Multi-Track+Recording

Taken from Go Music Media - videos for multi-track recording copyright Go Music Media; Susan Ogilvie 2011

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E-Course Multi-Track Recording ‒ Entry Level Instructor: Susan Ogilvy Our musical example is “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” by Leon Jessel PREPARATION: 1. Pre-plan where you will SAVE your SONG on the Clavinova ‒ either on a floppy disk, a flash drive, the USER drive, or on the 300 CVP series a Smart Card. Have one of these devices inserted in its place on your Clavinova. 2. Determine the instrument/voice you will record for each musical part. See TRACK MAP on page 3 of musical score. Keep in mind these are not “in stone” and can be changed after the recording is finished (in Session 2). 3. Rehearse the parts with the Metronome at a comfortable speed. Keep in mind that the TEMPO can be adjusted to go faster (or slower) after the recording is finished. Don’t knock yourself out trying to play so fast that you make multiple mistakes. You will waste a lot of time correcting those mistakes later when you could have just recorded it slower from the beginning with little or no mistakes! WATCH VIDEO 1 Susan explains two ways to begin recording and why we are using a music example with a pick up, and how that works. Also a brief discussion of voice articulations. RECORD the Melody Part on Track 1 We will record the MELODY on Channel (Track) One. It is not a rule to record the Melody first, but we will in this case since the Melody begins before the other parts. 1. Press NEW SONG (STOP & PLAY/PAUSE simultaneously). “NEW SONG” should appear in your Song quadrant in the MAIN screen. Susanogilvy@gomusicmedia.com Cell 940-453-4189 Central Time 2. Turn on the METRONOME and Press the TEMPO plus or minus button to set a comfortable Tempo. The Metronome defaults to 4/4 time so we don’t need to alter that since our song is in 4/4. 3. Select the VOICE for the Melody. It will be your Right 1 Voice. 4. PRESS & HOLD the REC button and Press the UP 1 button. Then release both buttons. In the bottom of the screen, Channel 1 should read REC. The little black box that appears should have RIGHT 1 highlighted. 5. Turn ON the METRONOME if it stopped ticking. The Metronome sound is never recorded. 6. If the TEMPO of the Metronome has changed, press TEMPO plus or minus button to set it at your comfort speed. CAUTION: BE SURE YOU’VE SEEN VIDEO 1 before continuing on! 7. Get ready to play the Melody part. Press PLAY/PAUSE, listen to Metronome and enter playing on BEAT 4. 8. When finished (music Page 3 second score) press STOP. 9. Now press PLAY/PAUSE to listen to your recording! NOTE: you will not hear the first three beats of rest. Not to worry, they are there. The Clavinova doesn’t play those initial “rests” because there is no recorded data there. More on this in VIDEO 2. Not happy with your recording? You can re-record again on the same Track and your other recording will be automatically recorded over, or deleted. ü To RE-RECORD Track 1, Press STOP (next to PLAY/PAUSE) and begin with Step 4 above. Happy with your recording even though you made a few mistakes? OR didn’t play exactly with the Metronome? Not to worry. This will be corrected/edited later in email SESSION 2. 10. If you’re happy with your Track 1 recording, press the “I” button next to your Song quadrant in the MAIN screen. 11. You are now in the SONG screen. See the folders at the top? TAB over to the USER, USB 1 or USB 2 drive where you want to SAVE your SONG. 12. Press SAVE (DOWN 6) and NAME your song! Then press OK (UP 8). WATCH VIDEO 2 Susan explains what to listen for (Track 1) when recording the Bass part AND those ‘missing’ first 3 beats. RECORD the Bass Part on Track 2 1. Select the VOICE for the Bass Part. It will be your Right 1 Voice. NOTE: Before recording, you might practice the Bass Part along with the Song. MAKE IT A HABIT to always press STOP before recording each track. STOP takes you to the beginning of the song. 2. 3. 4.  5. 6.  If you 7. 8. 9. PRESS & HOLD the REC button and Press the UP 2 button. Then release both buttons. In the bottom of the screen, Channel 2 should read REC. The little black box that appears should have RIGHT 1 highlighted. Turn ON the METRONOME if it stopped ticking. Get ready to play the Bass part. Press PLAY/PAUSE, listen to the Metronome and enter (C note) on beat 1 of first full measure. You will hear the Melody you recorded on Track 1. When finished (Page 3 second score) press STOP. Now press PLAY/PAUSE to listen to your recording! You should hear both Tracks. ARE happy, From the MAIN screen press the I button (or press SONG SELECT on the panel). TAB over to where your recording is saved and press SAVE (the DOWN 6 button. Press OK (UP 8) and then YES (F button). If you’re not happy with your recording, follow the not-happy RE-RECORD steps above.  Now you have recorded 2 Tracks!  WATCH VIDEO 3 Susan explains how and why to PRACTICE the part you are about to record while hearing the other parts.  RECORD the Harmony Part on Track 3  1. 2.  3. 4.  5. 6.  If you 7. 8. 9.  Select the VOICE for the Harmony Part. It will be your Right 1 Voice.  PRESS & HOLD the REC button and Press the UP 3 button. Release both. In the bottom of the screen, Channel 3 should read REC. The little black box that appears should have RIGHT 1 highlighted.  Turn ON the METRONOME if it stopped ticking. Press PLAY/PAUSE, listen to Metronome and enter on BEAT 2 of first full  measure. You will hear Tracks 1 and 2. When finished (Page 3 second score) press STOP. Now press PLAY/PAUSE to listen to your recording! You should hear three Tracks. ARE happy, From the MAIN screen press the I button (or press SONG SELECT on the panel). TAB over to where your recording is saved and press SAVE (the DOWN 6 button). Press OK (UP 8) and then YES (F button). If you’re not happy with your recording, follow the not-happy RE-RECORD steps above. Now you have recorded 3 Tracks! WATCH VIDEO 4 Susan explains how to record your own percussion part on Track 10. This will be Kick Drum (middle C), Snare (E above Mid.C) and Cymbal (C# above Snare) in the Standard Drum Kit (Percussion folder). RECORD the Percussion Part on Track 4. . . Oops ‒ on Track 10! Determine when you will play the three percussion instruments demo’d in the Video, write it in your score, then practice along with the recording. 1. Select the Standard Drum Kit for the Percussion Part. It will be your Right 1 Voice. 2. PRESS & HOLD the REC button and Press the DOWN 2 button. Release both. In the bottom of the screen, Channel 10 should read REC. The little black box that appears should have RIGHT 1 highlighted. IMPORTANT NOTE: use the D button to toggle up to RIGHT 1 in the little black box that appears. 3. Turn ON the METRONOME if it stopped ticking. NOTE: Our Percussion part will play on those first 3 silent beats at the beginning of our recording. So once in Record mode, you will play the keyboard to engage record. 4. Begin playing! The moment you play it will begin recording. You will hear Tracks 1, 2 and 3. 5. When finished (Page 3 second score) press STOP. 6. Now press PLAY/PAUSE to listen to your recording! You should hear all 4 Tracks. 7. SAVE your recording as before. NOW you’re ready for SESSION 2!
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SESSION 2 of 3Multi-Track Recording ‒ Entry Level WATCHVIDEO5 SusanexplainsQUANTIZEinChannel1-16folderinSONG CREATOR. QUANTIZE is a function that aligns every note to be rhythmically correct and precise. A “tick” or “clock” is a unit of note resolution. There are 1,919 “ticks” or “clocks” in EACH BEAT. In other words, each beat is divided in nearly two-thousand increments. “Quantize” moves each note to the nearest main increment of the beat. The beginning of each beat is seen as four zeros: 0000. The half-way point of each beat (or eighth note) is seen as 960. If the beat has four sixteenth notes, it will read 0000, 480, 960 and 1440. Each beat of 1,919 “ticks” is divided into these equal increments, or 4 16th notes. As an example, let’s look at the Harmony Part at Rehearsal Letter C in the music. Press FUNCTION > DIGITAL REC MENU > SONG CREATOR > TAB over to the folder that reads “1-16.” Notice in the upper right hand corner you are in Channel 1. TAP the F button twice to move to Channel 3. All of your recorded note information on Channel 3 appears in the screen in columns. Beat number Measure“tick” or “clock” number numberin this beat CH 1 002: 1 : 0268NoteG3890001: 1182 Look at the third column from the left ‒ the “tick” column. If all of the numbers are either “0000” or “960” then you played perfectly! If the numbers are NOT “0000” or “960” then you might want to Quantize! Even though you might think otherwise, you might not have played the thirds (at Letter C) exactly together. After the Quantize function has been applied, those notes will line up exactly together on their respective beats. Since the shortest note value in the Harmony Part (Channel/Track 3) is an 8th note, we will Quantize to the 8th note ‒ moving all notes to the “closest note value.” QUANTIZE the Harmony Part 1.TAB back to the CHANNEL folder. 2.Your first option is to Quantize, so no need to press the A () button. 3.Choose Channel 3 in the lower left hand box. Tap either the DOWN 2 or 3 button. 4. In the black box at the lower/middle of the screen, toggle to the 8th note. Press either the UP 4, 5, or 6 button. 5. Press EXECUTE ‒ the D button. Before SAVING, just for fun, TAB back over to the “1-16” folder and look at the columns of Channel 3.Voila!!!!!!! It should read “0000” and “960.”You can also press PLAY/PAUSE and watch and listen as the data goes by. 6.We digressed (!) so TAB back to the CHANNEL folder. 7. SAVE what you EXECUTED. Press the “I” button. 8.TAB to the device where your SONG resides and SAVE (DOWN 6 button). 9.Press OK (UP 8) and then YES (F button). QUANTIZE the Bass Part DO YOU WANT TO SEE how perfectly or poorly you played the Bass Part? If so, return to the “1-16” folder. Do you remember how? Press the F button (next to “CH 1” icon) to move to Channel 2. Give it a moment to load, and you can see the data in the columns for the Bass Part. NOTE: If you need to go “backwards” to Channel 2, refer to the blue box on the next page. Assuming you want to Quantize Channel 2. . . 1.TAB back to the CHANNEL folder. 2.Your first option is to Quantize, so press the A () button if necessary. 3.Choose Channel 2 in the lower left hand box. 4.In the black box at the lower/middle of the screen, toggle to the 8th note IF that is the shortest note value in that part. 5.Press EXECUTE, then SAVE as before.You know the drill. CONTINUE to Quantize Channels (Tracks) 1 and 10, one at a time. Now listen to your recording and hear how clean and precise it is. WATCHVIDEO6 SusanexplainshowtoLISTENandLOOKforincorrect notes either individually or in Song playback. EDITING - Correcting wrong notes Let’s say you played an incorrect note in the Clarinet Part in measure 28 (just before Rehearsal letter “D”). The Clarinet Part was recorded on Track 3. TAB back to the “1-16” folder. TAP the F button (next to “CH 1” icon) to go to Channel 3 (Track 3). The data for your Clarinet Part will appear. NOTE: To go “backwards” in the Channels (from 3 to 1) : EITHER TAP the F button and spin the SILVER DATA ENTRY DIAL counterclockwise OR keep tapping the F button which loops through every Channel including 16 to 1. Press the UP 1 button just below the BAR icon/box to toggle to the measure with the incorrect note ‒ Measure 28.NOTE: “Measure” and “Bar” are the same thing. Measure number Note 002: 1 : 0268Note G3 G3 890001: 1182 Exact key  Press the A or B button which moves the highlighter VERTICALLY through each Measure/Beat number.  Press the D or E button which moves the highlighter HORIZONTALLY through the columns. Highlight the Exact Key that is incorrect, then PLAY or TOUCH the correct key on the keyboard and see the change!  Follow the two Steps above to change any other incorrect notes in this Channel.  Then press SAVE ‒ the I button and follow through. Now check out your other Channels and make any necessary note corrections. WATCHVIDEO7 SusanexplainshowtheMIXINGCONSOLEcanopenup the enjoyable world of EDITING by choosing other Voices and altering their Volumes. Also SAVING as SET UP. While in the “1-16” folder, press either the UP or DOWN 1 button to scroll quickly to a particular measure/bar number. To hear a Track/Channel “SOLO” (without hearing the others) press CHANNEL button on the panel (lower left of the screen). Then press&hold the corresponding channel button. EDITING - Changing Voices and Volumes This is one of the most fun elements of multi-track recording. Other aspects like Quantizing and correcting notes are more tedious, but working in MIXING CONSOLE can be more enjoyable and creative. 1. EXIT to the MAIN screen. The name you gave our song (“Parade of the Wooden Soldiers”) should appear in the SONG quadrant. 2.TAP the MIXING CONSOLE button three times, or until you see SONG CH 1-8 at the top of the screen. We will listen many times to the recording until we have made the changes that we think sound the best. 3.Press the C or H button to highlight the VOICE strip. 4.Press the UP 1 button to see the VOICE folder and actual VOICE that is playing on Channel 1. 5. Press PLAY/PAUSE and our recorded Song plays. While it is playing, select a different Voice such as Clarinet and listen. Then select the Oboe voice and listen. From the Voice folders on the Panel select the Trumpet folder and select a Trumpet voice and listen.Let the Song keep playing until you have selected a Voice that you like. Maybe the original Voice you played is the best. NOTE: You can press PLAY/PAUSE to stop and start the Song at any time while previewing Voices. 6.Now let’s listen to the Voice on Channel 2 ‒ press the UP 2 button and the Guitar/Bass folder appears where the Ac. Bass is. Press PLAY/PAUSE if you like and choose other voices. . . finally selecting the one you want. 7.Press EXIT, returning to the MIXING CONSOLE SONG CH 1-8 page. 8.Continue as above if you want to change the Harmony voice on Channel 3. Once those three Channels have the Voices you desire, let’s SAVE that as SET UP. (Just pressing SAVE won’t work.) To return to the original recorded Voice  press EXIT (back to the MIXING CONSOLE SONG CH1-8 page)  then press the UP & DOWN 1 buttons simultaneously. 9.Press FUNCTION > DIGITAL REC MENU > SONG CREATOR > TAB over to CHANNEL folder - where you’ve been before. 10. Press the B button to toggle down to SET UP. 11. Press EXECUTE (D button), then SAVE (I Button). 12. TAB to the correct drive where your Song resides and follow through. Now go back to the MIXING CONSOLE page and notice your NEW Voices! There is probably an imbalance of these Voice VOLUMES, as some are inherently louder or stronger than others. 1.Press PLAY/PAUSE and listen critically. 2.From MIXING CONSOLE press the E or J button to engage the VOLUME strip. 3.Press the DOWN 1 button then turn the SILVER DATA ENTRY DIAL turning the Channel 1 Volume down (or up) and listen as the Song plays. 4.Press the UP or DOWN 2 button under Channel 2 and turn the SILVER DATA ENTRY DIAL either up or down to create a listenable balance. 5.Press the UP or DOWN 3 button under Channel 3 and change the Volume with the Dial. 6.To change the Volume of the Percussion part on Track 10, tap the MIXING CONSOLE button to see Channels (Tracks) 9-16. You know the rest! Once the Volumes of each are where you want them to be, you will SAVE as SET UP: NOTE: If the EXECUTE box is gray and not accessible, that’s because you are not at the beginning of the Song. Press the STOP button on the panel and the EXECUTE box becomes accessible. NOTE: To return any Volume to its original setting, press the UP and DOWN buttons simultaneously under that Voice. 7.Press FUNCTION > DIGITAL REC MENU > SONG CREATOR > TAB over to CHANNEL folder if necessary. 8.Press the B button if necessary to toggle down to SET UP. 9.Press EXECUTE (D Button), then SAVE (I Button). You know the rest. WATCHVIDEO8 SusanexplainsthefunctionofSAVEasSETUPfor changing Voices, Volumes and Tempos. EDITING - Changing Tempo 1. Press PLAY/PAUSE to hear your Song. If you wish to change the Tempo, press the Plus or Minus Tempo buttons until you reach your desired Tempo. 2.Always press STOP after you’ve set your desired Tempo, so the Song returns to the beginning. 3. Now you will “SAVE as SET UP.” Do you remember how to do that? (Steps 7, 8 & 9 just above.) Once that is done, “Parade of the Wooden Soldiers” will play at your new Tempo! NOW you’re ready for SESSION 3! NOTE: There are other numerous components of Multi-Track Recording such as. . . .  Recording Real-time Tempo changes such as Ritardando and Accelerando  Changing Voices and Volumes within a single track  Quantizing issues with trills, glissandos, etc.  Recording one part on two or more tracks  Panning  Setting SONG EQ  Recording a STYLE (“Extra Tracks”) These are addressed in Multi-Track Recording E-Course - INTERMEDIATE LEVEL PUNCH-IN PUNCH-OUT is another important recording feature and is a separate E-Course.