Bassy Live Recordings

[Dan McDonald]

Anyone had any luck getting rid of heavy (bassy) reverb in live audience recordings while keeping the bass instruments intact? I can get rid of the real bassy sound from the reverb, but that tends to lose the bass instrument as well. I was wondering if anyone had any tricks about how to do this well. This is with amplified music, so the reverb is very bad at times.

Dan

[curtiscr1]

Re: Bassy Live Recordings

How about using the expander in Punch and Crunch set so that only the real instrument sounds are expanded - not the reflections. Then use the EQ to reduce the overall bass volume and you might end up with normal bass, but reduced reflections?

[quartet87]

Re: Bassy Live Recordings

Try Downward Expander in Dynamics Processor, playing with the threshold and ratio starting with the preset.

[Craig Maier]

DCArt10.6 includes a Dynamic Bass Processor (Dyna Bass) that can improve that situation.