Topic: cleaning up muddy audio

[przovdth]

ok, so I recorded a concert... and i mostly picked up drums and bassy sounds. is there any way to clean it up? sample for some reason would not upload but the whole show is here

rapidshare.com _2006-07-12__Houston__TX_-_Woodlands_Pavilion.rar

i have several other shows i recorded like this. any help is appreciated.

[page]

Havn't heard the sample, but off hand I'd suggest:

- HPF (standard 6db/octave) starting at around 90hz
- EQ cut starting around 500hz, sloping off about 4db until 300hz, and then just flat (-4db) from there.

Might consider a 2db bump between the range of 2khz-4khz as well.

Adjust to taste but that sounds like what your problem is. I'd suggest doing them in that order as well.

[przovdth]

Thanks for the advice. I have a lot to learn 

[Shadow_7]

What type of setup?  Fake fur / dead rat?  Or bare mics.  Indoors, some spaces will naturally reflect the drum sounds towards the audience (concrete walls) while masking a lot of the other sounds (stage curtains).  Depending a lot on acoustic group or mics + amps + PAs and the likes.  I've got several recordings like you describe.  Mainly with groups in front of concrete or stone buildings as that seems to give whom ever is closest to the wall a big amplified boost.  i.e. Drums.  And aided in part by fake fur that dampens the high frequencies.  EQ is your friend in either case.  And pretty much your only option outside of changing the parameters of the capture (venue / mic setup).  I guess I'll try to download the clip now.

[Shadow_7]

I can't seem to make a functional link to your content.

One other thought is that you can cut a lot of those type of sounds if it's structure born by using shock mounts.  Not that that's your problem.  But it does seem to be, at least in part, mine.  Soft-ish rubber mic clips only do so much.