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STP question: minus echo filter?
sorry i’m posting here instead of at the Soundtrack Pro forum, but this one is so much more active. i taped a funeral in a large church recently and my only audio recording was from my camera mic in the balcony, so while the level is adequate, i also got the proverbial “audio in a big church” quality of sound. just wondering if there might be some sort of filter to minimize the slight “echo” you get in a place like this. no biggie if not, but i thought i would ask if any of you have done that.
thanks…
thanks again!
mh
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4 Replies
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Sorry, but reverberation is nearly impossible to remove.
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I’m afraid I have to agree with the previous reply.
You may want to try the “Space Designer” filter in Sound Track. Click the Advanced Peramiter then select the “show Presets In the right corner. Under the Factory presets you maybe able to remove the echo by changing the type of room that you are in.
Good Luck!
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I’m afraid I have to agree with the previous reply.
You may want to try the “Space Designer” filter in Sound Track. Click the Advanced Peramiter then select the “show Presets In the right corner. Under the Factory presets you maybe able to remove the echo by changing the type of room that you are in.
Good Luck!
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Deconvolution of reverb is a bit of a Holy Grail. You have no idea how difficult a concept is is to remove reverb via this method but it is the only thing that can work. Serious mathematics geniuses have been mulling over this for years. When they do it, it will be the final death for location sound recordists.
Meanwhile try notch filtering certain resonant frequencies that make the dialog muddy. A big room like a church will have resonances between 100 – 200Hz. Using a parametric EQ, wind up gain and then slide the frequency up and down until you hear the boominess take off. Then cut the gain to remove. It doesn’t get rid of reverb but takes some of the muddiness out. Also try a second notch at the double of the first frequency.
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