Reducing Background Noise and remixing Audio Tracks
In this workshop, Steve Adler focuses on reducing background noise and remixing music in order to enhance projects. The workshop offers "hands-on" practice with 10 basic step/skills for reducing noise on audio tracks (1. Opening audio file, 2. Enabling spectral frequency display, 3. Identifying a noise print, 4. Opening noise reduction effect, 5. Capturing noise print, 6. Reducing noise for entire recording, 7. Previewing and adjusting noise reduction, 8. Spectral decay rate, 9. Output noise only, and 10. Saving changes) and remixing music tracks (1. Opening a multitrack session, 2. Enabling remix, 3. Changing the duration of a track, 4. Playing results back, 5. Advanced adjustments, 6. Length adjustments, 7. Rhythmic adjustments (timbre and harmonic structure), 8. Adding length, 9. Minimum loop adjustments, and 10. Maximum slack adjustments).
Tutorial Media Assets
To follow along, step-by-step with the tutorial, use the following link to download the media assets used.
Tutorial_Video Version
Tutorial_PDF 10 Step Guide
Like to have a list of steps for quick reference? Use the following link to download a 10 Step Guide for the tutorial.
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