AeghtyAteKees
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Hi, everyone.
I've recorded an ocarina medley, but I've found that when played back on a cell phone (or a laptop with subpar speakers), certain notes have this buzz to them, like the speakers are vibrating and creating unwanted noise.
In case you don't know, the ocarina is a wind instrument that produces sound similarly to a recorder, kind of like a whistle. It creates a pure tone, with little color or timbre or distortion, etc. I know VERY little about recording, but I know that through headphones or a good sound system (like in my car), the mp3 sounds perfectly fine. It's got to have something to do with the small speakers. Other searches I've done have returned other ocarina players dealing with this issue and confirming that the pure tone of the instrument causes trouble for small speakers, as they're designed primarily for playing back voice and phone calls.
Even if I did something poorly in my recording process, I need to know if there are any post-production tricks I can do to lessen the effect of this "pure tone buzz". It almost sounds like it's clipping (but db-wise it isn't), and it doesn't seem to have much to do with loudness; I can turn the volume down very low and the noise is mostly still there. I'm wondering if some kind of filter, distortion, compression, etc. could be used to minimize this unwanted effect.
As this was recorded for a music video intended to post to YouTube, the fact that it sounds bad on phone speakers is quite an issue. A lot of other ocarina videos I see don't seem to have this problem; many of them sound great!
I'm attaching the first bit of the song so you can hear what I'm talking about. I'd like to also know if your phone speakers DON'T have this issue! Advice is highly appreciated! Thank you all.
View attachment First Half for Posting.mp3
EDIT: Here's the ocarina-only track, as suggested, may be helpful to hear! Thank you all for your input!
View attachment Ocarina Only First Half for Posting.mp3
I've recorded an ocarina medley, but I've found that when played back on a cell phone (or a laptop with subpar speakers), certain notes have this buzz to them, like the speakers are vibrating and creating unwanted noise.
In case you don't know, the ocarina is a wind instrument that produces sound similarly to a recorder, kind of like a whistle. It creates a pure tone, with little color or timbre or distortion, etc. I know VERY little about recording, but I know that through headphones or a good sound system (like in my car), the mp3 sounds perfectly fine. It's got to have something to do with the small speakers. Other searches I've done have returned other ocarina players dealing with this issue and confirming that the pure tone of the instrument causes trouble for small speakers, as they're designed primarily for playing back voice and phone calls.
Even if I did something poorly in my recording process, I need to know if there are any post-production tricks I can do to lessen the effect of this "pure tone buzz". It almost sounds like it's clipping (but db-wise it isn't), and it doesn't seem to have much to do with loudness; I can turn the volume down very low and the noise is mostly still there. I'm wondering if some kind of filter, distortion, compression, etc. could be used to minimize this unwanted effect.
As this was recorded for a music video intended to post to YouTube, the fact that it sounds bad on phone speakers is quite an issue. A lot of other ocarina videos I see don't seem to have this problem; many of them sound great!
I'm attaching the first bit of the song so you can hear what I'm talking about. I'd like to also know if your phone speakers DON'T have this issue! Advice is highly appreciated! Thank you all.
View attachment First Half for Posting.mp3
EDIT: Here's the ocarina-only track, as suggested, may be helpful to hear! Thank you all for your input!
View attachment Ocarina Only First Half for Posting.mp3
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