does this sound crazy?

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i was pondering frequencies and i was curious about something...

i record a standard tuned E note on my acoustic guitar which has a frequency of 82.41 Hz....

could i cut all other frequencies to get rid of any and all other noise interferences? i wouldn't need those other frequencies, because the note is at 82.41.... does this make sense to anyone? (then)

if this is the case....couldn't one then eliminate every unnecessary frequency in a recorded song by determining what frequencies are occupied by the notes of each instrument being used to record?

man, i need to step away for a while, maybe take a vacation...:)

http://www.contrabass.com/pages/frequency.html
 
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I think that sounds have many different frequencies, but one MAIN one.. so if you cut the others, you'll lose some of the sound.. I dunno. :)
 
yea, technically you'll still end up with an E, but what yer missin is the fact that the string is also emitting harmonic frequencies that make the acoustic sound like an acoustic...fer that matter, they make a guitar sound like a guitar...what you'll end up with will sound more like a test of the emergency broadcast system than a musical instrument...
 
The fundamental frequency is 82.4, but there are harmonic overtones that dictate the timbre and tone of an instrument produced as multiples of the fundamental.

So no... cut above 82.4 and it will no longer sound like a guitar! (It will a bit because you will not be able to completely filter out the overtones with EQ, but you get what I mean.......)

Bruce
 
I was under the impression that it was a good idea to cut below the lowest frequency, though. Right?

Get rid of low end gunk that fills up the space in the mix.
 
*drum roll*

I think it depends on the mix, and what instrument in the mix...acoustic over a bass guitar? yup...fiddle over an acoustic? nope...
 
could you or should you? heh...

if it's not going to be mixed with anything else, just an instrumental, and only one guitar track I'd prolly leave it alone unless it sounds boomy...

If it's gettin a bassline too, I'd prolly do some cutting around that level, yeah..

If it's gettin vocals it would depend on the voice to me...yer ear is king man..

Bruce is prolly more qualified to answer, but I'd be willing to bet his answer wil be near to the same as mine...I have more free time :)
 
Re: acoustic guitar

samich17 said:
if i record an acoustic guitar track...essentially i could cut everything below say 70Hz right?
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Depends on the context (ie, how it sounds with the other tracks around it!)

Bruce
 
ok, so mebbe I don't have more free time :)

I stole this line from the Ozone guys -

if there was a cut and dry method the effects would all have just a big ON button...
 
Re: acoustic guitar

samich17 said:
if i record an acoustic guitar track...essentially i could cut everything below say 70Hz right?
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Theoretically, you can cut it off without any difference in sound. But you'd need one hell of an expensive filter to do that... No filter is perfect, so if you cut at 70 Hz, you will also influence the frequencies above 70Hz!!

So use yer ears...
 
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