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tdukex
Man of the Muse
I need some advice on copying some of my dad's recordings from cassette to to CD. These are the only recordings he ever made, so they have a huge sentimental and memorial value to me.
The recordings are mono--not high quality to begin with, but they have vibe. He played in a trio (guitar, bass, and dad's clarinet). The recordings were made in barrooms (full of people and background noise) with a good quality cassette player with a built in mic sitting on the stage.
I will be using a Kenwood KX-W597 cheapie dual cassette as the playback device.
My amp options are 1) a Denon AVR 600 stereo amp, 2) a Behringer MX 802 mixer, or 3) a Joemeek VC1Q preamp. Any ideas on which would be best?
I will be recording into an M-audio Dman 2044 card into either Sonar or Soundforge 5.0. My guess is straight into soundforge would be best. Any opinions?
I will record and keep one master file.
I'm thinking of cloning the master file and using the new file to experiment with the following:
Steinberg Clean
Compression: either Joemeek or Waves
EQ
Creating a stereo field by cloning two tracks then panning one hard left and EQing off some of the low end, then panning the other track hard right and EQing off some of the high end. This is probably a stupid idea.
Any and all advice, ideas, opinions, and suggestions will be greatly appreciated--especially on the basic recording part.
Thanks
Tom
The recordings are mono--not high quality to begin with, but they have vibe. He played in a trio (guitar, bass, and dad's clarinet). The recordings were made in barrooms (full of people and background noise) with a good quality cassette player with a built in mic sitting on the stage.
I will be using a Kenwood KX-W597 cheapie dual cassette as the playback device.
My amp options are 1) a Denon AVR 600 stereo amp, 2) a Behringer MX 802 mixer, or 3) a Joemeek VC1Q preamp. Any ideas on which would be best?
I will be recording into an M-audio Dman 2044 card into either Sonar or Soundforge 5.0. My guess is straight into soundforge would be best. Any opinions?
I will record and keep one master file.
I'm thinking of cloning the master file and using the new file to experiment with the following:
Steinberg Clean
Compression: either Joemeek or Waves
EQ
Creating a stereo field by cloning two tracks then panning one hard left and EQing off some of the low end, then panning the other track hard right and EQing off some of the high end. This is probably a stupid idea.
Any and all advice, ideas, opinions, and suggestions will be greatly appreciated--especially on the basic recording part.
Thanks
Tom