Lou,

Thanks a ton for all this great advice. One question, though, when you say "Then did the same thing using RX6 voice denoise” do you mean that you use the manual option for voice denoise, let it sample the background noise and “learn” it and then process the whole file? Lastly,when you say you only use presets, which presets you you use (or both Spectral and Dialogue mode)?

Thanks again,
Dan

Dan Gediman
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> On Jun 22, 2018, at 12:38 PM, Lou Judson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> I’m putting this back on the list for possibly helping others:
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> OOPS! missed it by one, alphabetically:
> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8rv0lacty8pwcd/Gibson%20Micro%20Cassette%20Test%20RX6.wav?dl=0 <https://www.dropbox.com/s/t8rv0lacty8pwcd/Gibson%20Micro%20Cassette%20Test%20RX6.wav?dl=0>>
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> Select a piece of the noise between words. Tell Spectral Denoise to “Learn” that noise. Then hit retirn to select the wholefile, and hit process. I did this twice for more reduction. Then did the same thing using RX6 voice denoise, which is a refinement only in 6. I almost always use the presets, rarely need to modify them, except I set the quality slider to BEST always.
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> One nice thig is that though this recording is poor, it doen’t pump like a lot of things you hear on radio news… the background noise is pretty steady.
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> It is really basic, but then I’ve been using RX since V.1. One cool thing about RX is when you upgrade, you don’t lose the previous versions, so that are all still available to me.
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> I too am a public radio engineer/producer, and use RX on almost all productions, even studio interviews, to reduce room noise. We have lots of old programsonly on cassette, and many have actualities recorded in thefield that need thiskind of treatment. Practice makes it easier!
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> <L>
> Lou Judson
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> On Jun 22, 2018, at 9:17 AM, Dan Gediman <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>> Dear Lou,
>>
>> Thanks so much for all this help. However, the DropBox link you sent was to a Garcia Band show (I love Jerry, but I’m pretty sure that’s not what you meant to send).
>>
>> Also, can you send me any info of what settings you used when you used the spectral and voice denoise tools. And, lastly, I don’t really understand what you mean by “two passes.” I’m not really an engineer, I’m a radio producer who knows just enough about various sound processing tools to do my day-to-day job. And I’ve never used RX until now. I had previously used SoundSoap, but have been told RX is much better.
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>> Also, to answer your question, my goal is to put short excerpts of this interview on the radio in an audio documentary. So, I’m trying to get it intelligible if possible.
>>
>> Thanks again!
>> Dan
>>
>> Dan Gediman
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>>> On Jun 22, 2018, at 12:07 PM, Lou Judson <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>>> Gee, how good do you want it? If it’s for transcription it is easy. If they want an intimate portrait of a decesed loved one that might be more complex.
>>>
>>> Here is five minutes work with RX 6 - two passes of spectral denoise and one of voice denoise:
>>>
>>> <https://www.dropbox.com/s/xye064jhje92ic9/GARCIA-SAUNDERS%20January%2072_set%201%20RX%20mastered.mp3?dl=0 <https://www.dropbox.com/s/xye064jhje92ic9/GARCIA-SAUNDERS%20January%2072_set%201%20RX%20mastered.mp3?dl=0>>
>>>
>>> How much work such a poor recording needs as completely subjective. But I have heard much worse!
>>>
>>>
>>> <L>
>>> Lou Judson
>>> Intuitive Audio
>>> 415-883-2689
>>>
>>> On Jun 22, 2018, at 8:42 AM, Dan Gediman <[log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
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>>>> Someone asked if I could upload an audio sample. I’m not sure how to do that in a listserv, so I have uploaded a raw, unprocessed sample to Google Drive here: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NuYkyKK6yNXzDRtOA_ZUHuYzf6VCAwuK <https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NuYkyKK6yNXzDRtOA_ZUHuYzf6VCAwuK> <https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NuYkyKK6yNXzDRtOA_ZUHuYzf6VCAwuK <https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NuYkyKK6yNXzDRtOA_ZUHuYzf6VCAwuK>>. Anything else you think I should try, hearing the file and knowing what I have already tried?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again!
>>>> Dan
>>>
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