transient designer for voice?

andychamp · 25th May 2007

Can a TD be used to improve the quality of speech on a dictaphone recording? Especially to reduce the ambience that was pushed up by the recorder's built-in limiter.
Any other tools around that fit the bill?
What about plugins?

amishsixstringe · 25th May 2007

I never thought about that, but I would try the Waves TransX plugs. Might help out.

Neil

andychamp · 25th May 2007

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patrox247 · 25th May 2007

The instruction manual claims it can (add punch), but it makes vocals really unnatural. The only time I've had it work on vox, is if a vocalist is too far off the mic and you need to bring it forward. In those cases it can be a lifesaver, but close mic stuff gets a little funkadelic.

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u b k · 26th May 2007

i used it for just that purpose, to kill the traffic noise in between phrases on a poem that was recorded in a parked car with the window down on a busy manhattan street thru a laptop's built-in mic.

it saved the track, whereas gating failed utterly.

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andychamp Lives for gear Joined: May 2005 Location: Basel, Switzerland Posts: 2,872 Thread Starter	transient designer for voice? Can a TD be used to improve the quality of speech on a dictaphone recording? Especially to reduce the ambience that was pushed up by the recorder's built-in limiter. Any other tools around that fit the bill? What about plugins? __________________ André ___________________________________________ "Recording exactly what a musician hears turns out to be a really big deal." Bob Olhsson "Who cares about efficiency, when we're talking about music?" Rupert Neve "it'll sound different through a microphone, anyway" Keith Carlock "no room, no boom!" Michael Wagener

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amishsixstringe Lives for gear Joined: Mar 2007 Location: Athens, Ohio Posts: 1,268	I never thought about that, but I would try the Waves TransX plugs. Might help out. Neil __________________ My Recording Studio Build Thread: http://www.gearslutz.com/board/photo...hens-ohio.html Photobucket Page with TONS more studio photos: http://s152.photobucket.com/albums/s...ding%20Studio/ www.myspace.com/amishelectricchair www.gcrecords.com

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u b k Gear Guru Joined: Oct 2004 Location: The Land of Sunshine Posts: 11,294	i used it for just that purpose, to kill the traffic noise in between phrases on a poem that was recorded in a parked car with the window down on a busy manhattan street thru a laptop's built-in mic. it saved the track, whereas gating failed utterly. gregoire del ubk . __________________ • Tapey Compressor \| Silky Air EQ \| Vibey Plugin Squeezebox... • ...... • Kush Audio: High End Just Got Higher • ____________________

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25th May 2007	#4
patrox247 Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2003 Location: Orange County California Posts: 1,700	The instruction manual claims it can (add punch), but it makes vocals really unnatural. The only time I've had it work on vox, is if a vocalist is too far off the mic and you need to bring it forward. In those cases it can be a lifesaver, but close mic stuff gets a little funkadelic. And here is a picture of a monkey urinating - dfegad