Topic: Post-processing-remastering question

[elocrian]

Hello all, new here...

I am not a taper (though I have several close friends who are).  I am an experienced musician and consider myself to have pretty good ears (imho)...

I have read through several threads, including this one: http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,81793.30.html

My question is not exactly addressed as I am not the taper of the show in question....

I have just received some flac files of some ARU SBDs that I do not think have been circulated yet.  The one I am working with now, sounds good, but is really lacking in bass.  As this is not my recording, and I have never done this before, I am leaning towards just seeding as is.  I played around with the bass boost in Audacity, and it helped but was ever so slightly "boomy", every so often (to be specific, it really helped bring out Oteil's bass lines, but the kick drum was a little too boomy here and there).

(Also, as I am now listening to this, I here some "clicks" - it's not diginoise; it is most definitely the kick drum - maybe clipping/overloading the sbd channel - noticeable, but not a major issue.)

I see that many use cdwave, maybe that has an EQ???  Again, I am leaning towards posting as is, and whoever downloads it can certainly adjust their own EQ when listening - but I wouldn't feel bad about doing a slight bass boost.  As this is not my recording, what are your thoughts?

Thanks!!!

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I am leaning towards just seeding as is.

I've made some tapes that while they are ok for casual listening, I really liked the performance and try and squeeze a little more out. I don't seed the later. The only time I'm particularly interested in "remastered" versions of something is if it cleans up stuff like digi-noise or dropouts. Everyone has different headphones, different playback environments, so I leave EQ alone most of the time**. So what might sound great on your setup, might not on someone elses. YMMV.

** I have one Jerry Joseph show where I accidently ran HPF, and I'll probably pull some of it back and put it up on LMA. There is always an exception to a rule... 

[dorrcoq]

I guess I woudl try to find the taper and ask his thoughts before changing anything and seeding.

For what it's worth, CD Wave is used to separate large files into individual tracks, and has no other editing capabiliites

[elocrian]

I guess I woudl try to find the taper and ask his thoughts before changing anything and seeding.

For what it's worth, CD Wave is used to separate large files into individual tracks, and has no other editing capabiliites

Taper is the one who sent me the file.. he didn't care one way or the other... the more I listen, the more I hear things that need tweaking (highs are too present - know what I mean?)... which is why I am definitely leaning towards doing nothing at all... I think all issues are basically EQ'ing issues - e.g. sounds great if you just take amount to adjust your EQ sliders when listening... of course, I listen to most everything on my computer, as FLAC/SHN, through WinAmp which has a more than capable parametric EQ  (of course, I download crappy sounding recordings to begin with)

Thanks for the info on CD Wave... the taper has sent me another ARU show that is one big FLAC file he wants me to track and seed, so I guess I'll download CD Wave for that purpose.. I am also trying to round up various DATs from friends of mine in ATL that have never been circulated, and will need to be converted to flac and tracked out... seems like a lot of ppl in this forum are pro CD Wave for that...

thanks, input is appreciated.