jackstpaulUHS
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I use CEP 2.1a
A problem I have now, and have had before on other stuff, is when there are small sextons that are very, very low signal-level, almost inaudible. The issue I have is trying to boost that portion's level without major noise problems, etc.
What I'm working with is a one-channel track from a 4-track. I was recording an acoustic guitar track thru a regular microphone, and preceding it were some comments between myself and my friend who was far away with the 4-track itself. Some of his talking was picked up at a high-enough level that I can boost them without a problem. But then there's a few second section where it's barely audible--he must have walked further away or turned away so that the mic didn't pick it up well. My talking was picked u at a much higher level being right in front of the mic.
Boosting the barely audible part results in a very significant amount of noise that makes it not worth using--just for that section.
I use sonic-foundry's NR plug-in and CEP's noise reduction function, and no matter what I do to clean it, the resulting sound is really, really distorted from the sound from the rest of it, though cleaned greatly of the noise. I assume I’m losing some frequencies (levels) to result in the distorted sound.
To use that part in that condition makes for a really awkward change in sound that's too off-putting.
I've done a lot of stuff like this in cleaning boombox recordings, but this one has me stumped.
The sound level is so low before boosting that NR isn't possible. I've boosted by regular amplification an, HL, and various dynamics processing--compression, limiting.
As it's been a problem before, I’m interested in hearing comments about this and the issue in general. Is there anything in general that can be done other than what I've tried? My hunch is that it's a lost cause.
Any explanations and/or suggestions?
A problem I have now, and have had before on other stuff, is when there are small sextons that are very, very low signal-level, almost inaudible. The issue I have is trying to boost that portion's level without major noise problems, etc.
What I'm working with is a one-channel track from a 4-track. I was recording an acoustic guitar track thru a regular microphone, and preceding it were some comments between myself and my friend who was far away with the 4-track itself. Some of his talking was picked up at a high-enough level that I can boost them without a problem. But then there's a few second section where it's barely audible--he must have walked further away or turned away so that the mic didn't pick it up well. My talking was picked u at a much higher level being right in front of the mic.
Boosting the barely audible part results in a very significant amount of noise that makes it not worth using--just for that section.
I use sonic-foundry's NR plug-in and CEP's noise reduction function, and no matter what I do to clean it, the resulting sound is really, really distorted from the sound from the rest of it, though cleaned greatly of the noise. I assume I’m losing some frequencies (levels) to result in the distorted sound.
To use that part in that condition makes for a really awkward change in sound that's too off-putting.
I've done a lot of stuff like this in cleaning boombox recordings, but this one has me stumped.
The sound level is so low before boosting that NR isn't possible. I've boosted by regular amplification an, HL, and various dynamics processing--compression, limiting.
As it's been a problem before, I’m interested in hearing comments about this and the issue in general. Is there anything in general that can be done other than what I've tried? My hunch is that it's a lost cause.
Any explanations and/or suggestions?