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VOCALS TYPES OF MICROPHONE PATTERNS Cardioid  - Most sensitive sound pick up from the front and rejects from the rear - Great for recording vocals * Add a gobo or an absorber behind the singer  Super Cardioid and Hyper Cardioid - In between a cardioid and a bi directional pattern, the sound is even more focused in the front - The rear isn't suppressed quite as much Bi-directional (Figure 8) - Sensitive to sound coming from the front and back - Has a high rejection from the sides Omni directional  - Record in 360 - Great for a room mic and background vocals - Great for vocal layering * Know your environment and exactly what you're recording/polar patterns you are using TYPES OF MICROPHONES (IN THE STUDIO) Shure SM 58 (Dynamic) - Great for rock vocals - Sensitive in front and reject at the back - Cheap and reliable - Cannot distort (can deal with high pressure sound level) - Resonant frequency 4 - 6 khz (boost), fa...

RECORDING THE PIANO TYPES OF PIANO Upright Piano - Common type - Less desirable for live performances - Affordable, compact and has a warm sound - The strings are vertical and they hammer horizontally which is why they take slightly longer to reach back to its resting position. Grand Piano  - Produce finer tones and has the most responsive key action - Dampers that lie on top of the strings Digital Piano - Portable - They don't have an acoustic feel - Has a veriety of sounds to choose from - Computer interactive abilities RECORDING THE PIANO PIANO MICS Dynamic Mic - Handle levels well - Tight,  Low and Mid-range punch - Ex. Shure Sm57 Condenser Mic - Hi-fi sound - A good room mic - Ex. Neumann U87, Akg 414 large diaphragm Ribbon Mic - Warm round sound - Ex. Coles 4038 ribbon PIANO MICROPHONE PLACEMENT (UPRIGHT) Two Microphone (Top lid on) - Uses two small diaphragm condensers - Ea...

BASS GUITAR TYPES OF BASS Passive Bass - Does not use a 9v battery - Often has just one tone knob (treble/bass) that cuts the treble frequency, it allows to both cut and boost the frequencies. Active Bass - Uses a 9v battery - drives electronics inside the bass - Has more than one tone knob (treble, mid-range, bass) that cuts the treble frequency, it allows to both cut and boost the frequencies. - Has a centric knob that shares the same axis TYPES OF BASS PICKUPS * Pickup - Copper wire coiled around a magnet and when the vibrations disturbs the  magnetic field of the magnet, the copper wire then produces a small voltage fluctuations that is being transmitted to the amp, amplified and translate into sound.  Single-coil - Have on coil wrapped around a pickup's magnet - Bright and clear sounding - Drawback it can pickup external noise thus creates a humming sound - Computer monitors/radio waves/florescent lighting can cau...