Thanks Rob.
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Kent Brede
http://sandhillsnaps.com/
http://aphotoaday.sandhillsnaps.org/
On Wed, May 4, 2011 at 9:15 PM, Rob Danielson <> wrote:
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> Hi Kent--
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> Good to hear you are readying some sounds for release.
>
> This post in my blog,
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> http://fieldpost.blogspot.com/2009/04/equalization-technique-for-diffuse.=
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> 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
>
> =3D =3D =3D
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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.
> >
> >I'm using a MAC and thinking about trying the Adobe beta.
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> >
> >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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