User Guide

CHAPTER 8
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Effects Menu – Edit View
• If the Transition Width value is too small, other background artifacts may be heard, such as little “tinkles” in the
background.
• If the Transition Width value is set too high, some hiss may remain after processing.
Spectral Decay Rate When audio above the noise floor is encountered, more audio in the same frequency band is
assumed to follow. With low Spectral Decay Rates (measured in percent), less audio is assumed to follow, and the carving
function will cut more closely in time to the frequencies being kept. Values of 40% to 75% work best.
• With Spectral Decay Rates too low, background bubbly effects might be heard, and music may start to sound artificial.
• With Spectral Decay Rates too high (above 90%), unnaturally long tails and reverbs might be added.
Reduce Hiss By When audio components are found below the given noise floor settings, they are reduced up to this
amount, measured in dB.
• With lower reduction amounts (below 6dB) not as much noise is removed, but the original audio signal stays relatively
undisturbed.
• With higher levels (especially above 20dB) dramatic hiss reduction can be achieved, but the remaining audio may start
to be distorted.
Remove Hiss/Keep Only Hiss: For normal operation, choose Remove Hiss. If for some reason you want to extract the hiss
only, choose Keep Only Hiss. All the audio will be removed, leaving only hiss.
Presets Adobe Audition comes with several Hiss Reduction presets. More information on presets can be found in the
“Looking at the Work Area” chapter.
Preview Press the Preview button to audition the current Hiss Reduction setting before you apply it to the waveform.
The selection is looped until you press the Stop button. Since Adobe Audition’s Previews are dynamic, this gives you the
opportunity to make and hear processing adjustments as the selection is continuously played.
Noise Reduction
Adobe Audition’s Noise Reduction function can dramatically reduce background and general broadband noise with a
minimal reduction in signal quality. It can also remove tape hiss, microphone background noise, 60 cycle hum, or any
noise that is constant throughout the duration of your waveform.