My Works
I have provided some of my audio production portfolio below (all encoded in mp3 320kbps audio quality). Take note of the following credits:
Music Publisher: Emerson Roble Maningo
Songwriter/Arrangements:Emerson R. Maningo/Jeanine Maningo
All Vocals performed by: Jeanine Maningo
Production, Recording and Mixing: Emerson Maningo
Mastering by: Emerson Maningo (except “Can I know your name?”- mastered by Frank Harley)
I have included some important notes pertaining to the production techniques I used in each of songs. All of these songs are recorded at home:
Update August 12, 2011: For more songs, check out my Sound Cloud Profile here:
http://soundcloud.com/emerson_maningo
1. “Feel so close”
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Important production notes: The original acoustic recording and mixing techniques are discussed thoroughly here: “how to make your own unplugged/acoustic recording at home tutorial”. The above track is a remastered version of the original recording produced using the following techniques: Original 24bit-96Khz recording –> Waves L1 Limiter (maximizing volume) –> Voxengo R8Brain Sample rate converter (converting 96KHz sampling rate to 44.1Khz) –> Waves IDR (reduce bit depth from 24 bit to 16bit audio resolution) –> Lame MP3 encoder at 320Kbps CBR. Take note that this is not a multi track recording project but rather a live recording performance.
2.“To my two Little Rats”
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Important production notes: My primary objective of this song is to have an upbeat, country rock sound. So I need the kick drums to sound hard as well as aiming to achieve high vocal and guitar clarity. After mix down, I noticed that the guitars are a bit drowned so I use the Adobe Audition “mastering width” settings (pan-expand) to increase the level of the guitars which are both panned in left and right. As a result, it now sounds a bit balanced.
3.“At the highway”
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Important production notes: I use some synth to back up guitars. Although I cut them a lot not to drowned the main vocal and guitar tracks. A good mixing technique is more on cutting and less on boosting frequencies.
4. “Can I know your name?”
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Important production notes: I recorded and mixed this track using Adobe Audition. It is a very simple song (only acoustic guitar, bass, vocals and some drums). The snare sound is taken from a “short” snare sound, the simulates the “cajon” or drum box effect. The acoustic guitar as usual is recorded twice and doubled (left and right). The vocal is recorded inside a room with no vocal isolation booth (of course it is technically quiet). I connect the microphone to a Behringer Xenyx 502 small mixer which is then connected to a sound card of the Windows PC, pretty raw recorded. I am only using a dynamic microphone for vocal recording. For details about the guitar production techniques implemented, please read this tutorial on How to Record and Mix Acoustic Guitar for Achieving Great Sound. The mixing is a bit tricky because I need everything to be balanced and smooth as this is country pop song. Finally, the song was nicely mastered by Frank Harley. You can contact Frank Harley for mastering services at hustle1@tmo.blackberry.net or frnkhrly at yahoo. com
5.“Stay Cool My Friend”
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Important production notes: This is a more aggressive sound particularly a combination of solid rock instruments, bass guitar, over-driven guitars and drums. The bass guitar was mix a lower than the kick, to create a more heavy sound. The vocals are dry and applied with minor distortion.
6.“I really miss you”
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Important production notes: A typical country sound. Since vocals are typically important, it is emphasized in the mix. At the intro, there is a piano and it is raw recorded without applying any effects (EQ, Compression) to bring out the real piano sound.
7.“Dream”
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Important production notes: This is a rock song, so obviously I need to make these instruments very loud: bass, kick and guitars. While this song is also pop-rock, I need to vocals to shine also and drowned in the mix, this is accomplished by careful EQ techniques during mixing stage.
8. “Sure”
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Important production notes: I have double tracked acoustic guitars and recorded it twice also. So that means, I recorded the left channel acoustic and then recorded again another set for right channel acoustic. The resulting is a beautiful guitar delay, as you can hear in the introduction. The guitar I used is nylon acoustic guitar and using Addario Acoustic guitar strings. I also mix the bass guitar to be above the kick bass frequencies to create a more pop/country rock sound.
You can listen to the complete song version of those samples by visiting the music publishing site: www.musicforlicense.net. Also you can find licensing information there, in case you plan to use these songs in your project. If you like to listen more songs check out my SoundCloud profile:
http://soundcloud.com/emerson_maningo