I personally feel Noise Gate is evil and should be banned from polite society, but that's just me.
Bruce -- Bruce Toews E-mail and MSN/Windows Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Site (including info on my weekly commentaries): http://www.ogts.net Info on the Best TV Show of All Time: http://www.cornergas.com On Wed, 4 Jan 2006, Graham Stoodley wrote: > Nolan, I have had good results in removing crosstalk by using the > Noise Gate function in the SF8 menu. That's Noise Gate rather than > Noise Reduction. You need to tinker with the decibel setting - > somewhere between -30 and -35 worked best for me without cutting off > the speech at the end of phrases, and you still get crosstalk > sometimes during the speech, but it made a big difference in the final > product. > > I endorse Curtis's suggestion (posted later) of using a commercial > stereo cassette deck, and resampling and reversing tracks to get the > final result. It's a little more technically intensive, but the > results are worth it. I would love to know Curtis's secret for > removing as much hiss as he does with Noise Reduction. I could never > achieve those results, which I am sure is more a comment on the > operator than on the product. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Nolan Crabb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> > Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 8:18 PM > Subject: Sound Forge 8 and Noise Reduction Questions > > > 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 > _______________________________________________ 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
