Spectral De-noise [STD & ADV]

Publish date: 2024-05-09

Table of Contents

Module & Plug-in

Overview

Spectral De-noise is designed to remove stationary or slowly changing tonal noise and broadband hiss by learning a profile of the offending noise and then subtracting it from the signal. It can be useful for tape hiss, HVAC systems, outdoor environments, line noise, ground loops, camera motors, fans, wind, and complex buzz with many harmonics.

Spectral De-noise learns a profile of the background noise, then subtracts that noise when a signal’s amplitude drops below the specified threshold. It is a flexible tool that can be used to quickly achieve accurate, high-quality noise reduction. It also provides separate controls for tonal and broadband noise, management of denoising artifacts, and an editing interface for controlling reduction across the frequency spectrum.

Controls

spectral de-noise interface

Controls: Advanced Settings

Advanced Settings Panel

Algorithm Behavior (Advanced Settings)

algorithm behavior

Noise Floor (Advanced Settings)

noise floor

Dynamics (Advanced Settings)

dynamics

More Information

Tips for getting the best results when learning noise profiles manually

Learning a Noise Profile From Multiple Selections

In the RX standalone application, it is possible to create a spectral profile from multiple isolated selections. This is useful when you have a file where it’s impossible to find enough isolated noise to build the profile.

For example, if you are trying to restore a file where someone is speaking over noise, you can select noise in frequencies where none of the voice is present at a given time. If you select enough of this noise with the Lasso or Brush selection tools, you can create an accurate noise profile that will give you good results with Spectral De-noise. You can create more than one selection at a time by holding Shift while making a selection.

Select noise anywhere you can to build a better noise profile.

This feature is not available in the Spectral De-noise plug-in because it requires using RX’s spectral selection tools as well as accurate calculation of the time and frequency of the selected areas.

If you are unable to create a full noise profile with multiple selections, RX can try to build a reasonable noise profile out of your existing profile. If you have an incomplete noise profile, RX will ask you if you want it to complete the profile.

For example, if you can only capture a low frequency rumble below 100 Hz, some broadband noise between 200 Hz and 5000 Hz, and all the noise above 8000 Hz, RX can fill in the gaps for you.

Building a profile from multiple selections gives you some flexibility, and RX will guess any noise you missed.

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