Once again, we’ve been blown away by iZotope’s sonic magic. …And to really illustrate the difference, here’s what only the picking sounds like: Conclusion Again, RX 8 makes this very simple: just adjust the Sensitivity, Reduction, and Attack parameters. We’re looking to use the pick de-noiser in a very subtle way here because we don’t want to lose the intentionality of the motif instead, we want to leave the melodic, pleasant part of the performance intact while removing some of the harsher, more percussive sounds. The emphasis on the picked note is certainly intentional in the performance. The last module we’ll look at is Pick – it’s (predictably) intended to remove picking noises from guitar recordings. For reference, this is what the squeaks that RX processed out of the audio sound like: Pick I still hear some small amount of squeaking, but to my ear it sounds much more musical and warranted for inclusion in the final sample, as opposed to the original recording. Here’s what the recording sounds like after one pass: Using the Squeak module couldn’t be easier – just highlight the section you’re interested in focusing on, and adjust the Sensitivity and Reduction to your liking. Here’s a recording of a hollow-body guitar that we captured using an AKG C414: While they’re a natural part of a guitar performance, lending character to a recording and differentiating it from a VST guitar, squeaks can also easily become too loud and unpleasant to listen to. Squeaking sounds can be notoriously finicky. In my opinion, the Guitar De-noise module’s performance compares favorably to the spectral de-noiser in this instance. It’s a subtle difference, but to my ears the Spectral De-noise module does take away some of the higher harmonics, diminishing the brightness of the guitar’s tone. This module also does a great job at removing the amp noise, but it comes with a slight trade-off. Here’s the final result:įor comparison, we also tried using the Spectral De-noise module, as we would’ve done before RX 8 was released. Once the de-noiser is trained, we simply adjust the Sensitivity (how much of the audio will be classified as noise) and Resolution (the number of notch filters applied to the signal during processing) to taste. With RX 8, this process is simple – all we need to do is highlight the section with isolated noise and click Learn to train the module to remove the noise contained in the area. Although it’s not too bad throughout the rest of the performance, we can improve the quality of the sample by cleaning out this noise. The amp noise sticks out like a sore thumb at the beginning of the recording. Here’s what the original recording sounds like: Let’s begin with Amp, which removes amp noise from your audio. In this blog post, let’s take a look at the common audio repair needs of guitar performances, and listen to how RX 8 performed in the face of them. We recently used this Guitar De-noise module to clean up three samples from an upcoming Sonic Collective sample pack, using its three main sub-modules: Amp, Pick, and Squeak. IZotope’s RX 8 includes a de-noising module specifically designed for removing the various noises you might encounter when recording a guitar.
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