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garth04
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Hi, I was wondering if someone could lend some insight into a problem I'm having.
I'm recording acoustic guitar and vocals.
This is the chain I have mics/preamps/compressor/mixingboard/soundcard/CEP
The graph of the waves look normal. There are no large peaks. I've applied slight compression to soften the waves even more. There is no clipping but if I listen for a few minutes or longer my ears start to hurt slightly. It's almost undetectable it's so subtle.
After listening to my tracks at a moderate volume for an hour through headphones my ears felt as if I'd been to a loud concert. The way they would feel if they were ringing but without the ringing. It wasn't quite that bad but it was definitely uncomfortable and wouldn't want to listen to a CD like this. It feels like an excess of pressure.
I did a frequency analysis in Cool Edit Pro and found that it was a downhill slope. More lows than highs. When I listen in headphones it sounds balanced. When I put it through monitors it sounded too boomy. Is the excess of bass causing the pain or could it be something else? The analysis also showed a small jump at the highest frequencies as well. Should I just completely cut the lowest and highest out? Even if I do that I still feel an excess pressure. It doesn't seem to quite cut it.
I'm stereo micing the guitar. I have the mics about 2 feet away. One is pointed at the bridge, the other where the neck and guitar come together. I'm using a Rode NTK for vocals. I have it placed above guitar, face level, left of my center, a few inches from my mouth. Is the vocal mic picking up too much bass? If so should I try to filter out the bass or mess with the placement?
I could use some advice.
I'm recording acoustic guitar and vocals.
This is the chain I have mics/preamps/compressor/mixingboard/soundcard/CEP
The graph of the waves look normal. There are no large peaks. I've applied slight compression to soften the waves even more. There is no clipping but if I listen for a few minutes or longer my ears start to hurt slightly. It's almost undetectable it's so subtle.
After listening to my tracks at a moderate volume for an hour through headphones my ears felt as if I'd been to a loud concert. The way they would feel if they were ringing but without the ringing. It wasn't quite that bad but it was definitely uncomfortable and wouldn't want to listen to a CD like this. It feels like an excess of pressure.
I did a frequency analysis in Cool Edit Pro and found that it was a downhill slope. More lows than highs. When I listen in headphones it sounds balanced. When I put it through monitors it sounded too boomy. Is the excess of bass causing the pain or could it be something else? The analysis also showed a small jump at the highest frequencies as well. Should I just completely cut the lowest and highest out? Even if I do that I still feel an excess pressure. It doesn't seem to quite cut it.
I'm stereo micing the guitar. I have the mics about 2 feet away. One is pointed at the bridge, the other where the neck and guitar come together. I'm using a Rode NTK for vocals. I have it placed above guitar, face level, left of my center, a few inches from my mouth. Is the vocal mic picking up too much bass? If so should I try to filter out the bass or mess with the placement?
I could use some advice.
