What is the ‘BEST’ noise reduction ‘software’?

[Spe3D]

Ok! this is a K-v-R special – a ‘BEST’ thread

But on a serious note, umm!

What software applications you know of that do a very good job of noise reduction (typical high gain background noise when trying to get very very quiet sounds) that can FFT the signal and allow a user selectable reduction of the ‘selected’ sample of noise?

Best regards,

Peter

[reprznt]

also... on a similiar note. what software (freeware) would be used to remove the crackle and pops from vinyl. I sample my vinyl collection, but I often get little pops and surface noises. how do i remove those. sorry to hijack the thread. : )

[headquest]

Adobe Audition:
http://www.adobe.com/products/audition/main.html

I tested this alongside the Waves Restoration Suite (which costs around three times as much) and got what I considered to be better results with Audition (and much quicker: in Waves you have to manually adjust settings to get the results you like best, while Audition you can choose a small section of the waveform that is hiss/noise only, and it will then strip it out of the whole track for you with a single mouse click).

I rendered both examples and sent them to a few friends. Audition was unanimously regarded as better by those who listened (I did not tell them which .wav file was which software )

[Spe3D]

I had Audition - now gone, while very good noise reduction - I need better than that even

Best regards,

Peter

[cptgone]

I like Voxengo Redunoise but can't really compare it to anything else...

[nuisance sonore]

Better than Audition? My god, I wish I had your budget...You are now into forensic software/hardware territory.

[Spe3D]

I like Voxengo Redunoise but can't really compare it to anything else...

Yes I was looking at that, I need to find out what vox means by 'high resolution' in figures and also what 'musical removal' means

Better than Audition? My god, I wish I had your budget...You are now into forensic software/hardware territory.

like what forensic software/hardware? examples welcome



Best regards,

Peter

[headquest]

For noise reduction right now I'm not convinced there actually IS better than Audition... It's certainly the choice of many professionals...

As I said before, I think that Waves is LESS good. There was however a "Restoration Shoot Out" article in a recent Sound on Sound, which concluded that of those tested (Waves, Bias and Sony), Sony Restoration came top overall. I hope that helps.

(exactly how messed up are your recordings

[Spe3D]

For noise reduction right now I'm not convinced there actually IS better than Audition... It's certainly the choice of many professionals...

As I said before, I think that Waves is LESS good. There was however a "Restoration Shoot Out" article in a recent Sound on Sound, which concluded that of those tested (Waves, Bias and Sony), Sony Restoration came top overall. I hope that helps.

It helps to know what is crap, so I can take waves out of the equation

(exactly how messed up are your recordings

well I have a very very low noise floor anyway, so not messed up - this is for experiments with taking hardware to the limits for really really quiet sounds that are tied into the then raised broadband noise.

Best regards,

Peter

[advaya]

My neighbours keep informing me that the best noise reduction they can think of doesn't require any plugins at all... It is just a simple flip of the power-switch on my speakers...

I think they are covertly trying to tell me something about my marathon mixing sessions...

Damn them all!

[Spe3D]

sounds effective a bit too effective

Best regards,

Peter

[ObsoleteAcc99]

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[Spe3D]

Pm sent

and how does it compare to NoiseFree Pro?

Best regards,

Peter

[The Chase]

IMO Adobe Audition though its a bit pricey if youre just going to get it for that purpose.

[vista]

"diamond cut" / "sybex magic audio cleaner"

"magix cleaning lab 2005"

"wavepurity"

... so combination is "BEST"