Attn: Audio Editing Professionals

[Feynman]

I have a clangy/harsh/metallic recording. This is over my head.

I'm not sure it can be helped, but I know there are some experts here.

The challenge is to make this as good sounding as possible.

It's not that important, but if you have a little time and desire...

Clang

What I'd really like to know, if someone can get rid of the harshness, is how it was done.

Thank you!

[Hackubus]

While I'm no audio professional by any stretch of the word, I do like to dabble in recording. I put this track up into Pro Tools & ran a Frequency Sweep with EQ1 (max out Q, max out gain, and move the frequency (be sure to set the EQ type to Peak) around until you hear things that make your teeth itch & do eq cuts at those points).

I heard weirdness around 371hz, 470hz, 650hz & 1000hz. I'd recommend doing some eq cutting at those frequencies. Use a narrow Q (remember kiddies, boost wide, but cut narrow) & back the gain off at the offensive freqs to sweeten teh toanz.

[tomteriffic]

I didn't put it into an analyzer, but did listen to it on a couple of sets of decent cans and my "editing/reality check" monitors. I was hearing the same sort of forwardness in the mids. Also, I assume you're recording digitally. In some of the more percussive bits it sounded a smidge "splatty" like you may have gone beyond "digital zero". If that's the case, there's no fixing that part. But try the EQ. Also, as long as you're twidding the tone knobs, try a broad gentle lift of a couple of dB around 125 hz. I know it was only a snippet, but the sample struck me as lacking the warmth in the lower mids that I usually associate with well recorded classical guitar.

[Feynman]

I forgot to thank you both for your input, so...thank you.

I think there is some room weirdness, and the input was too hot, so I don't seem to be able to do much with this one.

I'll just scrap it.

[cynic]

I'll just scrap it.

That was my first thought