Hi Bruce. Okay, why is that? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Toews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC audio discussion list. " <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 7:02 PM Subject: Re: Sound Forge 8 and Noise Reduction Questions
>I personally feel Noise Gate is evil and should be banned from polite > society, but that's just me. > > Bruce > > -- > Bruce Toews > E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net > Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com > > On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Graham Stoodley wrote: > >> Nolan, I have had good results in removing crosstalk by using the >> Noise Gate function in the SF8 menu. That's Noise Gate rather than >> Noise Reduction. You need to tinker with the decibel setting - >> somewhere between -30 and -35 worked best for me without cutting off >> the speech at the end of phrases, and you still get crosstalk >> sometimes during the speech, but it made a big difference in the final >> product. >> >> I endorse Curtis's suggestion (posted later) of using a commercial >> stereo cassette deck, and resampling and reversing tracks to get the >> final result. It's a little more technically intensive, but the >> results are worth it. I would love to know Curtis's secret for >> removing as much hiss as he does with Noise Reduction. I could never >> achieve those results, which I am sure is more a comment on the >> operator than on the product. >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Nolan Crabb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 8:18 PM >> Subject: Sound Forge 8 and Noise Reduction Questions >> >> >> Greetings, all, and thanks in advance for reading this. >> >> I'm using Sound Forge 8 to digitize NLS four-track books for use in my >> Book >> Port. So here's the question: >> >> I'd love to reduce some of the tape hiss I get and to reduce some of >> the >> crosstalk that comes about when I record in stereo. (I record using a >> handi-cassette as my player, record the tapes at double speed, then >> reverse >> tracks 3 and 4. I then resample the recordings so the speed is >> normal, >> combine the tracks and save them as single MP3 files that I later suck >> into >> the Book Port. >> >> How do I institute the plug-in that would help reduce at least the >> hiss if >> not the crosstalk? >> >> Please, no messages about how I need a different player as my source. >> Trust >> me, I get that already! >> >> Thanks for any help you can give. >> >> Nolan Crabb >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists >> we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >> http://www.pc-audio.org >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we >> offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com >> > > _______________________________________________ > PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we > offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com > _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
