Hi,
I recorded two instruments (arabic qanoun and a viola da gamba!) plus a narrator.
I opted to record as it was in the concerts that were done of this program.
So two AKG 414S stereo pair on the instruments
and two Neumann KM 184 stereo pair for the narrator.
The set up was like this
Now we listened of course over and over during the recording.
And now the narrator wants his voice more centered and isolated than the recording was made.
I recorded on four separate tracks, but the two tracks with the KM 184s still, of course, have lots of instruments within.
I tried the inverting the stereo track trick and using the exciter and EQ levels. None seem to really completely isolate the vocal track.
Here is what I did =
and this =
Any other ideas?
I think a lot of sound engineering is psychology - how to deal with the musicians. If the narrator didn't like this set up he had three days to change it and we could have recorded the vocal and music seperately and not live.
Would warmly welcome any suggestions!
I recorded two instruments (arabic qanoun and a viola da gamba!) plus a narrator.
I opted to record as it was in the concerts that were done of this program.
So two AKG 414S stereo pair on the instruments
and two Neumann KM 184 stereo pair for the narrator.
The set up was like this
Now we listened of course over and over during the recording.
And now the narrator wants his voice more centered and isolated than the recording was made.
I recorded on four separate tracks, but the two tracks with the KM 184s still, of course, have lots of instruments within.
I tried the inverting the stereo track trick and using the exciter and EQ levels. None seem to really completely isolate the vocal track.
Here is what I did =
and this =
Any other ideas?
I think a lot of sound engineering is psychology - how to deal with the musicians. If the narrator didn't like this set up he had three days to change it and we could have recorded the vocal and music seperately and not live.
Would warmly welcome any suggestions!