What is the consensus? Use OpenVino noise suppression alone, after using noise reduction, or just noise reduction?
Waiting to view the opinions. Koz
I’m using noise reduction, then noise suppression and I’m very pleased with the result, but I can’t help but wonder if that first step is really necessary.
Is either one needed? What’s the product or goal?
Noise Management is the process of removing damage or non-performance work. If you were careful during your production, there may be no noise and you may not need any removal.
That and Noise Management can cause production damage all on its own.
I recorded my voice as a test in a quiet, echo-free room. I cut it down to 10 seconds, Applied Audiobook Mastering, and the clip passes ACX submission sound standards, including noise.
Koz
You asked these questions, so don’t get angry about my answers.
Not everyone is selling their voice.
We do not live an a sound-proof house. We can’t afford to build a sound-proof studio. We podcast for fun.
One neighbor runs his leaf blower every day, even when he does not mow. The other neighbor loves to play Latin music in his garage. We live on a busy street with cars and trucks driving by blasting music. Both neighbors have barking dogs. Sometimes we record at the zoo or a park. Noise diminishment is needed.
For us, what works best is to remove everything but our voices, then add a track of quiet ambient sounds (that I recorded in the back yard very early in the morning) before publishing, to make it sound more natural.
OpenVino noise suppression does a very good job of removing everything but our voices and saves me hours of cutting extraneous noises manually. To remove the hum of the computer and the refrigerator, I feel I still need to use the noise reduction effect.
OpenVino is the new kid. Until now, there was no way to split apart mixed performances. By that I don’t just mean split apart the trumpets from the violins. I mean the leaf blowers and dogs barking from the voices. Any sounds that move or change was a performer in your show and you didn’t have anything to say about it.
So you have no option. And yes, any hum , buzz, or steady sounds are fair game for classic noise reduction. Drag-select some clean noise and assign it to Profile. Then actually apply the processing. Classic Noise Reduction is two-step for best results.
There is one other part of the process. Large, gushy, wired headphones.
There is just nothing quite like struggling with your sound quality when you can’t hear what you’re doing. And no, wireless, while convenient, need not apply.
Koz
I have some big over-the-ear headphones that I wear when audio editing. But I hate how hot and sticky they are when recording, especially out in the sun. So I compromised and bought these.
This is me writing that down.
Koz
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