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I'm in the process or remastering a project from the mid-70s which has a very boomy bass, and looking for any suggestions as to the most effective way to correct this? Thanks.

Tom

Paavo,

Where does the current Har-Bal "Air" fit into this M/S discussion -- or is that something all together different?

Tom

In case you haven't seen it, there's a pretty good article on M-S miking and processing in the March issue of Electronic Musician.

Tom

Once a file is clipped that is it. You can't remove it for to remove it you need to know what happens in the sound wave in the portion it is clipped and there is no way of knowing that. You can make an educated guess to soften the effect but a guess is all it will be. I believe Adobe Audition has a...

A clipping question . . . If there is clipping in a file, but the file is attenuated to bring all the levels below 0dB, can the residual artifacts of clipping still be present (just at a slightly lower level) -- or is clipping ONLY present at levels in excess of 0dB? In other words, once the file ha...

Thanks to everyone for all the help.

Tom

You know you have a good stereo image when the dots are more vertical that horizontal. The shape should be mostly up and down with some activity to to the sides. If it is too wide it is usually an indication of out of phase issues. If you ever load a track and it looks like a straight line pointing...

I assume all of this applies to everything above 6kHz as well. Is that correct?

Tom

Thanks, guys, for the info -- this is very helpful.

Paavo . . . just what exactly do you mean by "keeping the high frequency content (around 2-6kHz) more controlled?" Controlled in what way?

Earle . . . which view of the VUmeter "shows the stereo phase of all frequencies?"

Tom

I know there are differences in mastering for vinyl as opposed to mastering for CD. Can anyone elaborate those differences? As bizarre as it seems, apparently the vinyl market is still quite alive.

Tom

Here is my suggest approach for doing so. Enable the original spectrum trace and after hiting intuitQ use one parametric eq edit (with low Q) to make the new spectrum overlay the orignal as closely as possible. By that I mean you'll have parts in the original that are above the new and parts below....

Earle, This is exactly what I was looking for -- thanks so much. One additional question . . . when you say "shelf . . . the range of frequencies a particular instrument covers," are you referring to just the fundamental range -- or should this be the fundamental range up through the 1st -...

Are there any general rule-of-thumb guidelines in recording/mixing that would help to minimize individual instrument "frequency space conflicts?"

Tom

There is a laminated poster of acoustic instruments you can purchase that includes this information:

http://www.completechords.com/Pages_Pat ... ents_1.htm

Tom

Thanks, Paavo, for the followup info.

Tom