5 Apr
2006
5 Apr
'06
4:33 p.m.
Atte,
First off, let me say these things:
A) I listen to rock most often, seldom to to jazz, so I really don't
have the right ears for this. :-)
B) I'm not an experienced sound engineer by any stretch of the
imagination. I've been doing a bit of live sound work for some music
groups at my church, but that's really the extent of my experience.
C) I think the music does sound very good as it stands. Excellent
performance, thanks for sharing it.
That said, my feeling on the track is I hear too much of the room, and
not enough direct sound from the instruments. My first inclination is
that could be a rock listening vs. jazz listening thing. But your
description seems to say to me you want something similar.
Your question was about mastering, but I'm thinking getting your mics
a bit closer to the instruments to start with might add a bit more
definition and presence, like you're looking for.
It might be worth trying, anyway, if you get another chance to record.
Doesn't help much on a session that's already "in the can."
--> Steve Wahl
On Wed, Apr 05, 2006 at 03:42:24PM +0200, Atte André Jensen wrote:
Hi
I have the following track:
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.
A few notes:
A valid question would be "but how do you want it to sound?". Well, good
:-) At least I think it needs more high frequencies, more definition and
more presence.
Needless to say, I'm on a linux-only system, so any tools should be
linux stuff, but you probl. guessed that :-)
--
peace, love & harmony
Atte
http://www.atte.dk
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