> And based on what?>
Klas,
Based on the target audience. If it is for a wildlife library, make it
sound good for that purpose. An example would be to reduce traffic
noise. If it is to demonstrate what a Telinga rig does, give the raw
recording or state what has been done to it to improve it.
> "When you hear a Telinga SSM demo track at the Telinga site or
> SoundCloud, and there is no information about it, do you presume
> that...
>
> 1/ the track is raw, free from any kind of manipulation, or
> 2/ a end result, post produced to give the best sound?
1/ I would presume that the track was demonstrating what you could get
with any rig as stated. This would include some frequency adjustments,
but I don't think you would need to say more than "mild bass cut used"
or whatever. After all with an example of a particular bird, you don't
need to describe the angle the mic rig is set at, or the height from
the ground, or the record level setting, or an adjustment in the
output level.
2/ If by "post production" you mean editing or dynamic alteration such
as noise filtering, I think I would want to know
With my own recordings on SoundCloud, I don't always give details of
small improvements to the recording, but if it makes an audible
difference to the wildife being recorded, I will indicate what I have
done. I dislike the effect of most dynamic level effects with the
exception of a deliberate overload with something like thunder.
Dynamic noise reduction, especially a small hiss reduction can be done
without affecting the wildlife content, but it tends to show up as a
"pumping" effect. I would have thought if you were demonstrating a
rig, you would need to declare a dynamic clean-up.
However, if I edit the track I always either put in a fade out/in or
state that the track has been edited, as this makes an important
difference to the call or other animal sounds.
David
David Brinicombe
North Devon, UK
Cogito cogito ergo cogito sum - Ambrose Bierce
"While a picture is worth a thousand words, a
sound is worth a thousand pictures." R. Murray Schafer via Bernie Krause.
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