Help removing plastic bag in audio

Christian Hagelskjaer From · November 23rd, 2014, 04:03 AM

Hacking away with the digital machete - I like that! Although RX can be a very fine-edged scalpel, but using it that way takes...a long time. I had a clip once from some conference - don't know what the intern had done with that camera - but the audio was just buried waaay down in the sputtering noise floor. Couldn't save that no matter what I did. I even took it as a learning experience and spent about a dozen hours I never billed - just to see what could be done (I was new with RX then). Sometimes there's just no way.

Jim Andrada · November 28th, 2014, 03:11 AM

RX is my absolute favorite. I did a video/recording of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1 - at the entrance to the 2nd movement there is a solo pizzicato passage in the violins. One guy Pizz'ed a little late so to speak. Sounded awful. I was able to remove the errant Pizz.with RX

In the introduction, one horn was a tad late - I couldn't fix the late attack perfectly but I reduced it a lot so it wasn't quite as obvious.

Great piece of software.

Colin McDonald · November 28th, 2014, 01:28 PM

I have a commercial recording of Finlandia where the tuba put a depth charge-like sforzando in the wrong place. I wonder nowadays if there wasn't the budget to do another take whether that could be fixed in post?
I often wondered whether the tuba player ended up fixed to a post :-)

Jim Andrada · November 28th, 2014, 07:01 PM

I'm a tuba player myself as a matter of fact.

If you could grab 5 - 10 seconds each side of the offending Sforzando I'd be willing to try to tone it down. Might be do-able.

November 23rd, 2014, 04:03 AM	#16
Christian Hagelskjaer From New Boot Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Aarhus, Denmark Posts: 11	Re: Help removing plastic bag in audio Hacking away with the digital machete - I like that! Although RX can be a very fine-edged scalpel, but using it that way takes...a long time. I had a clip once from some conference - don't know what the intern had done with that camera - but the audio was just buried waaay down in the sputtering noise floor. Couldn't save that no matter what I did. I even took it as a learning experience and spent about a dozen hours I never billed - just to see what could be done (I was new with RX then). Sometimes there's just no way. __________________ Hzandbits Sound Effects \| http://www.hzandbits.com

November 28th, 2014, 03:11 AM	#17
Jim Andrada Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tucson AZ Posts: 2,211	Re: Help removing plastic bag in audio RX is my absolute favorite. I did a video/recording of the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto #1 - at the entrance to the 2nd movement there is a solo pizzicato passage in the violins. One guy Pizz'ed a little late so to speak. Sounded awful. I was able to remove the errant Pizz.with RX In the introduction, one horn was a tad late - I couldn't fix the late attack perfectly but I reduced it a lot so it wasn't quite as obvious. Great piece of software.

November 28th, 2014, 01:28 PM	#18
Colin McDonald Trustee Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Glasgow, Scotland Posts: 1,546	Re: Help removing plastic bag in audio I have a commercial recording of Finlandia where the tuba put a depth charge-like sforzando in the wrong place. I wonder nowadays if there wasn't the budget to do another take whether that could be fixed in post? I often wondered whether the tuba player ended up fixed to a post :-)

November 28th, 2014, 07:01 PM	#19
Jim Andrada Inner Circle Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Tucson AZ Posts: 2,211	Re: Help removing plastic bag in audio I'm a tuba player myself as a matter of fact. If you could grab 5 - 10 seconds each side of the offending Sforzando I'd be willing to try to tone it down. Might be do-able.