annoying tinny/ harsh sound- how to cure?
Birdsastuff
instruments, you can't turn the volume very high because the harshness of
some of the instruments begins to "hurt" the ears. How do I cure this?
Don Pearce
wrote:
>What I'm talking about here is after making a recording with various
>instruments, you can't turn the volume very high because the harshness of
>some of the instruments begins to "hurt" the ears. How do I cure this?
The obvious answer is not to turn it up so high. But seriously, unless
you post 20 seconds or so for us to hear, you are not going to get an
answer.
d
Scott Dorsey
Stop using bad-sounding equipment and bad rooms. If it sounds shrieky
something is wrong somewhere in the chain and you need to change things out
one step at a time until you find it.
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
Laurence Payne
wrote:
>What I'm talking about here is after making a recording with various
>instruments, you can't turn the volume very high because the harshness of
>some of the instruments begins to "hurt" the ears. How do I cure this?
I could try to guess what the real question is, or you could give lots
more details!
polymod
"Birdsastuff" <el...@rhere.net> wrote in message
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> What I'm talking about here is after making a recording with various
> instruments, you can't turn the volume very high because the harshness of
> some of the instruments begins to "hurt" the ears. How do I cure this?
That's like fixing soup after your son throws in a whole jar of peppercorns.
Poly
Peter Larsen
The Fnunkenworks Gizmatronic does a great job in those situations and is
only marginally more costly than a single AKG C24.
Kind regards
Peter Larsen
Soundhaspriority
"Birdsastuff" <el...@rhere.net> wrote in message
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Birdsastuff,
You might be using a microphone intended for guitar cabinets, or just a
bad mike.
Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
Badmuts
"Peter Larsen" <dig...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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For a moment i thought you meant this:
http://www.funklogic.com/mastererizer.htm
but it's some other fnunk...
Camelot
called Free Filter by Steinberg helps greatly, especially if your mix is
similar to something already out there. It has sometimes worked near
miracles for me, but you still need to have a mix somewhat close to where it
should be.
"Birdsastuff" <el...@rhere.net> wrote in message
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Camelot
called Free Filter by Steinberg helps greatly, especially if your mix is
similar to something already out there. It has sometimes worked near
miracles for me, but you still need to have a mix somewhat close to where it
should be.
"Birdsastuff" <el...@rhere.net> wrote in message
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Arny Krueger
> What I'm talking about here is after making a recording
Perhaps the amplifier in your listening system is clipping.
Perhaps, the mix is too hot.
Ethan Winer
> some of the instruments begins to "hurt" the ears. How do I cure this?
Try cutting 2 to 6 dB at 2 to 4 KHz with a Q of about 2.
--Ethan
GregS
That should do it, but sometimes all it takes is 1-2 dB.
Any speaker that peaks in this region is known as harsh.
greg
muzician21
As others have pointed out, it's hard to know exactly what you mean.
Are you talking about where there are "spikes" in the sound even
though generally the overall balance is where you want it?
Is this a multi-track recording or all being recorded with one mic or
one pair or mics at the same time? What are you listening through? If
you're not listening through decent speakers/amp, this can both give
you a false sense of what's being played and make it impossible to
make intelligent decisions regarding how to fix the problem.