In answering an off line question regarding my post I guess I should
clarify part of my prior post.
Editing for Consumer MD effects for me involves two things.
1. When there is no audio that is important above 15,000 cycles I
drop the gain in this region by 50% to 75% (6db to 10db) on a slope.
It does not effect the overall recording and hides the ragged
compression of this area that can be seen on a spectral display which
is the signature to many that the recording was a MD. It really does
not change the heard audio any, but for those that pay attention it
fools a few of them into thinking they may be looking at a 24 bit
recording with >100db s/n. I use it with restraint but hey if it
makes someone think that I am better and have higher tech equipment
then I do then it was worth the effort. This part of the edit is
vanity.
2. The real edit for consumer MD effects is to cover a less than pro
mic preamp. The mic pre noise is pretty uniform over everything. If
there are portions of the sound spectrum that are not used at all it
makes sense to drop the gain 50% in those areas as you are
effectively increasing the signal to noise level. Keeping in mind my
own bias that bass, even if uniform, is needed in a natural sound
recording for use as a reference.
So to make it clear, I am not trying to hide artifact or any real
defect of any kind in editing Consumer MD recordings.
rich
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