Topic: how to improve a soundboard recording (Help please) Sample included

[desertoasistx]

I got access to the soundboard for a show during record store last month and obviously I taped as much as I could but I wanted to ask what could I do to this set via Audacity or other to make it a little more fuller ?

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7JJH6YQL

[hugh]

Well, it's mono, so a little bit of stereo reverb might fill out the sound enough for you.  Otherwise, I'd just experiment with EQ.  It's has a bit of very-low "thump" you could do without, but not bad for a straight sbd feed.

[Dede2002]

Well, it's mono, so a little bit of stereo reverb might fill out the sound enough for you.  Otherwise, I'd just experiment with EQ.  It's has a bit of very-low "thump" you could do without, but not bad for a straight sbd feed.

I agree with hugh. Not much to do here unless mess around with EQ.
Like dave570 said in other thread "...a board feed may not sound like what you heard at a show. The engineer is mixing the show for the audience, not for your recorder. For example, the lead guitar may be low in the mix on the board but sound really good in the venue. There is nothing you can do about this." 
I think, regarding the guitar sound, that that's exactly the case in your recording: the guitar is very low in the mix ( and was probably great at the venue).
Anyway, I like the "thump"  . But it's just me

[easy jim]

I think, regarding the guitar sound, that that's exactly the case in your recording: the guitar is very low in the mix ( and was probably great at the venue).
Anyway, I like the "thump"  . But it's just me

I think what usually causes the "thump," excessive peaks in the low frequency range ~ 80Hz or ~ 100Hz and below, tends to translate poorly across different playback systems of varying quality.  Applying a high pass filter to tame it will likely help it sound better on a wider range of playback systems.  Incidentally, reducing some of the low end will also make it easier to discern what's going on in the higher frequencies as there will be less sub-harmonics 'muddy-ing' it up.

A little light compression may also help a little bit in bringing out things like the guitar that seem to be too low in the mix.  It's worth trying.

[stevetoney]

Someone mentioned that your recording is in mono (I haven't downloaded your sample). 

You might want to check out the suggestions that were made in the link that I have posted below.  In that link, I had asked a similar question about how to add life to a mono recording.  I applied the suggestions that I received (to add some delay between the channels and add some reverb) and found that the suggestion were VERY helpful.  In fact, the recording went from sounding really stale to sounding quite good.

http://taperssection.com/index.php/topic,120125.0.html