Noise Reduction

[MaykaOwnaEnt]

How do i use noise reduction on Cubase Sx3 on vocal tracks? How do use the silence feature for the part of the vocal tracks that you want to disregard?

[bepcec]

I suppose we need to know what kind of noise you have

[Massive Master]

Editing the noise out is much more efficient (IMO/E).

Are you trying to *gate* or use *noise reduction*? Big difference.

In either case, what you're looking for (and so much more) is covered in painfully detailed information in the manual...

[MaykaOwnaEnt]

basically, i'm striving to clean up the raw vocals after they have been reocrded, how do i do that?

[MaykaOwnaEnt]

what is the diference between "gate" and "noise reduction"?

[onmoris]

Think of a gate as a door that your signal has to have a certain strength to open - but once its open it all is let through. It will be used sometimes on like a guitar amp so that all the hiss from the speaker is below the gates threshold so its not heard and the gate opens when any notes are played.

Whereas a gate is nothing more than an on/off switch for a signal, noise reduction is different in that it alters the contents of the entire signal. Most noise reduction algorithms will identify something that is sometimes called a noise signature or profile. If you can isolate a period in yoru sound file without any music or real events, a noise reduction program will analyze the content of the noise during those sections and then apply an inverse filter to the entire signal based on that profile. Its not a cure all though - even good noise reduction runs the risk of altering important musical content, especially if there's hiss at high frequencies, you might lose some of the shine of your recording.

Though I suspect you're issue is going to be even more complicated. The noise in audio is different from noise that comes from the street or your neighbors tv. Or even the hum of your computer. Noise reduction algorithms are much better for consistent noise and not for random acts of nosie. Hope this helps

[noisewreck]

Originally Posted by onmoris

random acts of noise

You just gave me the name of my album! Love it! Thanks!

[MaykaOwnaEnt]

thanks 4 the help...its appreciated

Originally Posted by onmoris

Think of a gate as a door that your signal has to have a certain strength to open - but once its open it all is let through. It will be used sometimes on like a guitar amp so that all the hiss from the speaker is below the gates threshold so its not heard and the gate opens when any notes are played.

Whereas a gate is nothing more than an on/off switch for a signal, noise reduction is different in that it alters the contents of the entire signal. Most noise reduction algorithms will identify something that is sometimes called a noise signature or profile. If you can isolate a period in yoru sound file without any music or real events, a noise reduction program will analyze the content of the noise during those sections and then apply an inverse filter to the entire signal based on that profile. Its not a cure all though - even good noise reduction runs the risk of altering important musical content, especially if there's hiss at high frequencies, you might lose some of the shine of your recording.

Though I suspect you're issue is going to be even more complicated. The noise in audio is different from noise that comes from the street or your neighbors tv. Or even the hum of your computer. Noise reduction algorithms are much better for consistent noise and not for random acts of nosie. Hope this helps