Explaining the Graphs in Noise reduction and Reverb Reduction

Hi,

I was hoping someone could explain what we are seeing [x and y axis and the graphed line(s)] in the graphs that are shown in the Noise Reduction and Reverb Reduction Processing.

Thanks,

Mike

RevbRed.JPG
NoiseRed.JPG

In the noise graph, X is frequency and Y is power. The white curve corresponds to the noise print you registered earlier, and the red curve corresponds to the threshold (based on that noise print) that you defined with the parameter Tolerance. If your signal goes below that red curve, it’s considered noise and gets cut from your recording.

In the reverb graph, X is time and Y is power. If you click the Analyze button above, you’ll see a white curve which shows you the temporal shape of your reverb (how long it is, and how it fades over time). Anything below the red line will be cut. You can adjust the red line with the parameters. It can takes some adjustments though, the white curve is an approximation, not a ground truth analysis of the reverb. So try to remain as conservative as possible to not cut too much from your signal, which could yield artefacts. The same goes for the noise reduction process.

Robin,

Thanks - that’s very helpful - it would be good to cut and paste that into the Operation Manual for future editions.

Mike

+1 Thanks Robin for this and Thanks also Mike for the specific question.

This thread is already added to my “0 SL7 Usage” folder.

Will do.
SL7’s documentation has been rewrote from scratch, so if you feel some areas lack explanations or details, please mention it so it can be clarified.

Robin,

Maybe you could consider adding more detail on the import and export of the Time Markers and the Spectral Markers, i.e., the format that the file would need to be in to import data from another program.

I wrote a small program to import labels from Audacity and convert them to Spectralayers and RX7 format so that I could quickly and easily find locations that I had marked in the audio files I’m working on in Audacity. It took a while to get the format correct so that Spectralayers would recognize it.

Thanks,

Mike

Off topic now I know, but…
… begs the question, how does WaveLab cope with sharing markers to-and-from SL7…? Maybe Robin (and PG - WaveLab developer) could look into that…

FYI the .wav format can store markers, it’s part of the format specifications. So most audio softwares with markers support should be able to read and write markers from/to .wav files. SL, WL and RX can read/write markers from/to .wav files for instance. Unfortunately Audacity does not seem to support this.

Ok - thanks; was being a bit naive there - I thought maybe this was talking about something more ‘specialist’… :wink:

Robin I can’t recall ever being more impressed by a software developer. Please keep doing what you are doing.