Noise Reduction Workflow For Vocal & Voice-Over
Hello, my friends! Over the past few months, I've received a great number of questions (through the blog or via Twitter) with regard to audio post-production techniques. Largely, they've dealt with the basics (ie, noise reduction, hum removal, hiss reduction, pop removal, normalization) and as such, I decided to re-edit some of our Short & Suite episodes from AdobeTV, creating short training movies for each specific workflow in question.
I'm going to attempt going thru the entire first season and 'cherry pick' some of the highlight workflow features, largely based on the questions I've received. Here's a 5 minute tutorial (from Short & Suite, Episode 1) on removing hum/noise from a vocal or voice-over using the Spectral Frequency Display and Audition 3's unique Noise Reduction filter...
Noise/Hum Removal in Adobe Audition 3 from Jason Levine on Vimeo.
Please let me know your thoughts on this concept. Naturally, if you want to see more (as well as the entire video creation process with my colleague Karl Soule) be sure to tune in to the full episodes on Adobe TV.
Here's a direct link to Short & Suite, Episode 1
In the meantime, I'll be continuing to cut-up and produce even shorter and sweeter edits from the series, in an effort to get the information to you quickly and concisely.
Until next time,
Blog on.
Comments
Hi Jason!
This is a really wonderful tutorial. Concise with no filler. Just from watching this short movie, my noise reduction skills have vastly improved.
Great stuff and please keep them coming. We'll keep watching.
Jon
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Thanks, Jon. That's the kind of feedback I love to hear! More vids coming this week, so stay tuned. All the best. --JL
Posted by: Jon Fisher | July 17, 2009 12:02 PM
Good god this is truly beautiful! I have been trying to find some kind of buzz reduction for years (on a very low budget as well) and this function makes every single penny spent worth it.
Brilliant tutorial! Thanks for making it!
Posted by: Kyle Bellamy | January 5, 2010 9:09 AM
Side question on this actually: Can this then be applied easily over multiple tracks?
For instance, I record vocal and harmonies over many tracks with the same consistent buzz. Can this be turned into, to use your description, a Photoshop Action?
Thanks again!
Posted by: Kyle Bellamy | January 5, 2010 9:32 AM