Tape Hiss and Vynil Pops

spiritoak

I'm currently using Wave Pad V 3.05 and I'm not having much luck with removing the back ground tape noise. I have found that using "grab noise sample from selected area" and then "apply spectral subtraction based on noise sample" seams to work the best. I've tried the automatic noise reductions in both Wave Pad and Golden Record and have played with the noise level settings but I keep getting a final version that sounds like it came out of a tin can. Currently I'm working on a tape recording that has some quiet rainfall and a thunderstorm that leads into some very loud rock & roll. Neither of the options seem to be able to take the hiss sample from the area just after the leader but before the music and use that to remove the noise without distorting the music. Am I over looking something or am I asking too much? <_<

musikone

Shawny wrote:

I'm currently using Wave Pad V 3.05 and I'm not having much luck with removing the back ground tape noise. I have found that using "grab noise sample from selected area" and then "apply spectral subtraction based on noise sample" seams to work the best. I've tried the automatic noise reductions in both Wave Pad and Golden Record and have played with the noise level settings but I keep getting a final version that sounds like it came out of a tin can. Currently I'm working on a tape recording that has some quiet rainfall and a thunderstorm that leads into some very loud rock & roll. Neither of the options seem to be able to take the hiss sample from the area just after the leader but before the music and use that to remove the noise without distorting the music. Am I over looking something or am I asking too much?

I regularly use the "apply spectral subtraction based on noise sample" method of noise reduction and get superlative results--time after time after time....I cannot tell that anything significant has been subtracted from the music--except the noise. So I don't believe that you are asking too much, based upon the results that I continue to get with this method.

I assume that the sample that you grab from the selected is pure noise; i.e., does not contain any music or man-made sounds. Of course, after grabbing this sample you must click on the track to remove any selection, before you apply the spectral subtraction noise reduction. Do you do this? If you don't, this method will not work! Take another look at what you are doing, since I _know_ that this method works. For me and (hopefully) for you......

Musikone