that recording is fine - leave it alone On Thu, 2006-04-06 at 01:51 +0200, fons adriaensen wrote: > On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 03:42:24PM +0200, Atte André Jensen wrote: > > > http://www.atte.dk/at_slum_avenue.ogg > > > > It's a recording of one of my tunes with my jazz quartet. The recording > > quality leaves a bit to be desired. I hope some of you mastering gurus > > would lend an ear, explain what you think should be done and in what > > program, maybe someone could even find the time to generate an improved > > file. At least I hope to learn a bit about digital audio and mastering > > along the way. > > The sound isn't bad at all - it's just _that_ type of sound and you > like it or not. As it is you get the intimate feel of a very small > jazz club. It could be made a bit more 'contemporary' by adding some > equalisation and some reverb. But unless you have this as a > multitrack session and you can remix it and apply the EQ and reverb > selectively, I'd leave it alone, maybe just adding some very light > HF shelving to give it just a touch more brightness. > > The major problem is that some parts are horribly out of tune, at > least to my ears... > >