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If there is an asterisk "*" after a song title, then it is NOT a Larry Wright arrangement.
FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions
1. How do you sing so together when it's just you singing all the parts?
By
recording the keyboard instuments and strings playing each part separately, I
can vocally sync up with that instrumental part and then gradually "build" the
tracks in almost perfect sync.
2. You record a lot of ladies Learning Trax. How can you sing those really
high tenor notes?
I can sing up to about high Eb(on a good day). Any higher
than that, and I use my computer software to tranpose notes up to the correct
pitch, sometimes up as much as a 4th or 5th interval.
3. Why do you mix drums in the background of the uptempo songs?
Barbershoppers really have a tendency to not sing good rhythm nor do they hold tempo very
well. A light drum track in the background is a great "learning tool" in
helping you keep notes rhythmically where they belong!
4. Is that a piano (in the background) also playing the part?
Yes,... well,
actually it's a "stacking" of various keyboard sounds (piano, electric pianos,
and sampled strings sounds).
5. What kind of equipment do you use to record your Learning Trax?
Over the
past 25 years, I've probably accumulated about $100,000 worth of recording
equipment in my recording studio. Right now, I use a pro audio/midi software
called Emagic LOGIC 5.0. Everything is recorded in the computer (Mac G-4). I
use very expensive mic's (AKG 414's) and mic-preamps (Manley). I have two "rack
towers" (about 4 foot high each) of various signal processing gear, a TAC 28
input mixing console, digital sampling keyboards, drum machines, and the list
goes on and on.
6. What's the largest number of vocal parts that you've recorded for a
Learning Trax?
Probably that one goes to Renee Craig's Coronet Club Chorus arrmts
with the Queens Men Chorus also joining in... up to 12 or 13 parts singing at
one time.
7. Why do you record keyboard instruments also playing each part?
It helps
me when I have to sync up all the vocal parts. I listen to the keyboard part
of the current part I'm going to record and then sing along with it.
8. How can you sing all those parts so accurately and not make one mistake?
I do make mistakes! The neat thing is, with my pretty sophisticated
equipment, I can "punch-in" sometimes right in the middle of a word and make a
correction. I can,... and do look at the finished audio wave files and tune-up any
notes that still aren't perfectly in tune. It's a very time-consuming process,
but it's just the way I like to do things.
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