Recording for your Project and Auto Tune

When you record you MUST remember a few things:

1. recording artists need written MUSIC, CHORDS and/or LYRICS! 
2. recording artists need to hear the track in headphones WHILE YOU RECORD.
3. you may need to convert your file to MP3 or WAV.  Google "online convert to MP3" etc...

Why?
1. Written Music: Unless you are telepathic, your musician does not know what chords, notes or rhythms you want them to play.  Musicians need chords, notes or lyrics written out for them.  That is your job as the composer.  Do the work and your musicians will be able to play your music.

Guitar: Write out your chords in the blocks from the "Planning" file.  This gives your guitar player the correct order and length to play each chord.  TUNE YOUR GUITAR with an electronic tuner!

Bass: Write out the bassline notes in the blocks from the "Planning" file and demonstrate the rhythm to your bass player.  TUNE YOUR BASS!

2. Listening and Recording: If you do not have your artist listen in headphones while you record, your recording will not line up with your song. Mix down to MP3 before your record and send them to recording.  

3.Your phone probably doesn't record with the best quality, so it uses smaller, more compressed file types not recognized by Mixcraft.  Convert it.  

I encourage you to use the high quality microphone here in class.  It will give you the best results. 

Auto Tune: 

After you have recorded a vocal track, you can adjust it subtly or drastically using the "Gsnap Pitch Correction" effect under the FX menu in the track.  You can choose how much you want the pitch corrected in this window.
Click Edit and "Set Key" to C Major in the Gsnap Window.  

If you wish to set it to match a MIDI track. Choose "MIDI Fun"