Derived from the Cedar Studio range, new Auto Dehiss and Debuzz offer the same processing plug-ins but with new user interfaces intended to make them quicker and easier to use.
‘Dehissers are prone to generating artefacts known as twittering and glugging, the underwater effect or even space monkeys,’ says Cedar Audio MD, Gordon Reid. ‘It’s sometimes possible to minimise these by manipulating noise fingerprints and parameter values but the amount of noise that you can remove before damaging the wanted signal is limited.’
In contrast, Auto Dehiss removes noise in real time without side-effects. It also retains a manual mode that allows users to manually fine-tune the process if desired. It can be used it to remove tape hiss and other broadband noise when mixing and mastering, in post, and when preparing user copies in libraries and archives.
Debuzz removes all manner of buzzes and hums with fundamentals as high as 500Hz, and can eliminate unwanted harmonics across the entire audio spectrum. It will track wandering tones so that the problems don’t reappear if the fundamental frequency drifts and, unlike traditional filters, can restore the audio without unwanted artefacts and side-effects such as limited bandwidth or the hollow sound introduced by comb filters.
The plug-in can be used in real time when mixing and in post to remove problems such as mains hum, guitar buzz, and lighting buzzes.
Both processes are available immediately and replace the Cedar Studio versions, although these will continue to work on existing systems.
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