Re: [LAU] classical concert needs mixing/mastering

On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 10:04:19PM +0100, garry Ogle wrote:

> Grammostola Rosea wrote:
> >
> > My sister did an great project with here school as a music teacher. See
> > let her students perform an classical concert. They played Haydn.
> >
> > The recording is done with an zoom H2 I think. I was wondering if its
> > possible to improve the sound and how?
> >
> > Which apps and which plugins?
> >
> > If an experienced mixer would take look at it, would be great.

> I certainly can't claim be experienced or any kind of expert, but I like
> this kind of problem!
> To my ears the room colouration has made the recording sound a bit
> "boxy". Try using jamin to gently cut some of the mid-range 600hz-1200Hz
> approx.

It sounds like it was recorded in a very reverberant space,
possibly a church or large chapel. With orchestra and choir
you'd want the mic to go something like 3-4 m high, which is
sort of impractical with a Zoom.

Some EQ will improve it, you need to

- attenuate the LF, either a shelf filter
or a parameteric with F = 30 Hz, BW = 4,
and gain of around -4 dB

- attenuate the mid range around 900 Hz,
using a parametric set to that frequency,
BW = 1.3, gain -6 dB.

- boost th HF, using a parametric with
F = 10 kHz, BW = 3, gain = +5 dB.

(BW are expressed as relative, as e.g. for
my 4-band EQ plugin).

That's all you can do to it, the mic was in the
wrong place and you can't correct that afterwards.

CIao,

-- 
FA
Io lo dico sempre: l'Italia è troppo stretta e lunga.
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