Sorry, but the HANDI-CASSETTE has a lot of cross talk by default, and nothing in sound forge can correct this. A better way is to use a regular stereo cassette dec and record tracks 1 and 4, then turn the cassette over and then record sides 2 and 3. This will make a file about an hour and a half long, (probably closer to about 84 or 85 minutes give or take). In SF you can press tab and get to either the left or right side, and you wish to reverse the right channel as you know. If you have the SF noise reduction plut-in, it is superlative at getting rid of the hiss. The commercial cassette stereo recorder has a much better cross talk capability, even a non expensive one. Somehow, the HANDI-CASSETTE, in stereo, is pretty lousy in this regard. If you use the sound forge noise reduction plut-in, use a facility in it which lets you sample the hiss in such a way that it is beyond the beginning of the tape and just before the narrator begins, and save the setting. You can tweak the settings to get that hiss up to 99 db below what it is, and if you do it right, the hiss will be virtually gone leaving the recording even better than the original, I know, I've done it several hundred times.
Good luck! Curtis Delzer At 05:18 PM 1/3/2006, you wrote: >Greetings, all, and thanks in advance for reading this. > >I'm using Sound Forge 8 to digitize NLS four-track books for use in my Book >Port. So here's the question: > >I'd love to reduce some of the tape hiss I get and to reduce some of the >crosstalk that comes about when I record in stereo. (I record using a >handi-cassette as my player, record the tapes at double speed, then reverse >tracks 3 and 4. I then resample the recordings so the speed is normal, >combine the tracks and save them as single MP3 files that I later suck into >the Book Port. > >How do I institute the plug-in that would help reduce at least the hiss if >not the crosstalk? > >Please, no messages about how I need a different player as my source. Trust >me, I get that already! > >Thanks for any help you can give. > >Nolan Crabb > > >_______________________________________________ >PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... >http://www.pc-audio.org > >To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other >lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
