Sampling to remove hiss in Vegas/Sound Forge

[Sada]

You should really try the Noise Reduction application that Sony sells–You can find it on their site. Its pretty good but will cost you some money.

[Rick Wise]

Try GoldWave for free (eventually you have to pay a small amount.) It has a noise-reduction filter. A bit tricky to use at first, but relatively easy once you get the hang of it. I find it difficult to get really clean sound without the wanted sounds sounding tinny. It seems best to do a little at a time. Also, best to use the clipboard/memory option. Select a section which has hiss but no other sounds. GoldWave then filters just that sound, and you dose how deeply.

Rick

[Don Bloom]

You might also try VEGAS>NON REALTIME FX goto TRACK EQ and use #1-pull down and to the right until the vocal changes then back off a bit. This will work on noises that aren’t TOO bad. Plus if it doesn’t work you can revert back to th eoriginal take in Vegas and all you’ve lost is a little time.

Don

[Terry Esslinger]

I do not have/tried Sound Forge but have used Audacity (a free sound editing program) to remove noise quite successfully. As everyone else has said though, a little at a time.

[Grant]

Thanks for your responses. I have sound reduction tools including the Sony noise reduction.
I am not looking for a noise reduction tool, though I am open to trying them all, as they also may help.

I would like to know how to sample a particular sound & remove that sound a little or a lot.
I use a tool called DV ART restoration where I can sample any part of an audio track then remove that part totally or mildly through the whole audio clip, while evaluating how much it will adversely effect the voice. So I sample some hiss between the words then apply that sample to the whole clip. I was hoping there is a way to do this in Sound Forge or if there is a plug in for it.
Grant.

[Don Bloom]

Sorry missed the post this far down. In Noise Reduction sample a section of the hiss between words, get the noise sample, then run NR thru the audio. It will remove the hiss whereever it hits it on the frequency. If you still need further reduction then do it again but be careful as you can easily change the pitch of the voice.

NR is a pretty simple program and one of the best for doing what its called.

Don

[Grant]

“In Noise Reduction sample a section of the hiss between words”

Thanks I did not no one could sample in noise reduction, how do I sample a section of the hiss between the words in noise reduction?
Grant.

[Don Bloom]

open the Vegas project-hightlite a portion of the audio track that has both voice and hiss-copy into NR in NR Get Noise Print or whatever they call it in NR and that should get you going on the correct path.
(I’m guessing on NR as I use a different NR program but they all work in pretty much the same method)
Don

[Grant]

Thanks Don, I will delve into it more. What NR program do you use?
Grant