"Iain Churches" wrote in message
"Keith Garratt" wrote in message
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On 10/01/2010 21:12, Arny Krueger wrote:
"Keith wrote in
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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.
I'm buying some of that, but notice that I only said it sounded better than
the origional which is excessively mellow. If someone wants me to really fix
something, they can pay my going rate. What I did for free was provide some
guidance.
Of course in your world Iain, no good deed goes unpunished.
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.
You're shooting off your mouth again, Iain. I did both.
One should listen carefully to the instruments in their
own acoustic environment before even attempting to
capture them in a recording.
You're shooting off your mouth again, Iain. I currently spend more time
every week listening to instruments in their own acoustical environment than
you do, and probably more than you did before they riffed you out of Decca.
EQ on overall mixes is best kept to very moderate amounts,
perhaps 2-3dB.
That depends on how bad the problem is and where, Iain.
Iain, you are obviously ignorant of the fact that the ear's sensitivity to
equalization changes varies with frequency. A change of 2-3 dB is
significant over broader bands like an octave or several octaves between say
100-5000 Hz. Outside that range, or over narrow bands changes of 2-3 dB
might not be heard at all. I can cite JAES papers that say this, but they
would probably be over your head, Iain.
Larger changes need to be made on
individual instruments if they are required.
And that is one of the charms of multitrack recordings.
However, I'm guessing that the recording that was brought to us was
undesirably altered during production, after it was mixed. Therefore, there
should be some equalization curve that can be applied to the whole recording
that would improve it.
Is this too mellow?
Linear Mode
