Dave Phillips wrote: > Greetings, > > I've posted some recordings from a performance of my band last Saturday > night. The tracks are simple unprocessed and unmastered board > recordings, made by the soundman for the gig. As such they're intended > primarily as a record of the performance, but I'd like to use some of > them for tracks on a CD to sell at gigs. Here's where I need the advice. > > As you can tell, the bass is too well-recorded (it had a direct line > out). I'd like to be able to diminish its presence, but I think I need > some advice on using EQ. Also, the originals had no processing, so I > added a bit of CAPS Stereo Versatile Plate in ReZound. I'm curious to > know what others here might do. Alas, there are no > multichannel/multitrack versions, I have to work with the present stereo > mix. > > You can hear the tracks here: > > http://linux-sound.org/audio/Woke_Up_This_Morning.ogg > > http://linux-sound.org/audio/Outside_Woman_Blues.ogg > > http://linux-sound.org/audio/I_Dont_Know_Your_Name.ogg > > MP3 versions are also available (s/ogg/mp3). > > I'll send them through JAMin later today, so any advice re: using JAMin > would be especially helpful, but I'm interested in any & all responses. > > Btw, ReZound and the encoders were the only Linux audio software used > for these tracks. > > Enjoy, critique, keep breathing. > > Best, > > dp Great tracks, Dave, love your vocals. I don't agree with Robert WRT cutting lows though: that's where all the oomph lives. Its the bright edge on the bass that's the "problem". I tried running the tracks through a parametric eq, ( I used LinuxDsp's para eq2 ) trying to nail that edge, but didn't have much success. YMMV. You might try cutting a narrow band somewhere between 1 and 2 khz. Anything you cut off the bass comes off everything else though. A good mastering engineer might manage something, but those guys cost money. The fact of the matter is that you are only going to achieve very limited results tweaking a stereo mix to fix individual instruments. I wouldn't be surprised if you decided that you could live with it as is. Judging by the other comments that wouldn't be a bad thing. It might be worth investing in a modest multi-track recorder if you're doing a lot of CDs ? If I may presume - for this style of music I would have the tone control on the bass turned nearly all the way down. The sound guy can't turn up what isn't there? all the best, G. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
