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Is soundsoap legit?
Hey guys,
I have some hum, hiss, and slight background noise behind dialouge.
I’ve played around with the EQ in soundtrack pro
and FCP, and got some minor results. But it’s time consuming, and I have
no audio training, or experience, and the results don’t see that great.Bias software makes a program called soundsoap, which is a dumbed down,
simplified tool for what I’m doing. But before I bought it I thought I should
talk to the masters. Any opinions for my situation?Thanks
jeff -
11 Replies
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If its the same soundsoap that can run as a plug-in
on ProTools you’re best looking elsewhere.Our Engineer with a decade of experience on Pro-tools
was unable to get it to do the job in a satisfactory way. -
No, no Chris,
SoundSoap is fantastic, now available as a stand alone app. You must watch their tutorial to really understand how to fine tune it, I use it at least once a week and it has saved the day every time. You just need 2 seconds of clear noise and it works great.
Great tut movie on their website.
Have a wonderful day.
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Try izotope RX before you commit. They have a demo version with a trial period.
It’s highly regarded in the biz.cheers
Vedat
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I have to agree with Poisson on this. I love SoundSoap. I have SoundSoap Pro and use it in my ProTools HD system all the time.
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Have you tried it in ST Pro. You can do hum removal there with the Noise Print filter.
Kevin Monahan
http://www.fcpworld.com
Author – Motion Graphics and Effects in Final Cut Pro -
Given the self admission of little expertise & experience, I would recommend sending the audio to a sound post pro with a variety of tools.
In my experience CEDAR is the best of all de noise, de buzz and de hum tools. Waves also makes some excellent restoration plugins.
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[Michael Gissing] “Waves also makes some excellent restoration plugins.”
thats what we use here a lot.
I don’t doubt soundsoap is a “good” plugin but it didn’t perform
for the task (we get a lot of really messed up stuff to restore that seems un-restorable to most others) -
I second the Izotope recommendation. We have SoundSoap Pro and Izotope. While SoundSoap works in certain situations, Izotope has much more to offer. It will remove discrete sounds from under dialogue. It repairs clipping! And more. Their website has many examples of what it can do.
John
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john which izotope plugin are you referring to?
very interesting site, they have a free “vinyl” processor.
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Izotope RX
John
MacPro 8-core 2.8GHz 8 GB RAM OS 10.5.4 QT7.5 Kona 3 Dual Cinema 23 ATI Radeon HD 3870
ATTO ExpressSAS R380 RAID Adapter, PDE Enclosure with 8-drive 6TB RAID
24″ TV-Logic Monitor
Final Cut Studio 2 (up to date)Pro Tools HD w SYNC IO, Yamaha DM1000, Millennia Media HV-3C, Neumann U87, Schoeps Mk41 mics, Genelec Monitors, PrimaLT ISDN
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