Hello tapers,
I recently pull out a great sounding tape. I'm pretty happy with it, but the cymbals sound way too bright to my tastes at some points.
Sounds like bad mp3 compression artifacts, too much sparkling.
Here's a 10 seconds mp3 sample (320kbps) :
http://cmlien.free.fr/ts/cymbal.mp3...and here's the wav version for quick testing :
http://cmlien.free.fr/ts/cymbal.wavThis was recorded 24/48 and then dithered (triangular) to 16/44.
Can the dithering process affect the cymbals sound in a bad way ?
I'm just starting EQ'ing my recordings, so I rely to this cheat sheet :
http://www.cheatography.com/fredv/cheat-sheets/eq-tips/.
It states cymbals can be sizzled by playing around 7.5 > 10 kHz and clanked by playing around 200 Hz.
But even an extreme cut around those frequencies doesn't change anything, so I guess I'm missing something...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Many thanks !!