The verse and chorus of the song Ænema by Tool. Recorded into a Radial D.I. box and then into an interface. Slight EQ and Compression aded

Day 5 January 11 2015 9:35 Ænema Bass D.I.

This was recorded in our jam hall, with the first track recorded by a sm57 in the dead center of the room facing away from the amp, and placed in the center axis. The second was with a condenser placed at the center of the room but all the way to the right side, facing away, and tall in height close to the ceiling. The third was with a sm7b placed at the center of the room, but all the way to the right, placed on the floor.

Day 21 January 27, Schism riff

Recorded at our jam hall, all tracks done with a condenser microphone, with the amp in the center of the room. The first track is done with the mic in front of the amp, facing away and in the center axis. The second is in the right corner in front of the amp, but also facing away. The third is on the left corner in front of the amp, facing away, but placed on the floor. The fourth is placed on the floor, behind the amp and facing away, also on the floor. The fifth is placed in the hallway with the door open, facing away from the room. Lastly, the sixth is placed behind the amp, at the far back wall, facing away and under a bunch of boxes. 

Day 22 January 28,  Aenima riff

For today, I decided to place my amp in the center of our jam hall again, but this time facing upward toward the ceiling. with the way the sound travels and reflects, this gives a forced perspective of the room size the amp is in. It's now as if the amp (from forced perspective) is placed on the very center of a wall. With the mic placements, I used an SM57 and hung it off various hooks facing downward. So with the forced perspective in mind, its as if im able to place mics above and below the amp that is perceived as almost 'floating' in the center of the wall. in every two tracks the microphone is in the same position of the room but the first of the two is hung more closely to the ceiling, while the second is hung much closer to the floor, or in the sense of the forced perspective, the wall in which the amp is in the center of. To conclude this, the first group of two is in perspective, to the left of the amp and a bit above its placement. The second group is below the amp, and the third, on the right side but a bit below. the last track is all 6 tracks played together. the riff is the opening to Tool's Lateralus.

Day 23 January 29, forced room perspective riff

Today, I wanted to use the same forced perspective, but instead of having the mics pointed in the direction the amp was facing up, i decided to surround the amp with the mics facing away from the amp, but facing upright, as if with the forced perspective, the mics are facing away and on a 90 degree angle away from the amp. They are also in groups of two again with the first being raised close to the ceiling, and the second of each group, as close to the floor as possible. with the mic being placed as close to the floor as possible, its as if the mic is slightly below the speaker projecting. The first recording is to the left side of the amp and facing away towards the wall. The second is at the top right corner of the amp, facing the corner of the room. And the third, is at the bottom of the amp, facing towards the wall closest to it, which is about twice as close as the wall in the first recording that was left to the amp. 

Day 24 January 30, forced room 360 degrees AND 90degrees

The depth of field I wanted to create was something resembling a bubble around the corner of a room. So with the bass amp aptly facing away from a corner o a room, and a couple foam rolls and a carpet roll behind, I placed the first recordings microphone in front of it, directly facing the speaker, about 7 feet away. The second is placed at the same level but this about 4 more feet backwards. The third recording is with the mic placed about 4 feet away, but this time, with the mic raised to stand at about 7 feet, and tilted 45 degrees downward, thus starting emphasizing the bubble depth of field by strategically angling the mics cardioid pattern. The fourth is with the same height as the third, but now it's pushed about 6 feet back, and the mic slightly tilted about 20 degrees upward.
The last two are hovering slightly behind the amp, pointed down. The first one of the couple being about 2 feet above the amp, and the very last being raised around 5 feet. 

Day 25 January 31 bass amp bubble field

Today, I wanted to see how I could achieve the depth of field in a 2 bedroom apartment. I thought this would be interesting if I opened all the doors of every room, allowing the apartment to act as one big room, since its all on one floor, and each room is quite close to each other. This also allows the different places i clapped to reflect and travel around corners and odd wall placements. I placed the mic in the bedroom farthest from the main apartment entrance, and started my first set of claps at the doorway of the room. The second set of claps was in the walk-in closet of the room where the mic was placed. The third was with me clapping in the bathroom, which is beside the doorway of the bedroom the mic is placed in. The fourth recording is in the other bedroom of the apartment, which is on the other side of the doorway, but a little farther away from where the bathroom is placed. The fifth is with me clapping at the end of the hallway which leads to the 3 rooms in pretense. Lastly, the sixth recording is with me clapping in the kitchen, which is open concept, and on the other side of the apartment as opposed to the bedroom where the mic is placed. 

Day 26, February 01, Apartment Depth Clap

For today's recording, I played a drum beat (in which the drum is placed at one end of the room in the center) with the mic (sm57) in front of the drum kit, facing away, and tilted upward at a 45 degree angle at head level. The second is in the same position, but at waist level, and tilted 45 degrees down. The third and fourth is placed at the left of the drum kit, facing away, with the same position shifts as the first two. Lastly, the fifth is placed directly behind the drum seat faced directly upward at the ceiling, at head level, and the sixth pointed directly down at the floor at waist level. I noticed the most characteristic is the very last, with the placement focused heavily on the snare and kick drum.

Day 27 February 02, Drum beat depth

For the last recording of this week, I wanted to capture the depth of field in a parking garage. I brought two wine glasses and placed the mic on top of a car in an open parking space. I clanged the glasses together in different spots with the mic in the same spot. The first recording was right in front of the mic. The second was in the next parking space, and the third was two parking spaces over, as well as the fourth being three spaces over. All these parking spots were open with only one wall separating the spots, so each recording had an added layer of a concrete wall. The fifth was a parking spot behind the microphone that was enclosed with three walls. Lastly, i recorded the sixth in the very far corner of the garage left of the microphone.

Day 28 February 03, Wine Glass Parking Garage

For the start of this weeks challenge, i tried to find as many places withing an apartment building that could show different kinds of reverberations. The list are as follows:
1. Garbage disposal Room (very small, about 2x2)
2. Hallway
3. Stairwell
4. Elevator
5. Under kitchen sink
6. Garbage can
7. Mail room (mixture of drywall and steel mail doors)
8. Lobby (all walls are glass)
9. Bedroom
10. Walk in closet
11. Bathroom
12. Parking Garage

Day 29 February 04 Apartment Building Sounds

I decided for todays set of recordings to be recorded where I work, at the Perimeter Institute. Some rooms are relative to yesterdays recordings, but the difference in sizes provide a comparison in how the sound reverberates. Also, almost every room has no parallel walls or ceiling, providing a really nice reflection. I stomped my foot three times, and The rooms are as follows:
1. Locker room (one wall is entirely steel locker doors and glass windows)
2. Staff change room (very small, about 8x6)
3. Stairwell (3 floors)
4. Bike locker room (rectangular, about 30 bikes inside)
5. Public restroom 
6. Coat rack room (one wall entirely full of coats)
7. Shower room
8. Sauna (all wood including floor and ceiling)
9. Squash court (2 floors high)
10. Elevator (about 1.5x larger than yesterdays elevator)
11. Foyer (4 floors tall)
12. Meeting room 

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