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Title: Audacity Bass Reduction?
Post by: dave570 on September 07, 2009, 09:16:15 PM
I taped a show recently without bass filter on and the sound was so loud that my hair was moving from the vibration and I was standing about 30 feet from the stage. Hence, the tape is a little bassy. Not a lot, just a little. There was no distortion as I taped in 24 bit at low levels but the club sound engineer was trying his best to damage our ears. Even with good ear-plugs, the ringing in my ears took a full day to leave. Anyway, does Audacity have a "bass reduction" feature or does this require equalization to make it sound less miuddy?
Title: Re: Audacity Bass Reduction?
Post by: vanark on September 07, 2009, 09:30:19 PM
You can start with a low pass filter to see if that does what you need.   There are a fair number of threads discussing a multitude of different techniques as well.
Title: Re: Audacity Bass Reduction?
Post by: Brian Skalinder on September 07, 2009, 10:58:34 PM
There are multiple ways of achieving the desired goal of "bass reduction":  EQ or parametric EQ, high pass filter (HPF, same thing as low cut filter), band-limited compression, etc.

Check the sticky at the top of the forum for a couple threads specific to the subject, including one focused on Audacity.