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I apply this effect on raw 2 mic live stereo recordings i make at the
jam i play at, and playback is like 5x better than dry. The bass comes
to life, seeming to only boost the bass guitar without making the whole
recording sound boomy. The enhanced stereo separation makes the whole
recording more vibrant. Things sound kind of "spongier" and more
pleasant.

How can I get this effect on my wav tracks so i can burn it to CD this
way? Is there a combination of effects I can use, or is this some
proprietary algorhythm that I won't be able to get near in my simple
post-production phase.

Thanx for time,

Mark

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I apply this effect on raw 2 mic live stereo recordings i make at the
jam i play at, and playback is like 5x better than dry. The bass comes
to life, seeming to only boost the bass guitar without making the whole
recording sound boomy. The enhanced stereo separation makes the whole
recording more vibrant. Things sound kind of "spongier" and more
pleasant.


I imported one of the hardware boxes that were US only a few years ago.
I had to agrre that I would not use it as it wasn't approved for Europe!

I liked the effect for casual listening when done with subtlety(SP?)
Nice, wider stereo and found the bass boost was quite acceptable.


How can I get this effect on my wav tracks so i can burn it to CD this
way? Is there a combination of effects I can use, or is this some
proprietary algorhythm that I won't be able to get near in my simple
post-production phase.


I guess if you could get hold of one of the little hardware items you would
be able to process it as an insert. I plan on keeping mine should I ever find
it in the storage hell!


Rv!


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Marky A wrote:
I apply this effect on raw 2 mic live stereo recordings i make at the
jam i play at, and playback is like 5x better than dry. The bass comes
to life, seeming to only boost the bass guitar without making the whole
recording sound boomy. The enhanced stereo separation makes the whole
recording more vibrant. Things sound kind of "spongier" and more
pleasant.


See, I find that SRS gives me bizarrely exaggerated imaging. I'd
personally suggest you investigate better microphone placement than
gimmicks like SRS.

How can I get this effect on my wav tracks so i can burn it to CD this
way? Is there a combination of effects I can use, or is this some
proprietary algorhythm that I won't be able to get near in my simple
post-production phase.


It is proprietary, but you can buy an SRS plug-in from whoever owns
it (not Hughes any more). I believe they are calling themselves
SRS Labs.

There are also some outboard Hughes boxes out there on the used market.
--scott

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Ever since 2001 MS media player has SRS WOW . Sometimes its buried in
the UI like on the smartphone I'm working on. IMHO its a nice way to
force tiny, close together audio systems Laptops, Phones, boom Boxes to
sound "bigger ,deeper & wider than they physically should. I don't
think this would be very good idea on conventional real playback
systems. Could lead to some very odd exagerations of EQ harmonics and
phase.


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Scott Dorsey wrote:

See, I find that SRS gives me bizarrely exaggerated imaging. I'd
personally suggest you investigate better microphone placement than
gimmicks like SRS.


I find that these recordings need something to spice them up. We
generally have guitars that are too loud, bass that is not loud enough,
and only the vocals going through the pa, and there is no soundman. The
effect can be scaled down using a slider.

The enhanced stereo image makes this feel like a "real" recording. The
bass it adds bring the bass up to where it should be, or maybe even a
little too much, but that is adjustable as well. The would be a great
option in my car.

As far as mic placement, I don't think that is going to overcome the
mix that is happening live.

I would really like to keep my chain all digital until I go to CD. I
could just play the track in real time through the media player and
record it coming back in, but my A/D converters are just the stock ones
on my mother board. It would be double slammed by these cheap
converters.

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