DAT-heads Digest #199

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  recording cleanup question (Nate Pelton)


From: Nate Pelton <nate@adkmusic.com>
Subject: recording cleanup question
Reply-To: nate@adkmusic.com
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 11:47:38 -0400

Hello-
I'm running:  Rode NT4 > M-Audio Buddy Pre-Amp > DA-P1

I recorded an outdoor show and the tape came out a little heavy 
(saturated) on certain loud vocals and the organ. All the other 
instruments seem unaffected (guitars, bass, percussion, drums). 
Everything sounded fine throughout the night through the headphones, and 
the sound seemed great from the PA.

Is it possible that the sound would hit the tape differently than what 
we heard?
Is it possible to add too much gain with the preamp (DAT levels did not 
clip)? - I've never had it happen before...

Any suggestions on cleaning the recording up? I have all the wav editing 
software (WaveLab, CoolEdit, Nuendo, etc..)
I just don't know where to start with all the options available.
I've tracked the show and have been experimenting with one track at a 
time. I've tried to pinpoint the problem frequencies, but haven't had 
much luck. I've normalized the hot spots, dropping their gain, and it 
seems to help a bit, but is very time consuming. I don't mind spending a 
lot of time on it, it was a great night and I have the only recording 
unfortunately.

Anyone curious enough to help, I'd be happy to upload a track to see 
what you can do with it.
The band is Giant Panda Guerilla Dub Squad, a great Dub Reggae band from 
Rochester, NY. They played in my backyard last weekend.
Thanks for your help.
-Nate



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