STN

The BlueLab STN plug-in separates Sines, Transients and Noise from a sound and remixes them. Sines, transients and noise separation is also called Harmonic (tonal), Percussive and remainder Separation (HPS).

The STN plug-in uses a state of the art method to separate the different parts in the spectral domain while limiting the result sound artifacts.

The sines extracted from the sound are pure frequencies that define the tonal part of the sound. The extracted transients are brief and percussive sound components. The noise part is the remainder, consisting in equalized noise (or shaped noise).

Features:

• Sines, transients and noise gains.
• Sines, transients and noise solo and mute.
• Wet frequency and wet gain.
• Output gain.

Examples of use:

Adjust the amount of breath sound in a singing voice
The STN plug-in can be used to separate the tonal part from the breath sound in a sound of a singing voice. Then it enables the possibility to remix the tonal part and the breath part differently, for example to increase the breath and the highest frequencies to gain more clarity.

Adjust the amount of string noises in a guitar sound
The STN plug-in can be used to separate the musical sound from the strings noises of a guitar track. This can be used to decrease the strings noise in order to have a smoother sound, or on the contrary to increase the strings noise and the high frequencies to have more clarity.

Adjust the amount of sines, transients and noise of any instrument or other sounds
More generally, the STN plug-in can be used to extract the tonal, transient and noise parts of any sound and remix these three parts.

Disclaimer:

The STN plug-in works with many types of sound, but it is not designed to handle very rapid and strong frequency changes such as in a strong vibrato or in a rapid glissando.