Three jobs today. first, updated indiesfx.co.uk with the new SFXEngine logo, Bluesky links, and a few other small things. Then making the spoon even more square!
Then, work on yesterday's vocal recordings. Adding these to the tracks involves noise gating, then compression, then editing into sections, and inserting at the right time. A few tracks needed special edits due to mistakes or retakes, just the odd word. All tracks generally have one full take and that's all; we don't record lots of takes (or even two!), but some little mistakes can happen like stutters or misspoken words. Given the tongue-twisting complexity of the words in these it's a testament to Deborah's brilliance as performer that there aren't more retakes. Generally, I say 'go' and everything is done perfectly first time in the right voice and perfect timing.
Adding the words can take time because of the timing, which is quite exact, yet it's not like a pop song where it is 'obvious' where the vocals need to be. The mixing is fairly easy for me now, but hampered at the moment due to my deafness in one ear. This means I simply can't mix at the moment, but I can do this workman-like job of inserting the words and work on the details later.
Today I added words to 'The Cabinet of Dr Eckelmann', 'Kingfisher's Handcup', 'Lilac 12 Fold Dodecahedron', 'We Used to Store Sunlight', 'I Slip Into French Like Tolstoy', and 'The Candle Burns'. Sunlight and Candle are typical Fall in Green fayre of piano, strings and beautiful melodic romance. I like all equally, and strive for that. Kingfisher and Tolstoy show the influence of Björk.
