Re: [LAU] some live tracks - need some advice

On Tue, 2009-09-29 at 07:25 -0400, Dave Phillips wrote:

  The recording is fine. The bass may be a little loud, but there's not
much you can do with that. It has a lot of growl, I think it's cool.

 The only issue with the bass, and it has nothing to do with the
recording, sounds like he's digging in really hard, and he's either got
a tiny amount of fret buzz, or the strings are hitting the pickup. But
that's a setup issue.

  It's great. At this point, just give it to a mastering engineer.

 Ricardus...

> Greetings,
>
> I've posted some recordings from a performance of my band last Saturday
> night. The tracks are simple unprocessed and unmastered board
> recordings, made by the soundman for the gig. As such they're intended
> primarily as a record of the performance, but I'd like to use some of
> them for tracks on a CD to sell at gigs. Here's where I need the advice.
>
> As you can tell, the bass is too well-recorded (it had a direct line
> out). I'd like to be able to diminish its presence, but I think I need
> some advice on using EQ. Also, the originals had no processing, so I
> added a bit of CAPS Stereo Versatile Plate in ReZound. I'm curious to
> know what others here might do. Alas, there are no
> multichannel/multitrack versions, I have to work with the present stereo
> mix.
>
> You can hear the tracks here:
>
> http://linux-sound.org/audio/Woke_Up_This_Morning.ogg
>
> http://linux-sound.org/audio/Outside_Woman_Blues.ogg
>
> http://linux-sound.org/audio/I_Dont_Know_Your_Name.ogg
>
> MP3 versions are also available (s/ogg/mp3).
>
> I'll send them through JAMin later today, so any advice re: using JAMin
> would be especially helpful, but I'm interested in any & all responses.
>
> Btw, ReZound and the encoders were the only Linux audio software used
> for these tracks.
>
> Enjoy, critique, keep breathing.
>
> Best,
>
> dp
>
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