Make a selection by time (shortcut T) in a clear area that has the noise you want to eliminate.Ĥ. Select the extract noise tool in the tool bar on the left.ĥ. Adjust the properties across the top to adjust the frequency and time characteristics of the 'paintbrush' you will use. In this case I selected a frequency range of 2.5 kHz, a time of 4.0 seconds, and a hardness of 100%.Ħ. Click the Register Noise button (it turns red) and start painting the entire area of your time selection. You may need to turn up the Level Multiplier slider at the top of the window (the middle one of the three sliders) in order to see your 'painting' clearly. As you paint, the selection turns bluish. When that's done, press the S key and click anywhere in the data window to deselect your freshly painted selection.Ĩ. Also check to be sure that the new layer you created on the right is still highlighted red. Click on the Register Noise button (which should still be highlighted red) to deselect it.ġ0. Return to the data window, drag your mouse around and watch everything turn bluish.

When you let go of the mouse button, the blue areas will turn gold, indicating successful extraction of the noise.ġ1. When you're done painting all of the data, click in the layers area to deselect all the layers (they turn green).ġ2. In this file, the results are particularly dramatic in the right channel. I brought the right channel up in volume considerably and the noise is still essentially gone.

Nevertheless, it goes faster as you become familiar with the process.Processor: Intel dual-core processor (Quad-core processor recommended) *A lot of time could be saved if Sony would give us some 'select all' commands. Sound card: CoreAudio-compatible audio hardware Graphics card: OpenGL 3.0 compatible graphics card, min. In SpectraLayers Pro 4, you can work with the individual sounds in an audio file fully visually.

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