Will: I'd be happy to discuss this with you. Give a call at your convenience. best peter acker Peter Acker Armadillo Audio Group www.armadilloaudiogroup.com <http://www.armadilloaudiogroup.com/> 413-253-1775 -----Original Message----- From: Will Loving [mailto:will at dedicationtechnologies.com] Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 5:16 PM To: hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net Subject: [Hidden-tech] Requesting Audio Editing tips Im looking for a quick tip or two from anyone who might have experience with audio editing on improving some live recordings Ive been making recently at contra dances (with the permission of the musicians, of course). Im using a Zoom H4 digital recorder ( http://www.samsontech.com/products/productpage.cfm?prodID=1901 ) which does an excellent job, but my lack of experience with post-production is becoming clear as I try to figure out how to improve the overall recording and deal with some issues particular to the kind of music Im recording. Ive posted two short clips (uncompressed WAV) that illustrate what Im trying to work with, the wonderful band Nightingale, and particularly Keith Murphys Québéquois style foot percussion. http://dedicationtechnologies.com/loving/music/PercussionClip1.wav http://dedicationtechnologies.com/loving/music/PercussionClip2.wav The foot percussion is too loud and creates spikes throughout the waveform. What Im hoping for is someone to say something like try setting the EQ to .... or use a compressor (or limiter) set to (approx)... Any suggestions on improving overall quality would also be welcome. At some point Id love to sit down with someone who really knows this kind of editing and get a more solid foundation, but for now I have to learn it in bits and pieces due to time constraints. Im on a Mac, and my available tools are Soundtrack 1.5 which Im somewhat familiar with, Audacity which Im a little familiar with but find pretty clunky compared to Soundtrack, and possibly an old copy of Amadeus. I also have the latest GarageBand but have never used it for Audio editing. My preference would be to continue with Soundtrack, but Im open to trying something else (probably GarageBand). Im guessing that the filter settings will be similar regardless of the app... Many thanks in advance. Will Will Loving, President Dedication Technologies, Inc. -- William M. Loving Dedication Technologies, Inc. 7 Coach Lane Amherst, MA 01002-3304 USA will at dedicationtechnologies.com Tel: +1 413 253-7223 (GMT 5) Fax: +1 206 202-0476 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20080219/5c6c3661/attachment-0005.html