Studio Introduction

In my studio session in audio engineering, I learned basics on the desk controller and some fundimentals in pro tools. We had a saxophone player in, and Justin played piano. We miked up the piano with a stereo mic, and had three mics on the saxophone. One overhead, one near the keys and one at the bell. We used condenser mics for the keys and the bell, and a dynamic mic for the overhead. This was a mistake! We should have used a condenser mic for the overhead, as the dynamic was not sensitive enough. Oh well, I will now know for next time. The other mics however worked well, and we used the signal from them to record. When we listened back to the recordings, we could hear the difference between the mic at the bell and the mic at the keys. We used a combination of the two to get the best sound that we could.