Hi Kent--
Good to hear you are readying some sounds for release.
This post in my blog,
http://fieldpost.blogspot.com/2009/04/equalization-technique-for-diffuse.ht=
ml
outlines the steps I usually follow. There's another post in the blog
specifically about adjusting low end balance.
If I start off with the goal of trying to remove human-made sounds,
the recording often ends sounding doctored and lifeless. Instead, I
aim to make it sound upon playback like the experience in the field.
The fade-up technique in the steps helps train one to listen to
exaggerated bandwidths. I follow the same steps/premise when there
are sounds in the recording that aren't made by animals or natural
sources. Its my feeling that animals experience and account for
unnatural intrusions in their communications similar to ways humans
do. You might, for example, even detect more strain and stress in the
calls in loud environments.
http://www.apulsoft.ch/apqualizr/ is a good, reasonably substitute
for the mentioned, Eqium plug-in. The last time I used Audition was 5
years ago. At that time there was no EQ plug with enough bands or
precision for the technique described in the blog..
Rob
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At 12:06 PM -0500 5/2/11, Kenton Brede wrote:
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>I've got some ambient nature sounds recorded and my workstation set up
>with field monitors. I'm ready to start processing the files. I'm
>finding audio post processing books, website howtos, etc. hard to find
>for nature recorders. Is there anything out there specific to what we
>do? If not, what's the next best alternative?
>
>I've got some Sandhill Crane recordings along an interstate. So I
>need to learn how to minimize the interstate background noise. For my
>prairie recordings I'll need to cut some sounds out, like commercial
>flight sounds or a car driving by. Basically I need to learn what a
>typical workflow entails and how to execute the steps.
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>I'm using a MAC and thinking about trying the Adobe beta.
>
>Any help is appreciated. I recently took up photography and there's
>tons of material out there for self learning. Unfortunately the same
>doesn't appear to be true for nature recordists.
>Thanks,
>
>--
>Kent Brede
><http://sandhillsnaps.com/>http://sandhillsnaps.com/
><http://aphotoaday.sandhillsnaps.org/>http://aphotoaday.sandhillsnaps.org/
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