Reducing reflective, boomy live sound -Sound Forge - PC

Subject:Reducing reflective, boomy live sound Posted by: rkeesecker Date:4/14/2000 1:10:00 PM Is there a tool in Sound Forge other than the Noise Reduction plug-in (which I don't have yet) that will allow me to reduce the boomy, reflective sound of a live concert band recording in a large gymnasium? Many thanks.
Subject:Re: Reducing reflective, boomy live sound Reply by: Jeff_Lowes Date:4/15/2000 12:03:00 AM Robert, You might try these: 1) Use multiband dynamics to compress the boomy portion of your material. Use a notch setting around the same frequency as the "boom" and set the threshold a little below the program material that you want to keep. This won't work too well, though, if the boominess is close in volume to the desired program material. However, a little multiband compression, with the right settings, across your entire mix would probably do it some good and help to clear it up. 2) Use the parametric eq to develop a notch filter with a tight Q that will only affect the dominant frequency of the boomy sound. You may have to run multiple passes of this to affect different freqs. 3) Sometimes, running your program material through a tight reverb such as a small room can help to clear it up. You might play around with the early reflection settings. Get the Noise Reduction DirectX plug-in as soon as you can. I have used it on many projects and found it too be an invaluable tool. I have used it as more than just a de-noiser. It's pretty powerful. However, in your case, if your "boomy sound" is very dynamic (has alot of volume fluctuation), chances are that even Noise Reduction might have a hard time getting rid of it. It works the best on steady background noises. Hope this helps. Jeff Lowes On-Track Recording Robert Keesecker wrote: >>Is there a tool in Sound Forge other than the Noise >>Reduction plug-in (which I don't have yet) that will allow >>me to reduce the boomy, reflective sound of a live concert >>band recording in a large gymnasium? Many thanks.

Robert,
You might try these:
1) Use multiband dynamics to compress the boomy portion of your
material. Use a notch setting around the same frequency as the "boom"
and set the threshold a little below the program material that you
want to keep. This won't work too well, though, if the boominess is
close in volume to the desired program material. However, a little
multiband compression, with the right settings, across your entire
mix would probably do it some good and help to clear it up.
2) Use the parametric eq to develop a notch filter with a tight Q
that will only affect the dominant frequency of the boomy sound. You
may have to run multiple passes of this to affect different freqs.
3) Sometimes, running your program material through a tight reverb
such as a small room can help to clear it up. You might play around
with the early reflection settings.

Get the Noise Reduction DirectX plug-in as soon as you can. I have
used it on many projects and found it too be an invaluable tool. I
have used it as more than just a de-noiser. It's pretty powerful.
However, in your case, if your "boomy sound" is very dynamic (has
alot of volume fluctuation), chances are that even Noise Reduction
might have a hard time getting rid of it. It works the best on steady
background noises.
Hope this helps.
Jeff Lowes
On-Track Recording

Robert Keesecker wrote:
>>Is there a tool in Sound Forge other than the Noise
>>Reduction plug-in (which I don't have yet) that will allow
>>me to reduce the boomy, reflective sound of a live concert
>>band recording in a large gymnasium? Many thanks.