vhs - dvd - Audio Enhancement Question

[ElectricAden]

First.. thanks for your reading this and if you can help me, thanks again..

I am going to be transfering a bunch of my old VHS concert footage to the computer, then restoring the video and audio.. I am a pro at restoring video, and have been using cool edit for audio restoration (hiss reduction, etc)... but the problem is that i can do fine with removing hiss, but how do i enhance the sounds of the concerts? Any way i can make them sound real nice? These are concerts, and i want them to sound like concerts, not like crap. Any suggestions on how to get the best sound?

[NamPla]

However much I wanna believe it, I just gotta admit to myself that you CAN'T make studio quality from rehearsal-tape quality.

Yeah OK I am exaggerating a bit... But the principle is the same. I've tried "enhancing" SHIT-quality music... I've tried pumping the song into 4 separate tracks: Track 1 eq'd for drums, Track 2 eq'd for bass, Track 3 eq'd for guitars, and Track 4 eq'd for vocals...and mixing 'em altogether in a stereo spread.

It doesn't work. Like video, it's "garbage in, garbage out".

If you got Cool Edit, you might wanna look at the "premaster EQ" preset. Or you can boost the bass or treble with the Mackie settings in "parametric EQ".

"Vocal Presence" or "Music Presence" can do some good work too, occasionally.

I think the important thing about restoring crap-quality music is tweaking the EQ... So, experiment! (Post your results, too! Good for posterity!
8) )