Author Topic: Any suggestions for ... Cicadas? NOW with sample! (Read 2527 times)

MSTaper · « **on:** August 21, 2008, 09:26:18 PM »

Ok, I came home to check out the recording Son of MSTaper made Tuesday night at a show I was late to and I was wondering what the odd noise was in the first three tracks. My wife said it was Cicadas (those funky bugs that shed their shells on trees and such). I asked again because it was nice and quiet by the time the main act came on. I honestly doubt that there's anything you can do about insect noises, so I'm really just goofing on this one.

They were gone by the fourth song. I guess it add an outdoor southern ambiance to the recording!

If I knew how to post a sample, I'd do it just for fun.

MSTaper.

yug du nord · « **Reply #1 on:** August 22, 2008, 04:25:19 AM »

...crickets and cicadas sing... a rare and different tune... terrapin station...

Think of em as a blessing to your recording!

digifish_music · « **Reply #2 on:** August 22, 2008, 09:41:57 PM »

Quote from: MSTaper on August 21, 2008, 09:26:18 PM

Ok, I came home to check out the recording Son of MSTaper made Tuesday night at a show I was late to and I was wondering what the odd noise was in the first three tracks. My wife said it was Cicadas (those funky bugs that shed their shells on trees and such). I asked again because it was nice and quiet by the time the main act came on. I honestly doubt that there's anything you can do about insect noises, so I'm really just goofing on this one. They were gone by the fourth song. I guess it add an outdoor southern ambiance to the recording! If I knew how to post a sample, I'd do it just for fun.

MSTaper.

Insect frequencies are usually very specifically harmonic and can be removed (often) by narrow-band filtering etc. Can you post an example?

jmz93 · « **Reply #3 on:** August 23, 2008, 12:21:06 PM »

Quote from: MSTaper on August 21, 2008, 09:26:18 PM

just goofing on this one. They were gone by the fourth song. I guess it add an outdoor southern ambiance to the recording! If I knew how to post a sample, I'd do it just for fun.

Actually, as I live in southern Ontario Canada, I'd like to hear a sample just to see if your sicadas sounds like our sicadas. I know from all the news reports of the huge population explosion in Ohio and surrounding states that their's don't sound like ours! Their's had more of a steady pulse to them. ours are more of a sustained bzzzzzz.

MSTaper · « **Reply #4 on:** August 23, 2008, 02:47:02 PM »

Could someone please tell me how to post a sample? I can create an MP3 easy enough, but after that I'm lost!

MSTaper

sygdwm · « **Reply #5 on:** August 23, 2008, 03:21:02 PM »

additional options>attachments>browse to your mp3>post (must be less than 512kb).

MSTaper · « **Reply #6 on:** August 23, 2008, 04:29:28 PM »

Thanks Dre. Here's Dylan LeBlanc & The Cicadas!

digifish_music · « **Reply #7 on:** August 24, 2008, 08:50:00 PM »

Quote from: MSTaper on August 23, 2008, 04:29:28 PM

Thanks Dre. Here's Dylan LeBlanc & The Cicadas!

Nasty!

Unfortunately you are in trouble with this one, the Cicada noise is quite broad-band and covers some important frequency bands in your recording, the best thing you could do is EQ down a few dB at the frequencies shown. I tried some spectral filtering but the nature of the Cicada noise means that it's hard to reduce without introducing artifacts in the recording.

digifish

MSTaper · « **Reply #8 on:** August 25, 2008, 01:20:21 AM »

Yeah, they were pretty active that night. When I arrived for the main act, they were luckily gone and it was nice and quiet. Of course, he was a loud louder than this acoustic act. It was only noticeable for three of his five songs. He's local so it's not a big deal. Thanks for taking the time to check it out. MSTaper