On 11/01/2010 10:39, Iain Churches wrote:
"Keith wrote in message
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On 10/01/2010 21:12, Arny Krueger wrote:
"Keith wrote in message

Normally, I don't solicit (or usually get) comments
and/or criticisms when I post little 'fun' recordings and
vinyl transcription clips but this time I'm curious -
anybody got any comments on this one:
http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/GeorgiaM.mp3


Is it *too* mellow?

Yes.

Sounded better with a broad dip around 100 Hz, and a linear 15 dB rise
starting at 1 KHz and ending at 15 KHz.



OK.


No. Not OK.

An EQ slope starting at 1kHz and rising to +15dB
at 15kHz makes the track glassy and unnatural.

Arny should be taught how to evaluate a track by listening, not
by looking at a frequency analysis plot on a PC, and trying to fill
in what he thinks might be missing.

One should listen carefully to the instruments in their own
acoustic environment before even attempting to capture them
in a recording.

EQ on overall mixes is best kept to very moderate amounts,
perhaps 2-3dB. Larger changes need to be made on individual
instruments if they are required. For example, an attempt to
brighten the piano on a overall mix can easily turn the clarinet
(woodwind) into a glasswind instrument.

I thought your clarinet sound was good, Keith - clean,
sufficiently bright, and nicely woody.


Thanks, Iain - that's the AKG 'SolidTube' valve mic through the 'ultra
low noise' SS mic amp I mentioned on here a few months back.

(I prefer the idea of not using 'valve on valve'...??)


Anyway, here's the original again:

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/GeorgiaM.mp3


And here's Arny's suggestion (EQ is not *my* work):

http://www.moirac.adsl24.co.uk/showntell/GeorgiaMEQ.mp3


So, it's a simple case of 'better or worse?'...??

What does the team think?