Originally posted by SlightedRadio91:Hello,
I just discovered the 4 disc Rattle and Hum Outtakes set, and was looking to rip it to an audio-only format. However, the audio quality is a bit rough; so I'd like to polish it up a bit, for personal use. (Certain parts sound like a speaker is being shaken to be made rapidly louder and softer, and there's some background hiss which I'd like to minimize).
Though, I've never touched audio editing software (Audacity), apart from splitting tracks or applying fades.
Are there any guides, either written or videoed, which you would recommend to a beginner like me? I'm also fine to read through docs, if there are any specific functions which you would recommend.
If there are any similar threads here which list anything, please let me know; I don't mean to create any duplicate threads.
Thanks
Originally posted by LikeASong:Nice project there. If you end up doing that remaster feel free to share it here
iZotope is another good alternative, it's more powerful than Audition. It's not cheap but as usual with software there are workarounds for that
Noise reduction is one of the easiest tasks and one that's actually nice to start with. I don't know any courses or anything but there's like 500 billion tutorials on Youtube for every single little aspect of audio treatment you can think of. I'm sure some even talk about remastering 80s VHS sound.
Originally posted by SlightedRadio91:[..]
I'll be sure to share some progress reports once I start.
As for iZotope, I see that there are multiple products listed on their website. I'm assuming the 'Music Production Suite' is what I'm looking for; or will Ozone by itself suffice?
Thanks for the help!
Originally posted by melon51:[..]
For fixing up audio RX7, and for mastering Ozone. There is a fully functional 10-day free trial of Ozone, not sure about RX7. And there are indeed 'workarounds' to use the software without breaking the bank
Originally posted by SlightedRadio91:Alright. So I have started my aforementioned project of remastering the Rattle And Hum Outtakes. And by started, I mean that I just set-up iZotope last night.
A question that I have, to the seasoned remasterers, is how do you gauge an appropriate amount of noise to remove (for crappy tapes) before it noticeably impacts fidelity?
I'm practicing with the Found rehearsal in the rough cut (to compare to the high quality film version), and I am struggling to remove the tape hiss, and the hum, without making the audio sound... off...
For example, when using the de-hum module, it turned the acoustic guitar strumming into what sounded like sharp plucking when the sensitivity was set too high. Conversely, when I turned it down to avoid this, the hum was still noticeable.
What would be your recommendation to remedy a situation like this? Should I be applying a weaker filter, multiple times? Or does this call for doing everything section-by-section?
Originally posted by SlightedRadio91:I'm using RX right now.
Thanks for the Audacity suggestion, I'll check those out. Though, I am liking the workflow of RX so far, comparatively.
'Sample' -- meaning something that I attempted to remaster? Or something raw to suggest changes for?
Originally posted by TheRealEdge:[..]
3 months - any clips or samples to share yet?
i do know myself that it can take days/months with these things and for the 'slight' upgrade in quality it hasn't been worth it especially as the 'quality' (nth generation of the original sources) isn't usually that good to start off with (no disrespect to the original tapers of course)