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grettings,
I apologize for asking for help, but I know nowhere to turn to. I basically got some new recording equipment and instruments.
One is a 6 string fretless bass, then a basic generic electric guitar as well as an amp. What I did is I setup in a room a microphone and recorded using Reaper (the guy who made Winamp now makes a fantastic multitrack). I believe I set everything to record at 24bit 192,000 and I have uploaded the track to archive.org
basically looking for feedback as to how it sounds, if you could ignore the content and perhaps only pay attention to the atmosphere and recording quality if the music is not for you I would appreciate it.
I've noticed the very warm sound I am getting, also the recording doesn't sound hot to me and I've think I did a good job at capturing the higher resolution.
Details I recorded into a behringer mixer, just microphone in, with a preamp setting pretty above medium (occasionally you'll hear what would be called tape hiss but this is the microphone preamp), recorded using a Soundblaster X-Fi from many years ago a USB soundcard, into a Windows 8.1 computer.
I played this back on my DAC in my main system and I was impressed, however when played back on Headphones I was even more impressed.
the track is under 4 minutes, I just don't know where else to turn besides my high end friends. thanks a lot.
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I noted a few things about the recording.
1. It has been "brick walled" to 22 kHz, as it would have been if the original recording had been made at 44.1 kHz instead of 192 kHz. (This may not be true for all the instruments, as there is high frequency content at some places.)
2. It is severely clipped at many places, with obvious distortion when this happens. (This clipping distortion produces high frequency content that goes up to 92 kHz.)
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
thanks Tony. I appreciate it, would be working on the levels next. Also perhaps the brick wall is the microphone used. I could be wrong though.
Since you are recording at 24 bits there is no need to push the levels. Shoot for the highest peaks at -10 to -6 dBfs. If they are in the range of -14 to -2 dBfs then that's OK. If you want the final recording to be louder than you can always deal with this in a later pass over the file.
Tony Lauck
"Diversity is the law of nature; no two entities in this universe are uniform." - P.R. Sarkar
thanks again, I pushed the levels up a little bit on the preamp section of the microphone input, then again at the output from the mixer. I'll keep it optimal next time. Was initially concerned about the microphone being not able to capture the room correctly.
I'm still getting used to Reaper multitrack, I bought a license after using the evaluation version for a day. Very cool software.
If I get more serious about these sound experiments I might get an omnidirectional microphone and suspend it from the ceiling or have it hanging from a stand.
Just downloaded testtrack1.flac to my PC then played it via my Oppo 105D over my network (wirelessly to the Xfinity Gateway and then via an Acoustic Revive LAN/Ethernet cable to the 105D). For lack of a better way of putting it, the track was very "atmospheric" and seemed to project into my listening room. Was some of it recorded out of phase? Just curious. The file came across as 192/24.
Hope this helps a little.
Joe
it was recorded with just a microphone in my stereo room.
I am not an expert on phase recording, I believe everything was in phase, the applause was mono, that could be it. I thank you for the comment on the atmospheric quotation of the element of the recording. It came by accident really, I am pleased with the way it turned out.
Basically 1 mono and two stereo tracks mixed down in 24bit 192khz FLAC. I am impressed that it sounded that way to you. Occasionally I share tracks I have recorded with friends, one said it was disturbing and sounded like a horror movie, however this kind of feedback will help me when I acquire time to record the entire album, which might be a few hours in its entirety,
I appreciate feedback like this from individuals that have high end setups such as yourself, sometimes I preach to the choir, my traditional musician friends show no support due to the fact they can't handle experimental art, a painting with sound so to speak. They love compression and pop music which to me is pure crap.
Thanks for the feedback as to the format, 192 24, I gather I setup recording correctly. :)
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