Plugins that separate tonal signals from noise

[pluginnow]

That is a drum's based plugin.

[pluginnow]

I have tried most of them, if not all the STNs available.

The best sound comes from Blue Lab STN.

https://bluelab-plugins.com/

[Puduku]

I’ve never been a cheapskate when it comes to buying plugins, but that one from Bluelab that separates tonal from noise is more expensive than I expected to pay. $80 is what I would pay without any hesitation for a plugin I’m going to use very often, and that’s the catch : I need to divide noise and tonal only when I have very specific issues...

Maybe that’s why the plugins that are doing the same thing are freeware... not the most hyped plugins out there ?

If you’re reading Bluelab, please consider a sale, and as you can see here, a few people may be really interested. But maybe not at that price tag. Now you’re the boss.

[BlueLab]

Hello Puduku,

The BlueLab STN plugin was on sale during all the month of August. It was not anymore since the beginning of September.
I've setup again a sale until end of September.

[DJErmac]

Hello Puduku,

The BlueLab STN plugin was on sale during all the month of August. It was not anymore since the beginning of September.
I've setup again a sale until end of September.

Thank you so much, purchased !

(EDIT : oh sorry, same guy behind the two accounts. Used the wrong one by mistake, the one for read only, forgot I was on the wrong machine. Just haven't figured out if I keep the old account or if I swap to the new one. No malicious procedure intended. Simply wanting a new start...)

[pluginnow]

I’ve never been a cheapskate when it comes to buying plugins, but that one from Bluelab that separates tonal from noise is more expensive than I expected to pay. $80 is what I would pay without any hesitation for a plugin I’m going to use very often, and that’s the catch : I need to divide noise and tonal only when I have very specific issues...

Maybe that’s why the plugins that are doing the same thing are freeware... not the most hyped plugins out there ?

If you’re reading Bluelab, please consider a sale, and as you can see here, a few people may be really interested. But maybe not at that price tag. Now you’re the boss.

What can you do if a better sounding STN does not exist.

[Jonathan Shepherd]

ZL Splitter maybe? It's a bit of a multi splitter. Still in beta but pretty neat already:


https://github.com/ZL-Audio/ZLSplitter? ... me-ov-file
Edit: the current appearance is different than the one in the vid:

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[pluginnow]

Jonathan, just tried ZL Splitter. I couldn't make it work, just a simple spectrum analyzer.

[Download SOphist]

when you move you rmoouse over the left side of the GUI a panel will show up with several options. more info here: https://zl-audio.github.io/plugins/zlsplitter/manual/
(didn´t watch the video, but most likely it shows you how to do it).

[pluginnow]

when you move you rmoouse over the left side of the GUI a panel will show up with several options. more info here: https://zl-audio.github.io/plugins/zlsplitter/manual/
(didn´t watch the video, but most likely it shows you how to do it).

Thank you. I managed to test it.

Unfortunately, there are high FFT artifacts on ZL Split. In comparison, Blue Lab STN has a very clean FFT process. And it doesn't isolate Noise.

[v1md]

Someone mentioned iZotope RX; I think the specific module is called Deconstruct, or something similar – this is the one you’re looking for. It explicitly separates and lets you rebalance Tonal and Noisy (and also Breathy) components.

(Ozone/Neutron/Neoverb etc. don’t do tonal/noise separation per se.)

[pluginnow]

Bump this up.

Any news on this?

So far, world's best STN plugin is the one from Blue Lab!

[SoftMachine]

In some cases, separation into stems using UVR beta or Spectralayers 12 helps.