Day 14 of 135

Day 14: Leave the Hiss on the Tape

In a recording studio in Quezon City, Raul (A), a sound engineer remastering kundiman recordings from the 1960s for a reissue, plays the cleaned-up tracks for the singer herself, Mila (B), now in her eighties.

How to study this lesson 3 steps
  1. Read the situation under the title. It says who is talking and how they know each other, which decides how politely they speak.
  2. Read the dialogue line by line with its translation, until every line makes sense.
  3. Spend at least 30 minutes listening to native Tagalog. It doesn't matter if you don't understand it yet.

Dialogue

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  1. A

    Ma'am Mila, nilinis ko po ang noise floor at ni-EQ ko nang kaunti ang mids ng boses ninyo.

    Ma'am Mila, I cleaned up the noise floor and EQ'd the mids of your voice a little.

  2. B

    Iho, mang-aawit ako, hindi inhinyero. Ulitin mo sa salitang naiintindihan ko.

    Young man, I'm a singer, not an engineer. Say it again in words I understand.

  3. A

    Tinanggal ko po ang sagitsit ng tape, 'yung parang may piniprito, at nilinaw ang boses ninyo.

    I took out the hiss of the tape, that sound like something frying, and made your voice clearer.

  4. B

    Kaya pala parang may kulang. Nasaan na ang hininga ko bago ang mataas na nota?

    So that's why something's missing. Where's my breath before the high note?

  5. A

    Natanggal din po ng noise reduction, inakala ng software na ingay ang hininga ninyo.

    The noise reduction took that out too. The software mistook your breath for noise.

  6. B

    Ingay? Doon ako huminga para mabuhat ko ang nota, at doon din humihinga ang nakikinig.

    Noise? That's where I breathed so I could lift the note, and that's where the listener breathes too.

  7. A

    Pero kung ibabalik ko po ang lahat ng sagitsit, iyon po ang maririnig ng mga kabataan.

    But if I put all the hiss back, that's what young listeners will hear.

  8. B

    Mas gusto ko pa ang sagitsit kaysa sa boses na hindi humihinga.

    I'd rather have the hiss than a voice that doesn't breathe.

  9. A

    Ganito po: iba-bypass ko ang noise reduction sa mga hininga ninyo, at may kaunting hiss pa rin.

    How about this: I'll bypass the noise reduction on your breaths, and leave a little hiss in.

  10. B

    Iba-bypass? Sabihin mo na lang, hindi mo gagalawin ang hininga ko, at payag na ako.

    Bypass? Just say you won't touch my breathing, and I'll agree.

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