HOW TO RECORD A CHOIR
STEP 1:
RECORD THE ACCOMPANIMENT (OR GUIDE VOCAL TRACKS) WITH YOUR CELL PHONE (VIA WHATSAPP OR VOICENOTE).
STEP 2:
CREATE A WHATSAPP GROUP IN WHICH THE CHOIR LEADER POST THE ACCOMPANIMENT TRACK (AND SHEET MUSIC).
STEP 3:
INDIVIDUAL CHOIR MEMBERS RECORD THERE VOICE BY DOING THE FOLLOWING:
- THE MEMBER WILL NEED TWO CELLPHONES (OR A CELLPHONE AND ANOTHER DEVICE SUCH AS A COMPUTER/TABLET) AND ONE PAIR OF EARPHONES.
- MAKE SURE THAT THE ACCOMPANIMENT TRACK IS ABLE TO PLAY FROM THE SECOND DEVICE;
- PLUG THE EARPHONES INTO THE DEVICE WHERE THE ACCOMPANIMENT TRACK IS GOING TO BE PLAYED FROM;
- PLACE THE EARPHONES IN YOUR EARS;
- PRESS THE RECORD BUTTON ON THE ALTERNATIVE DEVICE AND HOLD THE DEVICE APPROXIMATELY 30CM AWAY FROM FACE;
- PRESS THE PLAY BUTTON ON THE AUDIO PLAYER OF THE DEVICE TO WHICH THE EARPHONES ARE CONNECTED TO;
- AFTER THE VOICE NOTE RECORDING IS DONE, SUBMIT THE CLIP TO THE WHATSAPP GROUP.
STEP 4:
- CHOIR LEADERS MUST EMAIL THE INDIVIDUAL CLIPS TO THEIR OWN EMAIL ADDRESS FROM THE WHATSAPP GROUP;
- TAKE ALL OF THE INDIVIDUAL VOICE CLIPS AND PLACE THEM IN THE CORRECT FOLDERS WHICH YOU NEED TO CREATE (SOPRANO I, II, ALTO, TENOR, BASS, ACCOMPANIMENT);
- COMPRESS THE FOLDER;
- IN WEBBROWSER OPEN WeTransfer AND UPLOAD THE COMPRESSED FOLDER. IN THE SEND TO-BOX ENTER THE FOLLOWING EMAIL ADDRESS: choir@virtualchoir.co.za