Live Sound Recording

 I got to help out some fellow audio students record a live band over at the 702 Lounge just off the strip.  It was really great getting to collaborate with both audio and video students to make a complete, and really nice looking project.  The band we recorded was great and had a variety of instruments from trumpet, to piano, bass, drums, and vocals from the female lead and backup vocals from the trumpet player. They played a mix of jazz and rock songs as well as some original tracks as well. We got there just before the band started so we could set up.  It was a fairly simple set up for the group. We used a DAR to record all of our audio and get our levels, and we used the Rode NT-5 pair set up on opposite sides of the stage to get the proper stereo width of the performance. We then set up a pair of Shure SM-57’s in the back by where we were recording to capture the proper room tone as well as audience sounds.  The thing that took the longest was getting the levels set up properly to capture the bands sound, but once we had that dialed in it was all about getting a good mix during the songs.  My teammates and I took turns mixing songs and getting the level correct for each song the band performed.  After the concert we broke down and then it just took a little touch up in Pro Tools to get the proper sound and to sync the performance to the video we captured.  I’m really happy with how the project turned out.