Hello all,
I know this must be rather elementary here, but perhaps someone can help.
I've been working for a while now, with a friend a good distance away, on turning his recordings of the Casavant at his church, into something that can first be played in HW1, and then eventually in time, HW2 as well.
In the recordings, we have been getting a good amount of low-pitched rumble, as well as a good amount of constant, unchanging electronic noise, like when you have an old stereo and speakers, and turn the volume knobs up rather high.
The rumble has not been an issue in most pipes thus far, I can remove it (I shouldn't have to), except in the lower pipes where it harms their harmonic build-up and intensities. However, removing the electronic noise has rendered most stops rather dull. My friend remarked that the diapason chorus on the great does not have the "bloom" that it does in the room.
Through listening to comparative recordings he has made of pieces in the church, on his own, and then playing the same things, I note that many of the upper partials are diminished, or at times entirely missing in the "computerized" versions. Thus, I've decided that his sense of the "lack of bloom" is the fact that the stops have lost their upper clarity.
He suggested recording further out in the church to catch more of the developed sound, however I've noted that recording where he did (about 2-6 meters away, depending on how far the pipes are in the chamber) is not close enough for some stops (Erzhaler and such) and that any farther away would clearly not be loud enough.
So I am thinking that he should either re-record where the former recordings were made, or perhaps a bit closer.
Thoughts?
Likewise, I would also like to hear thoughts on eliminating the excess high and low noise, PRE-production, before they are recorded. He mentioned that there are settings on the side of the recorder, recording levels I believe; perhaps a certain setting?
We're using a Edirol R-09 Digital WAV Recorder and a Sound Professionals SP-CMC-8C Premium Cardioid Microphone. We've been recording at 48khz, 24 bit, and then I've been reducing them down to 44.1khz, 16 bit in Sony SoundForge to produce first the HW1 version.
Any help whatsoever will help us to get this finished as soon as possible, and released to the public quickly.
Many thanks,
Alex
I know this must be rather elementary here, but perhaps someone can help.
I've been working for a while now, with a friend a good distance away, on turning his recordings of the Casavant at his church, into something that can first be played in HW1, and then eventually in time, HW2 as well.
In the recordings, we have been getting a good amount of low-pitched rumble, as well as a good amount of constant, unchanging electronic noise, like when you have an old stereo and speakers, and turn the volume knobs up rather high.
The rumble has not been an issue in most pipes thus far, I can remove it (I shouldn't have to), except in the lower pipes where it harms their harmonic build-up and intensities. However, removing the electronic noise has rendered most stops rather dull. My friend remarked that the diapason chorus on the great does not have the "bloom" that it does in the room.
Through listening to comparative recordings he has made of pieces in the church, on his own, and then playing the same things, I note that many of the upper partials are diminished, or at times entirely missing in the "computerized" versions. Thus, I've decided that his sense of the "lack of bloom" is the fact that the stops have lost their upper clarity.
He suggested recording further out in the church to catch more of the developed sound, however I've noted that recording where he did (about 2-6 meters away, depending on how far the pipes are in the chamber) is not close enough for some stops (Erzhaler and such) and that any farther away would clearly not be loud enough.
So I am thinking that he should either re-record where the former recordings were made, or perhaps a bit closer.
Thoughts?
Likewise, I would also like to hear thoughts on eliminating the excess high and low noise, PRE-production, before they are recorded. He mentioned that there are settings on the side of the recorder, recording levels I believe; perhaps a certain setting?
We're using a Edirol R-09 Digital WAV Recorder and a Sound Professionals SP-CMC-8C Premium Cardioid Microphone. We've been recording at 48khz, 24 bit, and then I've been reducing them down to 44.1khz, 16 bit in Sony SoundForge to produce first the HW1 version.
Any help whatsoever will help us to get this finished as soon as possible, and released to the public quickly.
Many thanks,
Alex
Alex Hendrickson
alex.hendrickson@gmail.com
alex.hendrickson@gmail.com