School project based on an acoustic recording session with a guitar player and a singer from the music department from Harold Washington College. I placed them next to each other for communication purposes and so that they could have visual cues while performing. The guitar was recorded using " Nashville" technique with a Neumann KM 184 microphone about 6 inches away from the 12th fret, for the body I placed a Neumann U 87 microphone away from the sound hole. As for the singer, I used an AKG C414 microphone for her vocals as it complimented her range and the aesthetic of the song.

Credit to the performers:
Guitar: Elias Hernandez
Vocals: Jennifer Aguilera

Natalia Lafourcade - Soledad y el Mar (Cover)

School project based on a live recording session of a jazz/pop ensemble from Harold Washington College's music department.  

This session was recorded as follows:

Drums: Two AKG C414s as overhead microphones, one AKG C451 B for the hi-hat, one Sennheiser MD 441 for the snare top, I used 3 Sennheiser MD 421 II  microphones  - one for snare bottom wires and one for each tom (1 rack and 1 floor) as for the kick drum I had an AKG D112 in the drum head sound port and one Beyerdynamic M88 for the beater. 

Bass: I had an Orange amp with an Orange Little Bass Thing Bass Head. I placed an Electro-Voice RE20 in the center of the cone, as well as taking D.I.  from the bass head.

Guitar: Fender Champion 20 Amp with a Shure SM57 placed in the middle of the cone. 

Keyboard: Nord Stage 4 - D.I. from the keyboard.

Sax: Shure SM57 aimed at the bell.

Flute: Shure SM7B above from the player aimed towards mouth.
 
Singers: I gave both singers AKG C414s.

Placement Note - The drums were in a sound booth at the back of the room. The guitar and bass amps were placed in corners, angled at 45 degrees to avoid direct sound reflection. The singers were positioned as far away from the drummer as possible, and the keyboard was placed behind the booth, maintaining eye contact with the drummer for cues. The brass section was on the opposite side from the singers. Live sessions inevitably have some degree of bleed. My objective in positioning each performer was to minimize bleed as much as possible.

Credit to the performers in this session:
Drums: David Danso
Bass: Anthony Florez
Guitar: Rob Thornton
Keyboard: Gio Herrera Perez
Sax: Stan Heras
Flute: Salomon Vargas
Backing Singer: Tatiana Souffrant
Lead Singer: Krystyna Medina

Natalia Lafourcade - Soledad y el Mar (Cover)

ISAI CARMONA GARCIA

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