b) To avoid in issue like this from
occurring, make the performer wear headphones so only they can hear it and the
risk of the metronome being picked up is miniscule
19.
a) In this recording, the drum kit has been
recorded on one, maybe two microphones.
b) To avoid making the drum kit sound so
powerless, close mic each section of the drum kit to get the best sounding kit
that is powerful and bass’y.
20.
a) This recording, there are a lot of wrong
chords being played in the rhythm guitar section, taking the nice sounding lead
guitar away.
b) To avoid this, make sure the performer
has learned the track before recording so he does not ruin the overall sound.
21.
a) The reverb on the snare in this
recording is really unnecessary. It sounds silly and does not match the rest of
the unedited kit.
b) To avoid this, do not add reverb onto
the snare without editing the rest of the kit. Or if you want reverb on only
the snare, don’t use such a heavy reverb.
22.
a) In this recording, the guitar hits the
closely placed microphone creating a bang sound.
b) To avoid this, make sure the microphone
is placed close to the guitar but not too close leading to this error.
23.
a) In this recording there is a lot of
background noise before and after the track starts. You can hear the squeak of
the stool that the performer is sitting on. You also hear his keys at the end
of the track.
b) To avoid this happening, make sure cut
out any background noise when editing the track, also, when playing the
recorded instrument, make sure you are sitting/standing still to reduce any
sound of movement.
24.
a) In this track the toms sounded very loud
compared to the rest of the kit.
b) To avoid this, level each mic to make
sure each part of the kit is the same volume so it sound even
25.
a) The strums of guitar alter volume, it
starts loud then the strums get quieter at the end.
b) To avoid this, make sure you use the
same sort of technique and power each time you play a chord.
26.
a) The track was not left to fade out when
the drum fill was finished. The track had been cut short when edited.
b) To avoid this, when editing, listen to
the track until then end and make a note of how long it takes for the track to
fade out, then cut the track after it has fully stopped.
27.
a) In this recording, there are some notes
that are missed/hit badly and also some background noise right before the
guitar starts. It sounds as if the performer was moving heavily next to the
microphone.
b) To avoid this from happening, re-play
the piece until the performer fully hits each note attempted. Also, do not move
whilst recording to reduce background noise.