Noise Reduction 2.0 Saved My Bacon

Jay Gladwell wrote on 8/23/2005, 3:06 PM

Last week-end I had to shoot a presentation in the unfinished basement of an office building (let's not even talk about the crappy lighting). Just as fate would have it, the duct work for the AC and one of the main vents was right over my head!

To make a long story short, it was impossible to turn off the AC (temp here in Miami was in the mid-90s with a heat index in the low 100s). While I discussed this with the client and explained what the results would be, I was hoping that NR would be able to help remove the AC's noise.

When I captured the video, the opening had a solid six seconds of room tone with the droning AC just prior to the opening of the presentation. Opened up NR and in no time it took care of the problem. Now, the client thinks I'm an audio genius... and nothing could be further from the truth!

My sincere thanks to the true geniuses at Madison.


Comments

TheHappyFriar wrote on 8/23/2005, 7:39 PM
it's a godsend program.

I'm planning on getting SF with NS 2 next year after taxes.
Grazie wrote on 8/23/2005, 9:24 PM
Jay . .I wouldn't leave home without it!

NR is pure magic: I've done the AC-thing, the distant-vehicle-rumbling-on-the-motorway thing, the Audience-noise-thing, the low-sound-boost-now-hear-all-sorts-of-other-sounds thing, the noisy-foyer thing, the background-chatter thing, . . . I must have at least 50 different bespoke templates. All now in place and all now, as I've realised very quickly, so tailor-made that they just pointless. It is far easier and quicker to make new. I sometimes reuse just as a starting point OR to remind me which way to go. Often just doing what you did and using the default from 0>1>2>3 option and then tweaking gets me through the night.

NR? Just the best for getting outta those scrapes. . . . As to your mate thinking you are a sound genius? Well, you are .. you decided to use NR!

Grazie
Edin1 wrote on 8/23/2005, 11:28 PM
I don't think the templates for each situation is a wise solution. NR was made to be adjusted for every separate occasion, and besides having to have to get the noiseprint every time, tweaking every time is also recommended to get the best results, although I have found that in most cases the default settings for fast computers, and a freshly captured noiseprint do the job.
Grazie wrote on 8/24/2005, 12:54 AM
"I don't think the templates for each situation is a wise solution. " ..

Yup, that's what I realised very quickly, as what I said above - yeah? However they DO give me an opportunity to have a "feel" of what could be.

Grazie
Grazie wrote on 8/24/2005, 12:54 AM
"I don't think the templates for each situation is a wise solution. " ..

Yup, that's what I realised very quickly, as what I said above - yeah? However they DO give me an opportunity to have a "feel" of what could be.

Grazie
TorS wrote on 8/24/2005, 1:29 AM
You can say that again.
I'e rescued soft dialogue from a kitchen with a dishwasher running (Miele, mind you, but still).

For the benefit of new listeners - as this advise has been relayed before - use NR several times over in small steps (remember to take a new noise sample each time).

For the really bad ones you might try to experiment with Paragraphic EQ (Stacked filter preset, tweaked) before you let NR loose on it.

And Jay, that's what genius is; 2 % intelligence and 98 % investment.
Tor
Jay Gladwell wrote on 8/24/2005, 4:19 AM

Grazie and Tor, thank you for your kind words! You're both too good to me.

Tor, thanks too for the tip of correcting in small steps. I'll certainly give that a try.