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Gear / Technical Help => Post-Processing, Computer / Streaming / Internet Devices & Related Activity => Topic started by: firmdragon on January 31, 2007, 10:06:14 PM
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i pretty much already know the answer to this already, but i'm hoping i'm wrong.
i have audio i taped using a manually set camcorder. i used the internal camcorder mic for this one so the vocals are ok, but the drums and guitars are distorted/overloaded. is there a possibility of filtering out the guitars altogether, leaving me with some vocals. i have a second source that sounds fine, but faint vocals. i was hoping to combine the 2 recordings.
i could post a sample if it would help.
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Guitars and vocals usually occupy the same frequency range, unfortunately. Depending on where in the frequency range the guitars are distorting (I would imagine a large portion of that) you might want to salvage the upper part of the guitars/vox (about 1.5-3k) or the lower part (750-1.5k). I don't know which part your OK source is lacking.
Your other option would be to put a limiter on the distorted source at -0.1dB and lower the volume of it at least 5-10db to where it might not be as noticeable. Internal cam mics usually have pretty bad audio with a lot of highs (12-16k) that hurt the ears at loud volumes but mixed in low can add a nice life to a condenser mic source.
If you want to post a sample I can give it a listen and give you some advice based on that.
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if anyone else wants to take a stab at it:
http://www.sendspace.com/file/ebjnj9