Re: mastering high-pitched sounds

["pelagius pelagius" <pela_gius@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

>From: Bill Jarboe <billjarboe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>   One final note: if you are coming up with something unprecedented to 
>your
>ears it probably isn't going to sound right at first. Let it sit for a 
>while
>and then come back to it , especially in a different context- the thing 
>with
>dog whistle pieces is they never really sound right unless you're a dog.

Following that line of thinking, the order of your tracks will create the 
context and have a big effect on the perception of the piece.  Try playing 
with the order of the tracks to see if another piece creates a better 
transition into your high-pitched piece.  Maybe you need to leave more 
silence in between to let the ears adjust.  Or let the high-pitched piece 
slowly fade-in.

Another thought is that if your recording has a very limited frequency range 
it's going to sound very different on various playback systems, none of 
which are going to be flat.  Perhaps the range of frequencies you're using 
falls into a particular range that your speakers are having trouble 
reproducing.

Another concern I would have is that you mentioned filtering out lower 
frequencies.  Though you want the piece to consist entirely of high 
frequencies, there may be certain information down in the lower frequencies 
that is actually helping to reinforce or better define those higher tones.  
If you can try bringing back some of those lower frequencies to see if you 
can retain the overall impression of high frequencies while briging a little 
body back into the overall sound.

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