Can't select section for reducing nose
by Jake Diamond (JakeD68)
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Jun 22, 2008 at 7:27:40 pm
Hello,
This is an idiotic question, but I'm working in Soundtrack 2.02, and I can't select a section in the timeline like I used to by just dragging around it. I have two audio tracks from an interview and I'm trying to eliminate traffic hum and I finally razor bladed the section to make a noise print, but then the 'reduce noise' function is grayed out. There's something really simple I'm missing and it's driving me crazy. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Re: Can't select section for reducing nose by Dennis Kutchera on Jun 26, 2008 at 12:09:05 am
Double click on the clip so that the file loads into the clip editor. You can do it there. It is not a real time process; I think it is always grayed out in multi-track
You might also try the noise gate which is real time. Traffic is a pretty variable sound and you may introduce artifacts to the speaker's voice with the noise reduction.
One thing that worked really well for me one time when there was a similar sound on one mic of a two person interview was to add traffic noise to the whole mix very gently in the background. It made for a less sterile sounding program since it was obviously outdoors anyway.
