Planning

Researches for the tracking were mostly done by previous production analysis assignment. And some of the techniques used in this project such as microphone placement and microphone selection and so on. Most microphone used from the analysis were vintage but some of them were commend one like D12, SM57/5, MD421 and U87 which the university got but some of them from the analysis were very expensive like the ribbon mic. Before doing the tracking the very first thing is to decide which microphone will be capture what and they characteristic that will suit the instrument and all this thing need to be consider beforehand. Also need to work around with the microphone that the university got so this even need more planning and researching. And also need to know what characteristic of sound that want to achieve this will save a lot of time. When we know what we want to achieve then we can pick the microphone that will suit a particular instrument. Since the different microphone has different characteristic so we really need to listen the microphone decide which one to use. From the analysis the engineer often use extra microphone to capture the sound source so later on when doing the mix this should give more option and depend on how creative the engineer is. For example, by using lots of microphone this can create fattening effect on the other hand this it similar to parallel compression. The different is the parallel compression has Dry or Wet signal and this can create fattening effect. Since the Wet signal can be the one with heavy compression and same time the Dry signal will retain the Dynamic combine this two signal it will create a fattening effect.

Before the session it is necessary to planning everything beforehand this can minimize unnecessary problems and also save a lot time since there is not much time so we need to be careful with our planning. Thing like set up the mixer the way we want to use also headphone mix and so on, all this without a plan it is overwhelming when working in the studio. Even though those professional people that from the analysis they planning for ever  single day start from the end of the project. Planning thing like the song choosing and the musician choosing etc. Basically, the planning is an very important part of the whole production process.