Ambient "Dead Air" Noise Removal

Videoimpressions0622 wrote on 11/13/2012, 9:13 AM

After playing an unedited clip of my son's wedding vows for him (I just dragged it into the timeline), his 28-year-old ears picked up what I can only explain as ambient "dead air" noise when there is no one talking (in between phrases). Of course, neither my wife nor I can hear this (upper frequencies), but he insists that he ALSO hears it when anyone begins to speak. I don't doubt that he is hearing something. I came across the Waves NS-1 plug-in elsewhere here on this Forum, and checked it out. I CAN hear a difference in the online demo between unprocessed and processed. I would appreciate feedback from those of you who use this plug-in, and with one-slider simplicity and a $99 special running, if this will work for me I would immediately purchase it. Your thoughts and experience, please? Thank you in advance.

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riredale wrote on 11/15/2012, 12:24 PM

In some ways what we're talking about here is similar to the dilemma faced by the audio industry back in the 1960s. Back in the day of analog tape decks, even professional gear had a relatively high level of hiss. Anybody remember Dolby Noise Reduction? It's how Ray Dolby made his millions.

My semiexotic cassette deck back then offered several patented mechanisms for hiss reduction, from Dolby B (good for 10db) to DBX, a companding technique that was very effective but which, according to many listeners, introduced pumping or breathing artifacts.

Arthur.S wrote on 11/16/2012, 11:34 AM

You persevered a whole lot longer than me Video Impressions! Yes, you have to create an account before anything else. (Why??) Then after the initial problem downloading the demo, ((they blamed their website) I then realised that the downloaded file isn't the demo. Installing it then connects you to their server. First little puzzle is why is it saying "Complete V9" when that's not what I want? Then a list of God knows how many different programmes to sift through to find the one I want to demo. Then a choice of 3 different licences. Cloud, TDM, and something else I've forgotten now. At this point, I'd almost lost the will to live, and just uninstalled. Life's too short!

Edit: Don't they realise that anything "cloud" is yesterday's marketing fad?

Laurence wrote on 11/16/2012, 11:42 AM

I really like the NS-1 plugin and use it quite often. Here is a little 15 second movie theater ad where I used it. It works best when you turn off the air conditioning and any other sound in the room, then use it to get rid of that last little bit of ambient noise floor.

https://vimeo.com/53017598