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May 10th, 2008, 06:28 PM
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Audio Noise Reduction: Sony vs. Soundtrack Pro
I'm new to the Mac and would like to know if the noise reduction function in Soundtrack Pro 2 is considered comparable with Sony's noise reduction plug-in (which I've used in Vegas for years).
My first Video project on the Mac is for a woman's choir in a church with a noisy air handling system. I was not able to do anything useful (too many noise reduction artifacts) with Soundtrack Pro's noise reduction so I exported the audio to see what I could do on my old PC (running Vegas and the Sony plug-in) and was able to clean it up reasonably well. My real question is, does it sound like should I missed something with Soundtrack Pro noise reduction or should I consider getting something else, perhaps a Waves noise reduction plug-in? Many Thanks, Steven |
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May 10th, 2008, 11:23 PM
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Another vote for SoundSoap -- it performs magic!
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May 12th, 2008, 12:15 PM
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My very recent experience with Soundtrack Pro's noise reduction feature has been very good. I had decent recordings to start with - just a little hiss, and HVAC noises in some channels - but the results were so good and easy to obtain that I was wondering if Apple has made improvements to the algorithms used in Soundtrack Pro recently. I remember it used to be much more difficult - or maybe I just got lucky a few times in a row.
Has anybody else experiences this lately? - Martin
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May 13th, 2008, 09:08 AM
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Robert and Vic, thanks for the tip. I see that BIAS sells "SoundSoap 2" and "SoundSoap Pro". Any opinions/recommendations about one versus the other? (I just work with live recordings -- mostly video). I see that there is a free trial period -- am planning to check it out.
Martin, thanks for sharing that. I've got Soundtrack Pro 2.0.2 but am a novice with it. Just for grins I've attached a noisy 20 second audio clip from that video project mentioned above. (I'm curious to know if I'm simply not using the Soundtrack Pro noise reduction correctly -- and/or what the alternatives are). Many Thanks, Steven |
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May 13th, 2008, 09:10 AM
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Oops, here is that attachment.
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May 13th, 2008, 08:01 PM
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Steven --
SoundSoap Pro obviously has more bells & whistles, but SoundSoap 2 did the job for me. I didn't need anything more.
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