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 Mon 5 Jun 2006, 11:17
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 02-Jan 04 From: Arvada - US Member No.: 32,207  |
I am making a CD for my son's choir to use as a fundraiser. We have received the mechanical rights for a dozen songs and I have recorded them live in a church. Now I am mixing and mastering.
I recorded using 4 large diaphram condenser mics through MOTU 896HD at 24 bit/96K. The mics were placed to have somewhat "separate" control over the different sections. Since I am a newbie, I am interested in advice on various EQ, Compressor, Limiter, Reverb, etc... settings I might want to apply. I am using a G4 Dual 1.25 Power Mac with MOTU Digital Performer 5 and the stock plugins. Any comments, ideas, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. A stereo mixdown of the four tracks (each at equal volume) for one of the songs is at the following link: http://idisk.mac.com/kwilinski-Public I have not changed the raw recording tracks other than to convert to an MP3 file at 160 kpbs using LAME encoder. Thanks in advance for your help. |
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Thu 15 Jun 2006, 13:50
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 15-Jun 06 From: Lawton - US Member No.: 80,609 |
Dear sir or ma'am:
I would not add ANYTHING! These files sound GREAT! It sounds like I am in the room. People will know you tried to do something fancy or contrived and most will not like it. A fundraiser is a fundraiser. Leave it alone. Just my opinion. Hope this helps! Sincerely, David C. Anderson http://www.tunethatpiano.com |
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Fri 14 Jul 2006, 15:25
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 29-Dec 03 From: Pound Ridge - US Member No.: 31,985 |
As a professional engineer with a number of choral recordings to my credit, I want to echo the previous response to your question. These recordings sound great: very spacious, excellent ratio of direct to reflected sound. The only processing I would consider is an infrasonic roll-off.
Congratulations! Christo QUOTE (kwilinski @ Mon 5 Jun 2006, 10:17)  I am making a CD for my son's choir to use as a fundraiser. We have received the mechanical rights for a dozen songs and I have recorded them live in a church. Now I am mixing and mastering.
I recorded using 4 large diaphram condenser mics through MOTU 896HD at 24 bit/96K. The mics were placed to have somewhat "separate" control over the different sections. Since I am a newbie, I am interested in advice on various EQ, Compressor, Limiter, Reverb, etc... settings I might want to apply. I am using a G4 Dual 1.25 Power Mac with MOTU Digital Performer 5 and the stock plugins. Any comments, ideas, suggestions would be greatly appreciated. A stereo mixdown of the four tracks (each at equal volume) for one of the songs is at the following link: http://idisk.mac.com/kwilinski-Public I have not changed the raw recording tracks other than to convert to an MP3 file at 160 kpbs using LAME encoder. Thanks in advance for your help. |
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