Rob makes fine recommendations here for standard processing. But for
digital noise reduction, multiple passes of lighter processing is
indeed best.
Curt Olson
On Jun 23, 2008, at 6:22 AM, wrote:
> 1e. Re: Filtering
> Posted by: "Rob Danielson" danielson_audio
> Date: Sun Jun 22, 2008 6:52 pm ((PDT))
>
> --- In "Chris Hails" <>
> wrote:
>>
>> --- In "Aaron Ximm" <aaron.ximm@>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Someone here has said on occasion that it is better to do a few
> very
>>> light passes, than one deep passage.... was that you Dan? Rob?
>>>
>>> best,
>>> aaron
>
> Several years back, I described using "stacked plugs" as a work-
> around for parametric EQ plug-ins that only provide a few bands when
> more bands are required. I can't think of a reason to use mulitple
> passes when one can makes all the necessary changes at once. I try
> to follow the "simpler is better" axiom and often combine several
> types of digital processing like EQ, balance, gain, phase and
> increasing bit depth into one, final, step when out-putting a file.
> When I'm having trouble judging which equalization settings/effects
> produce the best results, I output the varied attempts and compare
> them back to back in a timeline.
>
> I can see the merit in taking time with the judgements, but not in
> spreading the decisions out over multiple processing passes. Rob D.
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