One Hundred and Eighty Four Novice Mistakes

"King of the Stage ()"

During the recording process, the sound coming out of the singer's earphones is called "wet sound", which includes the melody of accompaniment and singing, usually the master tape, to ensure that the object of the recording can listen to the accompaniment, grasp the rhythm and pitch, Then sing or play facing the recording microphone.

At this time, what the recording microphone receives is "dry sound", and the recording is entered into the computer, that is to say, what the sound engineer in front of the audio console gets is pure and clean sound, ensuring that there is no extra interference or noise, and that it can be recorded to The singer's original voice is not modified and adjusted.

This is also called "listening wet and recording dry".

It is precisely because of this that all the sounds of the performance and singing are fully and thoroughly presented in the recording studio, exposing every advantage or disadvantage of the voice and singing, without hiding anything.

In "American Idol", a talent show that is popular all over the world, the famous judge Simon-Cowell (Simon-Cowell) created many famous quotes, one of which is a classic complaint that "this is just karaoke level", forming a corresponding return. One compliment is definitely "this is studio quality".

Where is the difference?

In karaoke, the sound of the accompaniment is too loud, covering the singing voice of the performers. The two key factors of singing level, timbre and rhythm, can hardly be recognized, and even the intonation may have undetectable deviations. The true level of the performers cannot be recognized.

Therefore, karaoke often makes people have an illusion of "I am the king of singers and queens". Even people with tone-deficient can create a feeling that "the performance is not bad" by raising the volume. What, it was all submerged in the accompaniment.

But the environment of the recording studio leaves nowhere for the performers to hide, amplifying the sound even further than a cappella, and even harshly exposing every subtle flaw, especially the rhythm and intonation, even if it is the lowest standard of the recording studio, It can already be regarded as a professional performer.

Of course, what Simon Cowell said was that "the recording studio is not at the level of computerized sound correction".

It’s not just the singer singing, the band’s performance is also the same——

For professional singers and amateurs, the difference between performance skills is very complicated, such as singing skills, breathing skills, vocal skills, etc., but one of the most critical skills is rhythm, which is also the key to karaoke and recording studios. one of the biggest differences.

Karaoke singing has no rhythm, and the performers follow the flow of the accompaniment, and the details are often lost in the noisy noise, but it is not easy to detect; but the performance in the recording studio is "dry", if the performance If the singer does not grasp the rhythm, the context of the song will become fragmented, even chaotic, and the collapse of the overall framework and context will be inevitable, then the performance will be a complete disaster.

It is even more obvious in the performance of the band.

Some singers, due to their talents, "God appreciates the food", even if they don't need to study, they can feel the rhythm naturally, so they don't need to practice the rhythm alone before working in the recording studio; but the band performance is more demanding, just like the movie " The rhythm pursued in "Burst Drummer" is the same.

Fast-paced and slow-paced, strong and weak beats, emotional fullness, dynamic relaxation, etc., can all be clearly displayed in the recording studio space, how to become an excellent performer from an ordinary performer, and how to become an excellent performer Getting to the top performers, that's the key.

This is the case with classical music. The contestants in the final battle of the International Piano Competition are all geniuses. The performance itself is basically infallible, but these details can feel the subtle changes of emotional injection. Such a chemical reaction is called "" Expressiveness".

The same goes for pop music.

This is why Maxim finally admitted that Ronan was the most suitable candidate as a sound engineer and producer. As Ollie said, Ronan has been in charge of this for the past few months,

The adjustment and practice of the band are often based on Ronan's opinions.

Ronan is indeed able to capture the emotional nodes of the melody, which seems to be a talent, a talent that has been suddenly awakened since the accident at the "High Noon" bar.

Now, the most suitable person standing in the recording studio is still Ronan.

"OK!"

Oli was the first to gesture towards Ronan, and then both Maxim and Cliff also signaled.

Ronan said into the microphone again, "Let's try to practice first, don't be burdened, and get used to the atmosphere first."

As the first output "wet sound", it is actually the master tape. Ronan has already made a rough recording on the computer before as a reference for band practice. Although it is not perfect and has many flaws, it is used in the recording studio as a "Wet sound" is still no problem, it can be used as a direction guide.

After all, the “dry sound” recorded next is the point.

Although it is not the first time for the members of One Day King to enter the recording studio, in Ronan's view, this should be more difficult than the first recording.

Returning to such a space after many years is not only unfamiliar and ignorant, but also the fluctuation of mentality, the urgency of time, the pressure of expectations, etc. may also become interference factors, coupled with the self-proclaimed determination that you are not a novice, you always feel that you should perform well , but may break the balance.

Right now, that's it.

Ronan's expression was a bit weird, it was only two or eight beats, and there were quite a few mistakes, even worse than the opening of last week's warm-up show.

But the problem is that what the earphones transmit is their own real-time performance, as long as they stay focused, they can hear the effect at a glance; the earphones in the recording room transmit the wet sound of the master tape, and they can't hear their own performance at all. Playing effect, even if there is a mistake, there is no way to know.

So, the disaster happened, and it is still going on, and the scene is very funny.

Oli was the first to notice Ronan's expression, mainly because he lacked confidence in himself and was always worried about making mistakes in his performance, so he noticed the change in Ronan's expression, stopped immediately, took off the earphones, Then you can hear Maxime and Cliff playing——

You don’t need genius ears, Ollie can hear something is wrong; moreover, without the sound of the drum set stealing the spotlight, the sound of other instruments immediately stands out, and you can feel the discordant part instantly, Maxim and Ke It's like Reeve is... fighting.

It’s not physical fist-waving, but each falling into the mud, like two people standing in karaoke and singing loudly, but the rhythm and pitch of the two people are not on the same channel at all, but they are still immersed in it without realizing it, fantasizing about themselves Singing in front of 100,000 people.

The person involved may not be aware of it, but the bystanders cannot ignore it. That feeling is really... indescribable.

"Hahaha!"

Ollie couldn't hold it back anymore, and let out a high-frequency dolphin-sounding laugh, which was earth-shattering and deafening, but he immediately realized that he was in the recording room, and quickly controlled the laughter, but his body still couldn't help but began to shake chaff up -

Shake, shake, shake.