Noise reduction

[y-kause]

i use adobe audition 3 i find that when i use the restoration noise reduction it puts an effect in my vocal. why? and how do i get rid of it?

also what sets are good to use 4 a great mix?

eq-compression-reverb

compression-eq-amplify

 

[nate_dennis]

1. How hot are you tracking? It seems to me (and I truly could be wrong) that if you were tracking at decent levels and had your gain staging right you wouldn't need NR in a digital recording.

2. What are you using to track? The computers sound card? A USB or Firewire interface? A dedicated sound card? These will help diagnose the problem as well.

3. "also what sets are good to use 4 a great mix?" is like asking "what spices do I need to make a great dish?" It depends on what kind of music (or food) what instrumentation your using, what sound you are going for. That is not even an answerable question.

Don't mean to jump your case, I just think you'll get a lot more ground covered if you ask direct questions about direct issues instead of shotgun questions that really can't be answered. But as far as your main question, answer the first two questions I asked and we'll try to get you up and running.

 

[y-kause]

k as far as soundcards n all that i am new to home recording i usually go to the studio to record. since the person i used moved i decided to do it from home

i am using a m-audio pre amp condensor mic and adobe audition 3 to record


so as far as sound cards n all that i am clueless

 

[nate_dennis]

If you're using the M-Audio, you aren't using your computers sound card. Good.

Ok, now, which M-Audio unit are you using? How are you setting your gain and where are your levels hitting in Audition?

 

[y-kause]

input 12
monitor +6

latency 512
sample 44.1

and as far as adobe autition my waves are at -21 db i find myself going into edit and raising the volume 2wice to 15 to get a higher wave

 

[nate_dennis]

Unless I'm wrong (and that is a possibility) you shouldn't really need noise reduction. My guess is your mic cable is adding some noise to the recording. If not the cable, then something in your signal path. ...

The other thing to consider as far as getting a good signal, is your routing. I don't know "Audition" so I can't go into specifics, but it sounds like, maybe, you're routing options are jacked up a bit, but I truly don't know. With even lower end M-Audio units, you should be getting plenty of gain and a good signal to noise ratio. Come to think of it, a fautly mic cable could cause low signal and high noise. Try swapping out your mic cable and see how much that helps. If I'm way off base we can re-evaluate.

 

[y-kause]

THNX 4 THE INFO


i am gonna lower the monitor mix to 0 so we;ll see what that does