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Title: processing tips for sbd recordings?
Post by: Unitmonster on June 29, 2005, 10:15:54 AM
Taped from a sbd last night due to numerous issues, and while I'm happy with how it came out, it suffers a bit from SBD-itis (ie. dry, heavy on vox and not to lively souding).  Short of a matrix (didn't see anyone taping audience) is there any tweaking I can do to improve things, like filters, eq or such?  I use Audition 1.5.

I'll attach a quick sample to give you an idea of what I'm working with.

Thanks for any suggestions!

Title: Re: processing tips for sbd recordings?
Post by: SuperDave on June 29, 2005, 10:45:54 AM
Sounds pretty alright to me, except for for the usual "Soundboard-itis" :)  I wouldn't touch it.  I guess you could run a little compression over it but I don't think EQ'ing would help.

Is that Wilco?  Or somebody else doing "War on War"?
Title: Re: processing tips for sbd recordings?
Post by: Unitmonster on June 29, 2005, 10:55:15 AM
yeah it's them.  I agree that it's pretty good, but also read a lot about L3 waves and various other compression tools. Wondering if it would make much of an audible improvement or just result in "tinkering".
Title: Re: processing tips for sbd recordings?
Post by: bgalizio on June 29, 2005, 01:06:06 PM
Everyone at ViaChicago will want to hear it anyway. They love the SBDs over there!
Title: Re: processing tips for sbd recordings?
Post by: Unitmonster on June 29, 2005, 01:08:46 PM
this one's just SCREAMING for a matrix to my ears.  To bad they had "No audio/video Recording" signs pasted to the front of the venue, so basically no tapers were around.  The Wilco soundman was pissed when I told him.
Title: Re: processing tips for sbd recordings?
Post by: Ray76 on June 29, 2005, 01:58:48 PM
Everyone at ViaChicago will want to hear it anyway. They love the SBDs over there!

galizo, you gotta check out the MeCO tape ima put up tonight.

Ray
Title: Re: processing tips for sbd recordings?
Post by: dklein on June 29, 2005, 03:18:53 PM
Stan must have been in a good mood - the sbd patches are rare...  What a shame you didn't get the mics going too!
Some eq (more bottom end) and reverb might help this one out.

So how was the show anyways?
Title: Re: processing tips for sbd recordings?
Post by: Ray76 on June 29, 2005, 03:19:43 PM
Stan must have been in a good mood - the sbd patches are rare...  What a shame you didn't get the mics going too!
Some eq (more bottom end) and reverb might help this one out.

hey d, sent you an email...

ray
Title: Re: processing tips for sbd recordings?
Post by: Unitmonster on June 29, 2005, 03:20:20 PM
yeah, came to the eq conclusion too here. Finding the bass a bit lacking.