VINYL EQuing - an idea for a new VST EQ
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- KVRer
- 1 posts since 6 May, 2005
I was reading a few threads about vinyl recording / sampling...
As i do a lot of vinyl recordings myself, i thought i could help a little...
Most of the time, i have to eq the high-end - there's no magic formula, it depends on every vinyl, but vinyls generally lack high ends and cd tends to sound much brighter - that's normal... I personally use Sonalksis EQ, i find it very natural and the highs never sound harsh with this plug. Just be careful, sometimes you just need to add one or two db around 9 k and the job is done - sometimes you have to add 4 db from 6 k to the end - once again, it depends on the vinyl.
Soo... I wanted to ask you guyz something : on vinyl, the more you get close to the end (the label sticker at the center), the less you get treble. This is something i won't explain here, but it's a fact.
I was wondering if there was any VST that does an automatic correction for this treble issue - like, adding more and more highs from beginning to the end of a track.
If nobody did it, i think it's a good idea for a VST-EQ. I'm not a coder, but i assume it's not "that" difficult : you "only" have to analyse the missing frequencies at the end of a vinyl and do a VST-EQ that will correct high freqs (according to different presets) from the middle to the end of the wavefile...
What do you think ?
Oh, and i read some posts about recording vinyls : here's a good tip. If you want a very very good sound, pour some demineralized water (the one you use with irons) on the whole vynil's surface before recording. Make sure the needle is always "in the water" while recording - you'll be surprised. The sound gets much clearer. Also works great with old dusty vinyls and their annoying click/pops.
As i do a lot of vinyl recordings myself, i thought i could help a little...
Most of the time, i have to eq the high-end - there's no magic formula, it depends on every vinyl, but vinyls generally lack high ends and cd tends to sound much brighter - that's normal... I personally use Sonalksis EQ, i find it very natural and the highs never sound harsh with this plug. Just be careful, sometimes you just need to add one or two db around 9 k and the job is done - sometimes you have to add 4 db from 6 k to the end - once again, it depends on the vinyl.
Soo... I wanted to ask you guyz something : on vinyl, the more you get close to the end (the label sticker at the center), the less you get treble. This is something i won't explain here, but it's a fact.
I was wondering if there was any VST that does an automatic correction for this treble issue - like, adding more and more highs from beginning to the end of a track.
If nobody did it, i think it's a good idea for a VST-EQ. I'm not a coder, but i assume it's not "that" difficult : you "only" have to analyse the missing frequencies at the end of a vinyl and do a VST-EQ that will correct high freqs (according to different presets) from the middle to the end of the wavefile...
What do you think ?
Oh, and i read some posts about recording vinyls : here's a good tip. If you want a very very good sound, pour some demineralized water (the one you use with irons) on the whole vynil's surface before recording. Make sure the needle is always "in the water" while recording - you'll be surprised. The sound gets much clearer. Also works great with old dusty vinyls and their annoying click/pops.
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- KVRian
- 1161 posts since 22 Feb, 2004 from Seattle, WA
Waves has one that will kinda do that. I forget what it's called though.
- KVRist
- 490 posts since 21 Jun, 2002 from Hamburg
since vinyl can't reproduce the high frequencies the closer you get to the middle, it's a quite useless attempt to add hiss before pressing. it will be absorbed anyway!
for "fixing" tracks you recorded from vinyl you can still automate your favourite eq in your favourite host.
and eh, you're recording vinyls at home? just wondering...
for "fixing" tracks you recorded from vinyl you can still automate your favourite eq in your favourite host.
and eh, you're recording vinyls at home? just wondering...
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