Recriação de Sonoridades de Estúdios Analógicos em Gravações Modernas Feitas em Home Studio

Abstract

This undergraduate thesis aims to create, in a home studio environment, an unpublished song of my own composition that reproduces sound of recordings originally made in analog studios, focusing on productions from the 60’s and 70’s. This led to an investigation of the processes involved in a recording that uses analog equipment, how they affect sounds and how some of this information can be applied to a digital environment. For the latter, analyzing the approach of contemporary artists and audio engineers was also an important procedure. The work is written in the form of an experience report, a method that consists of a reflective description, based on information obtained during an investigation process in which the author plays an active role at each stage. It was found that, despite having limited functionality and control, compared to other digitals tools, plugins based on analog equipment are a practical way to achieve sound similar to those printed by real equipment. In addition, it brings back a playful practice that, in my view, makes musical production fun and intuitive, encouraging the use of the ears, instead of the eyes. Therefore, it is possible to take advantage of the precise control that the tools of the digital world allow us; and, at the same time, recapture sounds present in our favorite songs that, until today, please our ears