Nolan, I have had good results in removing crosstalk by using the Noise Gate function in the SF8 menu. That's Noise Gate rather than Noise Reduction. You need to tinker with the decibel setting - somewhere between -30 and -35 worked best for me without cutting off the speech at the end of phrases, and you still get crosstalk sometimes during the speech, but it made a big difference in the final product.
I endorse Curtis's suggestion (posted later) of using a commercial stereo cassette deck, and resampling and reversing tracks to get the final result. It's a little more technically intensive, but the results are worth it. I would love to know Curtis's secret for removing as much hiss as he does with Noise Reduction. I could never achieve those results, which I am sure is more a comment on the operator than on the product. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nolan Crabb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'PC audio discussion list. '" <Pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 8:18 PM Subject: Sound Forge 8 and Noise Reduction Questions Greetings, all, and thanks in advance for reading this. I'm using Sound Forge 8 to digitize NLS four-track books for use in my Book Port. So here's the question: I'd love to reduce some of the tape hiss I get and to reduce some of the crosstalk that comes about when I record in stereo. (I record using a handi-cassette as my player, record the tapes at double speed, then reverse tracks 3 and 4. I then resample the recordings so the speed is normal, combine the tracks and save them as single MP3 files that I later suck into the Book Port. How do I institute the plug-in that would help reduce at least the hiss if not the crosstalk? Please, no messages about how I need a different player as my source. Trust me, I get that already! Thanks for any help you can give. Nolan Crabb _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com _______________________________________________ PC-Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This list is a service of MosenExplosion.com. To see what other lists we offer, visit us on the web at http://www.MosenExplosion.com
