I recorded my bands latest rehearsal on a zoom h2n. On one song our singer was banging a tambourine. No problem with that but it's just way too loud on the recording. This is just a rehearsal track so nobig deal, but is there any way to tone it down a bit in post production using Reaper? More a learning opportunity for me than anything else.
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Tone down tambourine on recording?
- Thread starter DrVenkman
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Your best bet is to try and EQ it down. Tambourines are pretty focused tonally if they're played in a consistent way (ie shaking vs slapping vs clutching, etc.). If I were doing it in post I'd grab a good de-esser with a variable Q control, or a parametric EQ and try to latch onto the tambourines "center" frequency, then adjust the Q to be as wide as necessary without going so wide that it impacts much of the rest of the recording.
when recording with single mic placement the best bet is either to have your singer play the tambourine soft, or have him/her stand significantly farther away. i've had this sort of bleed with every hi-end percussion, from shakers to tambourines, triangles and claves. cuts right through and over the top of everything. i've had a hell of a time EQ'ing these out and usually just give up and have to have a repeat conversation with the band that the recorder doesn't accurately represent what the whole room sound is like, particularly at a performance. let me know if you find something that works.
