Environments Experiment

Recording Studio-
In the recording studio the walls have sponged things attached to the walls which absorb the sound and make the recording studio a good place to record sound needed for music projects. Because the walls absorb all this sound it gives us a much clean cut sound with so much less reverb then there would be without the sponge sound absorbers on the walls. Also because there was 6 people within the room at the time they would of also absorbed some of the sound leaving even less reverb. We recorded 4 different tracks on the same song the differences being a Condenser and Dynamic microphone and the distance the sound is to the microphones. Because they have been recorded in recording studio the tracks do not sound much different to each over except from the tracks recorded further away sounding more quite than the close mic'd tracks.

Hall way-
The hall way outside music has a little bit of reverb this is due to the room shape being long and not wide so the sound bounces straight off the walls next to the guitar and the other bits of sound travel down the corridor hitting different doors and these sound waves don't bounce back as they spend to long traveling in the air. Because there is hardly any reverb or materials which are good at absorbing the sound well, it means that the sound is little muffled and not as clean as the recording in the studio. There is not a major difference between the dynamic and condenser recordings as they both sound pretty similar however the condenser is picking up a wider range of sounds so is picking up more frequencies compared to the dynamic microphone. However there is a difference between the close recording and the ones further away and i believe this down to the reverb as the mic is further away from the guitar its giving the sound time to bounce off the wall and then getting recorded.

Outside-
Outside is a little different because we did the recording in a open space but near a wall where the sound waves were bouncing off of, the sound waves should bounce off into the open space causing more reverb however there wasn't that much which was a surprise. What we did find was that there was lots of background noise such as the wind and other natural ambience, but also from people around the school causing noise was picked up.
The close mic'd recordings picked up less of the background noise as there focus was the instrument however the condenser mic picked up more background noise because it picks up more frequencies then the dynamic mic. When the mic's are moved away from the instrument a lot more background noise is picked up even from the dynamic mic, which not normally the case which probably meant that the background noise was very loud and there was lots of it. There was relatively less reverb as i felt that it faded before the mic's could pick it up.
 















Dance Changing Room-
In this room there was quite a bit of reverb because the walls were quite close together which meant that the sound waves were bouncing straight off the walls and then coming back then off the walls again which led to quite a bit of reverb. Some of the sound would of been absorbed by the people in the room because there was 5 of us in there and the room was not that big, also because of the room we could hear the strings being scratched as Tom played the guitar. Both the condenser and dynamic were pretty similar in this recording other than the condenser obviously picking up more frequencies than the dynamic mic. When we then again moved the mice away from the instrument the reverb was much more noticeable and there, I believe this is because its not next to the instrument which means it has more space to take in the reverb sound.

Beethoven - Symphony No. 5 (Proms 2012)

The symphony starts dramatically with the use of sting instruments such as violins, cello, viola and double bass. It starts quite dramatically but calms until about 20 seconds in to where it picks up and then holts again to bring in another string track. This stays the same until about 54 seconds in where the use brass instruments such as the french horn kick in and change the tune of the song so that the woodwind can start by changing the tone and timber of the song to more peaceful the instruments used are likely to be oboe or clarinet.

Labrinth - Let The Sun Shine - ACM Gospel

The choir starts with everyone singing in harmony within this group there are about 4 bass/tenors which are giving the song a little bit of bass and making sure its not to high at times and then also about 8 tenor/altos which are made up by majority of women. All these voices brought together harmonise really well and give a really authentic choir sound to this particular song. The song changes when a main singer comes in who is a tenor/alto this happens at 51 seconds in and then stops at 1:26 when the other choir members join back in and tack back over. The song is a very clever cover of Labrinth's song and the vocal arrangements work perfectly throughout.

Time Signatures

R.E.M - Everybody Hurts: Compound, 6/8
Homophonic which then moves into melody and accompaniment.

Pharrell Williams - Happy: Simple, 4/4
Starts as Homophonic then moves into melody and accompaniment.

James Brown - Its a mans world: Compound, 6/8
Starts with Homophonic and then moves into melody and accompaniment.

Righteous Brothers - Unchained Melody: Compound, 6/8
Homophonic and then moves into melody and accompaniment.

Mark Ronson - Uptown Funk: Simple, 4/4
Starts with Homophonic then goes into melody and accompaniment.

Mission Impossible Theme Song: Simple, 5/4
Starts with Homophonic then goes into melody and accompaniment.

Emili Sande - Clown: Simple, 4/4
Starts with Homophonic then goes straight into melody and accompaniment.

Bob Dylan - Standing in the doorway: Compound, 6/8
Starts with Homophonic then goes into melody and accompaniment.

Vicks beatbox choir extended 2 minute version

The sound starts 5 seconds into the video with a humming noise from a choir until 14 seconds in when a beat boxer starts with some scratching noises, he then changes into a beat on 19 seconds this beat is at 54 BPM which is a largo beat which means the beat itself is slow and solemn, although there is also a much quicker beat within this slow beat, I am focusing on this slow beat. This beat carries on all the way through where at 37 seconds in it is joined by a choir using the word bu,bu,bu and repeating it in harmony in a vocal style of a high alto, this is the start of the whole song quickening up as it gets faster so does the beat itself. It then suddenly stops at 53 seconds in and then starts off with a man beat boxing the word "this" until 1:03 in where everyone starts up again with a different beat. This beat is about double the speed of the first one so is about 108 which means it is a Moderato which is a moderate speed meaning average and this carries on through to the end of the song.

Not The Same: A Capella

At the start of this track it start off at a steady pace of 120BPM which is a Allegro tempo this tempo is fast and quick paced, as it goes through the song it starts to drop off beats and gets to the point where it is also 60BPM from a certain beat within the song. This beats temp is Largo which means its very slow and solemn  and doesn't quite have the pace the other beat within the song does. 

At the start of the song which is 1 second in it starts off with a baritone vocal type, repeating sound which sounds like (na,na,na,na) in quick succsssion then it changes about 11 seconds in when they bring in a choir which has tenors within the choir this makes the sound become higher. About 22 seconds in another singer come in with a very high alto voice and gets a much higher range compared to the previous, this was a very good example of a falsetto. Then about 30 seconds the lead vocalist and main singer joins in with a vocal style of a tenor which is  not to high or low but at a calm pace. Then about 53 seconds in another voice joins in which has a very bass vocal type to it, repeating the sound (jim,jim,jim,jim).