How do I get rid of "booming bass" on recording

[stephanie]

I transferred rehearsal sessions of my band from tape to my computer. Most songs are fine except one. It's a ballad, with three part harmony and unfortunately the bass sounds real boomy. it's the only recording I have of this particular song and I would like to reduce that bass boom. I am trying out two sound editing apps - Sound Studio and Amadeus. I would greatly appreciate some help. Thanks.

 

[Scinx]

You can try cutting some of the lows with an EQ. However - since it seems like its all mixed down you are limited. Usually - when Im recording, and I have lots of lows, I re-record.
Good luck...maybe the wiser folk on this board will have a magic answer for you.

 

[Bass Freak]

hey this might be completly wrong....but im gonna take a shot in the dark.



you cant do much now becuase its already in the mix, but...


when you do record, use some kind of...thing....maybe record the bass parts on a seperate channel of the mixer so you can control independetly, follow what im sayin?


or you could just turn the bass down, cut the lows and mids and highs to un-thick it.


just my thoughts, i dont record....just...create.




freak

 

[Scinx]

If I read it right - s/he has a salty cake and is wondering how to make it taste right. Somewhat a difficult proposition.

 

[stephanie]

Thanks guys. I guess two of you just want to have fun and one of you is helpful. These sessions were recorded about 7 years ago with a Fostex tape deck and 2 mikes hung from the ceiling. Some sessions came out better than others and I was hoping that someone out there would have a solution or would know how to improve things a bit. The EQ idea is good, but it has its drawbacks.. Thanks anyway.

 

[grinder]

Have you tried a parametric eq?You might be able to notch out the boomy frequencies without totally killing your low end.

 

[hooligan]

Try This....Might work

Hi,
Why don't u try using BBE sonic maximizer? It is A great tool to make your songs sound right.I have had this problem and this helped me in a great way.It is available both as a standalone hardware or just a plugin for your recording software ...e.g sonar

 

[Blue Bear Sound]

Re: Try This....Might work

Hi,
Why don't u try using BBE sonic maximizer? It is A great tool to make your songs sound right.

Hmmm... I disagree 100%......

 

[donkeystyle]

this is more of a question than advice, but could a multiband compressor help?

 

[Toki987]

I would recommend a 15 or more band graphic eq over anything else.
Lower the frequency slider at 120 and 250 (room boom area) down a little bit . Play in that area. If you got any heavy frequencies under 70 to you can take them down even more.

 

[mallcore pop]

Ditto donkeystyle, I'd try a multiband first, parametric second, then I'd give up, take hooligan's BBE and beat him with it. Then, I'd drop it, and use him to beat it.

No, not really.

MP

 

[Aaron Cheney]

Blue Bear, Toki97, and grinder are all correct....

Aaron
www.voodoovibe.com

 

[hooligan]

Ditto donkeystyle, I'd try a multiband first, parametric second, then I'd give up, take hooligan's BBE and beat him with it. Then, I'd drop it, and use him to beat it.

No, not really.

MP

Way to go.....u tickle me dead.....

 

[mallcore pop]

Well, as long as we're both clear on what the joke is. . .

MP