Re: [microsound] annilehate reverb

[bruce tovsky <bruce@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Apr 10, 2006, at 11:21 AM, .°·.·`;'· .·° '· . wrote:

> my efforts with compression + eq etc =  aint cutt'n it.

well, compression certainly would be a counter-productive method.
expansion/gating might be more appropriate in some circumstances,
but won't help you much with continuous sound that you want to eliminate
reverb/ambience from. i have heard about some new techniques
for the elimination of reverb and ambience, but they are costly and
require some pretty powerful proprietary software (last time i looked
anyway.) something along the lines of noise reduction software like
sound soap pro and bnr but with much more intelligence. you might
look at soundhack and its capabilities - there might be some things
you could do there that wouldn't cost you an arm and a leg.
another thing that might be worth experimenting with, depending on
your source material, is trying the "vocal-eliminator" technique, where
you take one channel and flip its polarity and combine the two channels
back in mono. this should eliminate anything in the track that is  
centered
in the mix (and what makes it such a good vocal eliminator) - leaving  
you
with just the sources that are panned to the sides. this may give you a
piece of the reverb that is 'bare' enough to get a good snapshot for one
of these noise reduction plugs, which you would then apply to your
original track. generally, using a noise reduction plug to eliminate  
reverb
is an exercise in frustration, but this might be worth trying. again,  
very
dependent on your source material. i would first try the expander (or  
gate)
method, which i have used quite successfully in the past for gentle room
ambient reduction. if you've got a lot of big reverb all over you're  
in for
a lot of fun! good luck.
cheers
bruce

bruce tovsky
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