I Need You Say No - Post 3

ENTER ZOE-BETH

Zoe-Beth is to be the new singer for my Unit 8 "I Need You Say No" submission. What have we established? We are to re write a few of the lyrics and change some of the vocal melody. This isn't because the old ones were bad, but because she is a different kind of singer and her style didn't suit the original content.

At the time of writing this, I have 10 days until the deadline... so a production plan is in order. We will create the new vocal line out of take tracks. Looping each section 4-5 times to leave me with enough content to patch together a solid take. We decided on this as she only had a few days to learn the track and she didn't feel she could give a consistent performance. I'm acting as an enabler for her performance... and we both feel this recording technique will give me the best possible content to work with.

Say no post 3: News

01/12/2017

The recording was extremely quick and efficient. While I set up the VO booth and line checked, she warmed up her vocals in Live room D. I set her up with a Neumann U87, a stereo headphone backing track, a music stand and a drinks table. We set the input gain on the console, and balanced her fold back. As most singers do; she wanted a reverb in the cans. I sent her an effects return from the MX200 outboard unit and balanced that (100% wet) reverb, backing track, and vocal return to her needs.

Like we planed; the vocals were compiled in take banks, section by section. Once finished we had maybe 11 takes of each section down and 3 takes of the entire vocal line in one go. More than enough to work with.

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Say no post 3: Bio

ENTER ZOE-BETH

01/12/2017

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Like we planed; the vocals were compiled in take banks, section by section. Once finished we had maybe 11 takes of each section down and 3 takes of the entire vocal line in one go. More than enough to work with.