[Studiotalk] Hindenburg-plug-ins

[Scholz, Scott]

I think Hindenburg is a terrible editor. We're continuing to use SoundForge in Nebraska for editing, which accepts most conventional pro-audio plugins, and features a number of very flexible plugins itself.

Removing index tones, for example: generally they're around 50 Hz tones, and you can simply make a 50 Hz notch filter with an EQ plugin and knock them right out of there. I think that generally works better than the comb-filtering technique that Dan is describing, which I use for more gentle background noise removal, a few db at a time.

Removing sibilance is doable with notched eq as well, but because the dominant frequency of the sibilance will be different for each narrator, it takes a more custom approach. In soundforge, I do some frequency analysis of the sibilant sounds I want to remove, and then adjust my notch to center over those frequencies. There is usually a strong fundamental frequency, and sometimes an overtone one octave higher, that need to be removed.

Thanks,

Scott Scholz
Director
Nebraska Library Commission
Talking Book and Braille Service
1200 N St Ste 120
Lincoln, NE 68508-2023
(402) 471-6553
scott.scholz at nebraska.gov

From: studiotalk <studiotalk-bounces at islemail.org> On Behalf Of Malosh, Dan (MDE)
Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2018 4:40 PM
To: TBBS Recording Studio Info <studiotalk at islemail.org>
Subject: Re: [Studiotalk] Hindenburg-plug-ins

We've been talking about Hindenburg plug-ins here in Minnesota as well.  Only I've been wondering if a plug-in exists that could remove the old tones from cassette/reel recordings.  You know, the tones that indicate a chapter or whatnot.  My pipedream would be that you could locate that specific tone and take a sample of it, and then the plug-in would scour the entire recording looking for instances of that pitch and then either flag them or remove them instantly.

Does anybody know if such a plug-in exists?  Or does anyone know of any non-Hindenburg programs that could do this?  It seems like a reasonably useful tool.  After all a fair number of commercial editors can remove cassette hiss and pops from vinyl records.  Why not be able to remove other pitches?

Just throwing this out there to pick the collective mind.

Thanks,
-Dan in Minnesota

From: studiotalk [mailto:studiotalk-bounces at islemail.org] On Behalf Of Duran, Christopher at CSL
Sent: Wednesday, May 16, 2018 3:52 PM
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Subject: [Studiotalk] Hindenburg-plug-ins

Good day everyone question,
For those of you using Hindenburg, is anyone using plug-ins?.........Is Hindenburg able to except plug-ins?
Wondering because I would really love to get a de-esser plug-in to  mellow out the sibilance I am getting on most all of my recordings.

Looking forward to your responses Thanks!

Christopher Duran
Audio/Visual Assistant
California State Library
(916) 657-3894
Christopher.Duran at library.ca.gov<mailto:Christopher.Duran at library.ca.gov>

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