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  Cleaning up muddy sounding classical piano music recording

  Posted by Jim Bachalo on July 21, 2013 at 1:09 pm

  Hi
  I have a muddy sounding classical music mp3 and I’d like to enhance the sound of the piano which sounds somewhat muffled.

  Can any audio experts suggest some starting points for me in terms of compression and or equalization?

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  Jim Bachalo replied 12 years, 12 months ago 2 Members · 2 Replies
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  Joseph W. bourke

  July 22, 2013 at 12:29 am

  Here’s a good rundown on things you might try, from Electronic Musician – I think EQ is the place to start. It partly depends on the recording. If there are ranges of the piano sound missing from the track due to mic quality or placement, all you can do to reduce the muddiness is to back off the low end, and bring up the high end. Otherwise, you can try some of these ideas:

  https://www.emusician.com/gear/0769/mix-bus-6-ways-to-clean-up-mix-mud/136967

  Joe Bourke
  Owner/Creative Director
  Bourke Media
  http://www.bourkemedia.com
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  Jim Bachalo

  July 22, 2013 at 9:13 pm

  Thanks Joe!

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