After much exploration, I have settled in on the YC5 for my Gymnopedie recordings.
This is a classical solo preset involving 4 omnis - two close to the hands, two away from the piano.
EQ involved boosting the bottom at 100Hz
taming a spread of upper mids centered at 2500Hz
and superboosting the very highs above 10kHz
I have also added a healthy dose of 4 sec. reverb time (medium hall).
Let me know how it sounds on your system. Thanks.
Nice, but it is very hard to listen to.
and superboosting the very highs above 10kHz
That may be your sin.
The (Y)C5 is already quite aggressive by nature in high frequencies.
In this musical context, it would surely be better to cut rather than boost.
Keep in mind that presence and shine do not mean aggressiveness.
Jeroen van Veen's Satie recording should help you: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/satie.../914014082
The piano is a C7 …
Yes, I agree with Modelling Audio. Why would you want to boost the highs on the YC5? It's quite a nice sound you've got here, but I would describe it as 'cinematic' rather than 'classical' - sort of other-worldly. A lot of Satie's music does have that quality, though, so it seems appropriate. But definitely cool it on the high frequencies.
Thanks for the feedback. Still experimenting.
I was able to model my EQ on a recording. The frequency analysis showed that my recording and that of the model recording were virtual twins. And playback in my studio and car sounded good.
I do know that I have less than perfect hearing in my left ear so I am going to have to deal with that reality.
I am going to go back and take out that hight boost and then I will repost.
Thanks again for waking me up. Lol!
gpt
I read somewhere that some shopping mall stores surperboosting the high frequencies to prevent young people from staying too long.
In fact, the less high frequencies there are in your mix, the longer people will listen to it.
I was able to model my EQ on a recording. The frequency analysis showed that my recording and that of the model recording were virtual twins. And playback in my studio and car sounded good.
Be careful, don't always trust on what your eyes see on a spectrum analyzer, even if the graph is exactly the same.
If you have 2 kilos of apples, it's not the same as if you have 2 kilos of potatoes. Even if they both have the same weight.
Instead, trust on what you hear.