Sonic Faults

Drum Micing-
The drum in this recording is very distorted due to the mic placement being way to close to the drum and also there is lots of background noise. It does not sound anything like a normal drum and sounds like something breaking into bits. The better version of this sounds much more like a drum this is because the mic has been placed a certain distance away from the drum which means there is not distortion also its not to quite but at the right volume for a recording.

Fan noise- 
Fan noise can be a large impact on recordings. It can be heard underneath the song and show unprofessionalism and become annoying. In our example of this you can hear the fan quite loudly with the guitar and makes it sound very unprofessional where as with the correction there is no fan noise which means there is a much cleaner recording which sounds better. 

Headphone Bleed-
This is where the audio is coming out of the headphones to loudly and affecting the recording as the microphones pick this up and records it. A way to stop and prevent this would be to turn the volume down on the headphones or the gain down on the microphone.

Mic and DI-
For this we used an electric guitar to show the importance that some instruments require certain ways of recording. When we close miced the electric guitar it was mainly strings and was not very loud or interesting. When we DI’ed the instrument not only could we edit the recording and change the sound on logic using an insert but it also sounded louder and interesting with much more atmosphere to the recording. In other examples such as if close micing a guitar amp you would get the plucking of the guitar where as if using a di box you would not hear the plucking. Close micing a guitar amp would mean the recording would be more realistic than using a di box and the close miced guitar amp possibly sounds better. This is because the recording would already have settings changed, making it sound like the finished product.

Microphone Choice-
Microphone choice is an important factor when recording music this is because you want to have the best quality recording you can possibly get. In the first recording there was crackling because the wrong microphone was used then in the second recording it it was fine as the recording was clear and not muffled.

Mic Positioning-
Having the microphone too close could easily cause pops and clicks as well as a bit of distortion. In this recording I have the loud notes are distorted which ruins the recording and makes it sound quite unprofessional. To fix this problem it would be an idea to place the microphone further away or even lower the gain on the microphone so it does not distort.

Pops and Clicks-
This is where the microphones pick up any words beginning with "P" which then makes a pop noise within the recording which sounds very unprofessional. This can be solved by simply using a pop shield which stop some of these noises going through to the microphone.

Room Sound-
This is a very important factor as this can ruin a recording by making it sound very unprofessional. Depending on the surrounding area the recording could sound completly diffrent as well. For example in the first recording the bottom of the drum is aimed at the corner of the room with the microphone and performer facing each other.

Tuning-

This is also very important as a out of tune instrument can result in a whole recording sounding bad and feeling very unprofessional. The best way to combat this would just to be sure that all instruments are tuned before use so that they sound good when recording it.