So I'm a little baffled (pun intended) as to what I should do with a recording I just made in an open field. I only had my CAFS omni mics available and no windscreens for these (my CA-14's are still on order and I already have the dead rats for "future use" in these situations). Knowing that it could've been windy with no structures to block wind, I would have used the OMNI over the CARD (even with the dead rats) because the winds were around 25-35 km/h.
The recording turned out great except that this recording was done at a free concert near the lake and suffers some nasty cross-wind noise (sometimes lasting as long as 15 seconds for one shot). Luckily, my head was acting as a baffle for the recording so the LEFT channel is "safe" - well, there is some very light "rustling" which can be heard here and there when it got really bad on the RIGHT channel.
So far, I've listened to 60 of 70 minutes of the show and there are over 50 hits so far - and I know the last song was SEVERELY affected and made a note in my BlackBerry to this affect (some as short as 2 or 3 "hits" during a song, others as long as two or three songs long - i.e., 10-12 hits of varying duration). If there had been about 20-30 points, I would've just duplicated the LEFT channel to the RIGHT channel for the affected points. However, with the number of hits that took place, and this is my question, would I be better off duplicating the lesser affected channel (the LEFT) for the ENTIRE show at this point? Then, is there anything I can do in Audition to "open up"/"fake stereo" just to get away from straight mono or should I just leave it as is?
Thanks!