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dictaphone audio into Adobe Audition 1.5 ?

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nightfly61

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I have an old 2 voice(mono) interview recorded onto dictaphone with music playing in the background interfering with the voices. The tape is from '88.
Any suggestions on settings to take out the hiss, lower the music noise & boost the interview voices? I'm transferring it onto disc...Thanks.

The best I could fenagle was
hard limit quiet areas>normalize>vocal presence boost>hiss reduction>hard limit
 
I would suggest a combination of noise reduction and/or hiss reduction, FFT filtering and spectral editing with the marquee tool. The Audition help file nicely explains how to best use these functions.

Emmett
 
Funny, I was just thinking that Emmett or someone really bright would give a good answer, and he replied while I was writing this.

This is what I do from home. My friend at the station I voicetrack said my last efforts sounded best (little did she know it was from my living room):
  • Highlight a second or so of audio when no one is talking, to sample background noise
  • Under NOISE REDUCTION, click on GET PROFILE FROM SELECTION
  • Lower the bar end thingies to your liking (e.g. I frequently go to about -10%)
  • Make sure to select the entire file, not just your sample
  • Click OKAY
  • If you hate the result, just click the UNDO arrow button and try consulting the Audition boards

I used to have a dictaphone, too. I don't know how you're transferring it to Audition, but the better you tweak the original input, the less you'll have to have to do in Audition (like maybe lowering the high range on your equalizer if you're using one between your tape and the computer). Hope this helps.
 
The noise reduction feature may or may not work well in this particular case. NR works best with a steady hiss, hum, buzz or tone. It can be very tough and time consuming, but the spectral editing with the marquee tool can really do an amazing job in situations where the background noise is not constant.

Emmett
 
Thanks tons, folks...
It was recorded on...(!) a Certron cassette...I babysat the audio through both sides. Lifted, lowered, etc, in quiet & loud spots. I didn't bother with cassette deck's Dolby Noise Reduction. Sometimes I like hiss & some treble.
I thought just RAW audio INTO Adobe, then start messing. I'm playing it back through a stereo board. Should I turn it back to mono? Thanks again...
 
Okay...I found the FFT Filter but no "spectral editing" or Marquee Tool. I'll keep looking.
 
edit > spectral view. To toggle back, select 'waveform view'.

Once inside spectral view, you can select the marquee tool. You will not see the marquee tool unless you're in spectral view.

Emmett

P.S. Mono is fine, but it doesn't really matter much.
 
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