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Remastering dirty recordings??
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| Dizc |
Hey guys,
I've been producing for several years now, however, since pockets aren't very deep, I can't afford real studio equipment to help me create tracks. This limits me to software and sample based recording. The downside to this is a) I don't have the equipment I WANT and b) when I layer enough samples on one another, I start to add unnecessary noise to my track. I've finished many tunes, but in the end, I'm never completely satisfied with the overall sound quality. I'm wondering what I can do to try to clean up the track at this point. You know... clean up the bass, bring out the mids in certain areas, sharpen the highs. Does anyone know of a way I could fix this messiness?? Even if I have to buy a piece of equipment, I think I'm at that point where I'm getting too frustrated and I need to make a change (Maybe I'm just a perfectionist, but I don't think my final products are clean enough to get pressed). Any recommendations or suggestions would be very welcome.
PEACE
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| kewlness |
you need to start by cleaning up the samples individually one-by-one
If you have a kick drum that has unecessary high frequency sounds cut it out (but leave in the click from the kick)...
similarly, a high-hat does not benefit from any mid and low frequency sounds so cut those out
basses and kicks should both be low frequency but however i like to raise the 100 hz part of the kick a bit higher than normal and for the bass i like to raise it up higher either at 50 hz or 200 hz... this will make your lower end section more cleaner and distinguishible
finally, adjust the rest of the synths, fx, percussion so that they interfere with each other as little as possible by using EQing and panning
After you put everything together, and it sounds pretty good, you'll want to apply a bit of final EQ to the whole mix to adjust the bass, mid, treble... whatever needs a boost or whatever needs to be cut back a bit...
also compressing every component a bit will help... here's a helpful guide to get u started
http://www.computermusic.co.uk/tutorial/dynamics/3.asp
also, if you have a program like cool edit pro or soundforge, i think there is a remove noise option that will help a bit sometimes... but not all the times... sometimes it ends up worse than before... anyways, use this on the individual samples that you are having trouble with and that may help...
other than that, i don't really know if i can help |
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| Dizc |
That's a great start! I'll see what I can do using those tips. Maybe I'll post a track or two to listen to so you can hear an example of the overall quality I'm talking about.
Thanks for the help! |
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