There’s distant recording, after which there’s distant recording. Right here, with the assistance of Madeline Dahm and Cameron Crabtree, you may learn to simply document your self with professional sound, even within the bucolic Northern California redwoods.

Your Transportable Recording Packing Record

• iPad (iOS 14 or later) loaded with free GarageBand recording software program
• Volt 276 audio interface
• USB-C cable to hook up with an iPad with USB-C (or an Apple Lightning to USB Digicam Adapter to hook up with different iPadOS and iOS gadgets)
• Exterior energy provide or USB battery financial institution to your Volt (until you could have an iPad Professional)
• Two mics (we’re utilizing UA SC-1 Normal Condenser mics)
• Mic cables and stand

Let’s Get Set Up

Volt connects to the iPad through USB-C to USB-A cable and Lightning to USB adapter. An exterior USB energy financial institution connects to Volt and retains the iPad battery from draining too shortly.

• Join the 2 mics to the XLR inputs on Volt
• Interact Volt’s Classic mode on each mics. This offers you a heat analog tone primarily based on the traditional UA 610 tube preamp
• For the vocal mic, use the “Vocal” compressor setting and likewise “Guitar” compression setting for the acoustic
• For the vocals, the singer is round 6″ from the mic. The windscreen helps management plosives
• For the guitar, place the mic across the twelfth fret, pointed in direction of the soundhole
• Press Volt’s Direct button twice till it turns blue to listen to each inputs centered in your headphones
• In GarageBand, create two new tracks and assign every of Volt’s inputs
• File your superior efficiency

Now it is your flip, present us essentially the most lovely place you have recorded with Volt utilizing #myvoltsession.

Study Extra:

Volt USB Recording Studio

UA Normal Collection Microphones with Hemisphere Modeling