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Hey all,

Anyone got any recommendations for plugins (cheaper the better) to remove noise from an audio file? Specifically, I've got an audio take that is close to perfect except for one rogue piano pedal noise V annoying frequency. Working with LogicX.

Cheeeers

Hi Anna,

I have used Waves Z-Noise and X-Crackle. They works very well.
I believe you can download a demo.


Tim

Seeing as it's single noise event (rather than some background noise) you could try recording the pedal noise and see if you can phase cancel the noise in the original recording with it.

It would need to be done by ear I think to line things up with flipped phase (or not, try both) and see where it dims the noise best.

price of that is $0 so probably worth a shot!

You could try Adobe Audition, which has a free trial period for 7 days for a full version.

The first thing I would try would be the stock Logic Noise Gate. Obviously this would be totally free. If you only need it in the one spot you could automate the bypass so it's only on for that moment and tweak the settings to taste. May or may not take care of the problem, but it'd be the easiest way to do it, and totally free. You know how to get a hold of me if you want/need any help with setting that up

A spectral editor might be the best method, there may be one included in your daw. I think the free audio editor Audacity has one,it runs on mac,windows and linux. much of the restoration software works by spectral editing.

annayarbrough wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 09, 2019 12:55 pm

Hey all,

Anyone got any recommendations for plugins (cheaper the better) to remove noise from an audio file? Specifically, I've got an audio take that is close to perfect except for one rogue piano pedal noise V annoying frequency. Working with LogicX.

Cheeeers

Anna I've got some good tools for this sort of thing if you want me to have a go at cleaning it up for you send it over.

ttully wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:31 pm

Hi Anna,

I have used Waves Z-Noise and X-Crackle. They works very well.
I believe you can download a demo.


Tim

Thanks, Tim! I've got a demo of Waves Z Noise... hopefully it will do the job!

SubRivers wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 09, 2019 1:36 pm

Seeing as it's single noise event (rather than some background noise) you could try recording the pedal noise and see if you can phase cancel the noise in the original recording with it.

It would need to be done by ear I think to line things up with flipped phase (or not, try both) and see where it dims the noise best.

price of that is $0 so probably worth a shot!

Oh that's interesting... wouldn't have thought of trying that! May not be able to get back to the original piano, but adding that to my list for future! Thanks!

Kolstad wrote: ↑

Wed Jan 09, 2019 3:29 pm

You could try Adobe Audition, which has a free trial period for 7 days for a full version.

Thanks Kolstad! Added to my list!