Assignment4
This document discusses strategies for reducing unwanted electrical and acoustic noise when recording music. It identifies two main types of noise - acoustic noise from the recording space and surroundings, and electrical noise from recording equipment. Some tips provided include choosing a quiet recording space, identifying and isolating specific noise sources, using fewest possible pieces of equipment with short balanced cables, turning off unnecessary power sources, using high quality gear, optimizing microphone placement and polar patterns, and leveraging noise reduction tools in post-production rather than trying to fix all noise in the mix. The overall goal is to capture a clean recording with minimal noise to provide flexibility in later production stages.
Assignment4
- 1. How to Reduce Unwanted Electrical and Acoustical Noise When Recording Assignment 4 Mahta Moattari
- 2. Introduction O Hi, my name is Mahta. I¡¯m from Fredericton, NB, Canada. In this assignment I like to talk about how to reduce unwanted electrical and acoustical noise when recording. I hope you find it useful.
- 3. Unwanted noises O We have two type of noise when we record music: O Acoustic noise: noise of the space and everything that comes into it O electrical noise: noises that the gear itself creates O There are different strategies to avoid these noises while recording
- 4. Recording and space O Whenever you are recording you need to remember, you are recording instrument in the space. O The more noise free space will result in a cleaner record. O The cleaner the record the more option you have to work with
- 5. Find that noise O Listen carefully to find the different noise resource and somehow isolate them, for example: O To avoid computer¡¯s fan noise, move farther away O Put a blanket or a pillow against the window O Heat, air conditioning and TV cause noise too O Before recording, listen and try to reduce all those different types of noise
- 6. Find that noise O Every piece of gear makes some kind of electrical noise O The self-noise specification can be found in manual O To reduce that noise, use as few pieces of gear as possible O Also use short cables and use balanced cables, like XLR cables or TRS cables as much as possible
- 7. Find that noise O The power system of your studio can also cause electrical noise O Turn off the dimmers and light dimmers O Use high quality gear O Reduce the amount of noise by mike placement, also by not turning the mike pre-up and instead get the mike closer to the source
- 8. Find that noise O Mike polar pattern also can have an impact on noise O A directional microphone will focus on the source and reject the sound of the room
- 9. Tools that can reduce noise O In the post production process we have some tools that can reduce noise O We should not try to fix the noise in the mix O But these tools are important because noise can be useful musically