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Re: Noise reduction, portable phantom power and minidisc recording

Subject: Re: Noise reduction, portable phantom power and minidisc recording
From: "Terry King" <>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 13:50:15 -0000
--- In  "artistico7"
<> wrote:
...
>  Does anyone have experience in
> how much the self noise of a mic can be reduced or even removed
with
> the correct sound software? Does any software package let you
select
> a piece of a recording showing only self noise and then remove the
> corresponding sound from the entire wave file?

Hakon, This is a feature provided by "CoolEdit Pro" which was recently
bought by Adobe and the current version is called "Adobe Audition".

I find the 'sampled noise' approach works pretty well.  There are some
controls and you can listen to the results.  Very large amounts of
noise reduction definitely leave some artifacts in the result.  But
it's pretty amazing for some otherwise horrible buzzy-hum recordings
I've played with.=20

I have not yet tried it on 'ambient' SoundScape type material, but
I'll bet someone here has.

Cooledit Pro in some versions is out on the web for free; Adobe
Audition with no discounts is about, um,  $300.  If you have a valid
Education connection it can be less.

I'll post some results, but that won't happen for a while...





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