[MPA] Noise reduction (was Re: Audio Interface Advice?)

[Bruce Maclean]

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On Feb 1, 2004, at 3:24 PM, Joe Castleman wrote:

> on January 23, Jay Shaffer wrote:
>
>> Let me recommend Audacity as a sound editor for restoring your old
>> 78RPMs it has a noise sampling and reduction effect ala Ray Gun and
>> it's free.
>
> I have a few cassettes that I recorded to my hard drive.  I was hoping
> to clean up the tape hiss and gave Audacity a try.  It cleaned up the
> hiss all right, but the softer passages (e.g., fade-outs, audience
> noises) were distorted - I'm guessing it affected everything that was 
> at
> lower volume than the hiss itself.
>
> The Audacity web site basically says there's no way to get around this
> completely, and I just have to take my lumps.  I tried it with my old
> copy of CD Spin Doctor, as well as a demo of Ionizer, and neither of
> those worked well, either.
>
> Anyone have a strategy for dealing with low-level sounds when 
> attempting
> noise reduction?
>
> Thanx in advance,
>
> --Joe C.
>
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