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cleaning recordings

Date1999-08-19 21:33
FromKurt S Nelson
Subjectcleaning recordings
Dear Csounders:

I am attempting to clean some noisey soundfiles using the dam opcode. 
The signal (a piano piece off a CD) is not much above the noise floor of
the original recording.  Hhaving not worked with compression or expansion
much in the past, I am having a hard time selecting values for the
threshold and compression ratios that result in a sound much better than
the original.  Can anyone suggest any other opcodes or techniques for
audio cleaning (maybe the term "de-essing" applies here)?

This is a project I am doing to practice for cleaning some old speeches
on reel-to-reel tapes, and to educate myself in general.  Any suggestions
would be greatly appreciated.

Sincerely,  Kurt Nelson

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Date1999-08-19 22:05
FromDew Drops
SubjectRe: cleaning recordings


One simple technique is to use an eq noch filter right at the frequency of
the hiss (like Dolby).  If you play with what freq. and how wide a band
you grab, you can usually get rid of hiss without taking too much of the
music. It won't help with pops or other random noises, but I image it
would be good for olde speeches.

What are the speeches of ?  Anything interesting ?


dd

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On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, Kurt S Nelson wrote:

> Dear Csounders:
> 
> I am attempting to clean some noisey soundfiles using the dam opcode. 
> The signal (a piano piece off a CD) is not much above the noise floor of
> the original recording.  Hhaving not worked with compression or expansion
> much in the past, I am having a hard time selecting values for the
> threshold and compression ratios that result in a sound much better than
> the original.  Can anyone suggest any other opcodes or techniques for
> audio cleaning (maybe the term "de-essing" applies here)?
> 
> This is a project I am doing to practice for cleaning some old speeches
> on reel-to-reel tapes, and to educate myself in general.  Any suggestions
> would be greatly appreciated.
> 
> Sincerely,  Kurt Nelson
> 
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