This is the latest recording of my project but I aim to keep improving it up until the day of presentation https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XVNxn4c6R59VNasUOaxUkGNAM42S7pQX. I learned a few basic recording principles, it’s better to record (for example) a guitar lead track completely on the same day or at least write down all the amp and special effect settings to keep the tone consistent. I have recorded my piece over different days and have been composing for different parts sporadically and realised that my guitar tones slightly changed throughout the track for the same part; I understand that this is a rookie error but I definitely learned my lesson. Today I erased all tracks that are no longer useful and experimented with some different layering but one of the coolest things I got out of today was the very minuscule manipulation of rhythm. For some reason when I record to the metronome and play it back there is always a slight delay no matter how perfect my timing is; this was slightly annoying when it came to matching all recordings and snapping them to a block especially with MIDI. This ended up being useful as I experimented on the placement of an instrument recording e.g. behind the beat, trimming sections and moving them slightly to the right; this was especially a cool effect when working with the harmonic guitar lead parts and the guitar solo.
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