Real-Life Communication
A local rock band plans to record its first album. They've chosen
your company, Tuning Fork Productions, for the job.
They've heard you've
got a good ear for music. However, now that they've seen your small recording
studio, they're concerned.
The problem is, they were hoping to make
their small band sound big. They want it to sound like they're playing in
a large arena.
To keep this gig, you're going to have to do some persuading.
Read the following recording tip, and then write down what you'll say to the
band. You need to be convincing, but not too technical. Just make sure you
explain how you'll create that big room sound.
If you
are recording drums in a big room and you want a big room sound, simply place
one or two room microphones about 20 to 25 feet away from the drum set. Either
mix them in with your close microphones going to tape, or put on separate
tracks if you have enough.
If your drums are in a small room and you
want a big room sound, you can simulate one or two room microphones by using
a delay.
Here's the deal. Sound travels through the air at a speed
of about 1,130 feet per second. To keep things simple, we'll figure about
one millisecond per foot. (A millisecond is 1/1000 of a second.)
This
means that a mic placed 20 feet away from the drum set is receiving the sound
at a delay of about 20 milliseconds.
The above tip was
copied by permission from the website of the Internet Recording School.