[ddots-l] Re: Classical Recording, what to do what to do...
- From: "David Eagle" <onlineeagle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 6 Nov 2006 13:57:48 +0000
HI, I've listened to the files and would say a definite no to any
noise reduction or gating. You might want to try something like
smooth compression in sound forge, as the dynamics are very dramatic.
This is fine when there is no background noise, but the conductor
wasn't very audible and I had to turn him up. The timpani cuts through
the mix a bit in terms of the lower frequencies. Its not too
distracting however, but you may wish to consider a little bit of
frequency modification, with with EQ. Other than that it sounded
great.
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On 06/11/06, Chris Smart <chris_s@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi folks! I'm hoping some of you have the bandwidth and time to
lend me your ears and expertise for a few moments.
My stealth cheapo recording setup captured a great amateur
orchestra this afternoon.
Core Sound omnis + battery box, M-audio Microtrack 24/96, at
24bit/48KHZ uncompressed, transfer to PC via USB, Sound Forge 6.
I'm used to recording amplified music, mostly of the 100DB and up
variety, so I'm not sure if a completely acoustic symphony
recording needs any tweezing or processing at all.
I extracted some test samples. These are straight 24-bit 48KHZ
.wav files, and the names are fairly explanatory. The "Focus
Sample" goes from a loud bass drum hit to black, or what would be
black if I didn't have lots of background noise. The Intro sample
is just the conductor introducing the performance,
unamplified. The others are pretty easy to figure out.
If you want to give them a listen, here's a download link:
http://download.yousendit.com/6086FED16692B3C3
The zip file is about 36MB.
I have a ton of software on the computer, Sound Forge 6 and
associated plugins, and Sonar 5.2 Producer and it's complement of
tools. So, if these were your recordings, and you wanted to
delicately polish them up, what would you do, if anything? Maybe a
little compression or EQ? Would you even attempt any noise reduction?
I'm obviously going to keep my original 24/48 files, probably
burned to an audio-only DVD-r for safe keeping, but I'd like to
experiment and learn as well.
Thank you in advance for any suggestions!
Chris
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