27 Oct
2006
27 Oct
'06
10:32 a.m.
On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 02:20:49AM -0400, Rob wrote:
On Friday 27 October 2006 01:34, Chaz Kiser wrote:
Right. The easiest way to find the offensive frequencies is to
make the sound worse before you make it better.
I'd take a parametric EQ, set it to slightly *boost* the center
frequency and a fairly broad slope. Sweep it until you find
the frequency setting that makes the sound as bad as possible :-)
Narrow the slope a bit and adjust the frequency again.
Repeat until you think you've found exactly the most offensive
zone. Then change the boost into a cut.
Then leave the track alone for a while and listen to something
else. You've probably got conditioned to hearing the artificially
boosted sound so *anything* will sound better.
When you come back to it, compare the EQ'd signal to the un-EQ'd signal
to verify that you actually did some good.
--
Paul Winkler
http://www.slinkp.com
I've recorded an upright bass track that
I'm really fond of
but it sounds a tad too "booming".
What kind of tips could anybody give me into making it sound a
bit more "punchy" but without losing its bass quality?
Look in the spectrum for a spike at the low end and flatten it a
little with EQ? That's the first thing I'd try. You can do a
lot with a notch (or a band-pass, for that matter) filter.