I've recorded a podcast episode with some new audio kit. 2 dynamic mics into a mixer, recorded out to Audition CC via USB with one mic on each channel.
Now I'm editing it I've found that one speaker, Mark, is quite a lot louder than the other, Ben, and Mark can be 'heard' through the Ben's mic.
Ch 1 - Mark loud speaking voice.
Ch 2 - Ben softer speaking voice. Bleed from Ch 1 is quite discernible.
The result is that Mark's bleed into Ch 2 is creating an annoying echo in the mix when he's speaking and Ben isn't. If I solo Ch 1/Mark, his voice is nice and crisp with no echo. When Ben is speaking alone, the mix is also nice and crisp because he's not loud enough in the room to effect Mark's mic.
What's a good way of dealing with this? I've played around a bit with side-chaining some Dynamic Processing (I'm totally new to side-chaining). This is 'ok' but it's a bit hit and miss, in some instances when both Mark and Ben are talking, Mark's side-chain activates Ben's DP and cuts him out too much.
Have I explained that at all well? Hard to explain something when I don't yet know that the terminology to explain it is!
I'm imagining that every studio with 2 or more people on mics in the same room must have this 'bleed' problem. How is it usually dealt with? Next time I record I think I'll try and move the mics further away from each other as a start.
Message was edited by: Ben Hutchings to add more detail and correct a misleading title.
