Piano too loud

[greenblue03]

Recently I attended a private concert by a famous singer and his longtime musical director who accompanies him on the piano. The singer does not use a mic at these kinds of events. It wouldn't be a problem if the pianist didn't play so loudly (he's used to playing for Broadway shows).

 

I made a recording of the concert with a Sony handheld recorder that's capable of producing pretty high quality output.

 

My questions is: are there any filters that would bring out/up the vocals so they're not drowned out by the piano?

 

I've been experimenting and a couple of WavePad features seem to improve the sound quality of the file.

 

But I would love some advice on what would work best.

 

Thanks.

[nchBen]

Hi greenblue03,

Experimenting with WavePad's equalizer is probably the best way to go. There is no guaranteed method to raise the sound of vocals over something like a piano.

Regards,

Ben

[greenblue03]

Thanks, Ben!

 

I will play around with the equalizer when I edit the next track.

 

I don't know why -- but I've found that a clean-up feature called auto spectral subtraction...(slower speed, best quality) seems to improve the quality of the recording.

 

But I wish there was something else, another feature, that could up the volume of the vocals.

 

BTW I'm not planning to attend another event until the problem of the loud piano is solved.