Skills 2: Technology in performance and recording + Basic editing and mastering including video
Cool things from week 2 workshop:
- Record from multiple video and audio sources e.g. still camera, panning camera, zoom recorder and even your smartphone
- When you are recording from multiple sources, make sure the clap is in the recording!
- To have a stable hand held camera, hold the elbow of the recording arm with the other arm and keep the elbow close to the body.
- With dual microphones (e.g. zoom recorder), the angles of the microphone are determined by the distance/width of sound source e.g. distance from the left of Isabel to the right of Erin.
- Test the sound before recording by looking at the levels
- Angles matter – we wanted eye level for this particular recording of Adele’s ‘Someone Like You’
- Lighting matters – you’ll get dark circles if the lighting is from above due to the shadows
Melody's Music Tech Blog 