Sometimes I record a session/rehearsal via a simple tascam dr-05x.
This produces a stereo recording which is imported into ardour, mixed a little and that’s it.
The purpose of these recordings is just to find out what someone
would here if (s)he’d listen us (we’re man/woman guitar/voc duo).
So, coming further to the topic.
This simple two mic recording two tracks (left/right, me and companion), which are relatively the same
because the mics are positioned very close.
What I’m looking for is a plugin, which has the ability to subtract one channel from the other If it was perfect (which it cannot be), after processing each channel would only have the music from the left or the right. As this kind of process will probably also destroy much “wanted” information, it would be perfect if it was possible to level the amount of subtraction.
Wow, a simple question, but not easy to describe
Anyway, ask me, if my idea was not understandable.
And now the question:
Is there a plugin, or an idea how I can do this ?
Hello, Have you tried to work with phase inversions?
What I would try is, duplicate the stereo track and a new stereo Track, let’s call it Mix, so you have Track 1, the original, Track 2 the copy, and a third track, mix. Route Out L from Track 1 and Out R from Track 2 to In L of Mix, and Out R from Track 1 and Out L from Track 2 to In R of Mix
this seems to be the plugin I was looking for.
I’ll try it, knowing the sound of my recording will sure be worse than before
(but hopefully having better separated tracks).
You could try Calf Stereo Tools from Calf Studio Gear.
May be worth a try & it’s widely available. You could raise the side signal level (S Level) & lower the middle signal level (M Level) as much as you like. (The side signal is what is different between the two channels.)
Not sure if that’s what you want, but it sounds like what you’re describing.
