aristotle_kumpis Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Does anyone know of a piece of software or plug in that allows you to edit audio using a spectral view rather than a waveform view? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundslikejustin Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Izotope RX standalone (plugin doesn't give you full editing capabilities) Or ReNovator. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Adobe Audition (once Cool Edit) has offered spectral editing for a few years: http://www.adobe.com...n/features.html Spectral editing demo (of current version... I think) http://tv.adobe.com/watch/audition-feature-tour/spectral-editing-techniques-in-adobe-audition-for-the-mac/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristotle_kumpis Posted February 29, 2012 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Thanks guys. I'm a Peak user, so Izotope RX 2 looks like a really neat product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Feeley Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Thanks guys. I'm a Peak user, so Izotope RX 2 looks like a really neat product. It is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BAB414 Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Izotope RX standalone (plugin doesn't give you full editing capabilities) Or ReNovator. +1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Jabour Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Audacity also has a spectral view. Having not done much editing that way I'm unsure how good it is. Why would you use spectral over wave form btw? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Rose Posted February 29, 2012 Report Share Posted February 29, 2012 Confirming that Audacity has spectral view. Also it'll display waveforms as either linear voltage (standard in every other program) or log. The log view more accurately reflects what you hear, and prevents details from getting buried in wide-range stuff. Now if only it would scrub... On the other hand, you can't beat FREE! As far as editing spectral view, I can imagine it being handy if you're editing something with a lot of noise outside the dialog band, or music where you're interested in seeing a melody line. This is spectral speculation, of course... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aristotle_kumpis Posted March 6, 2012 Author Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Audacity also has a spectral view. Having not done much editing that way I'm unsure how good it is. Why would you use spectral over wave form btw? The cool thing about spectral editing is that you can actually see the different frequencies in an audio file, and allows you to remove it. The editors on the Tron film used it on dialog to get rid of a high pitch frequency that was caused by the costumes. Its like using Photoshop on an audio file. Very cool technology. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundslikejustin Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 The cool thing about spectral editing is that you can actually see the different frequencies in an audio file, and allows you to remove it. The editors on the Tron film used it on dialog to get rid of a high pitch frequency that was caused by the costumes. Its like using Photoshop on an audio file. Very cool technology. That was ReNOVAtor. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccsnd Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 +1 for the izotope programs/plug-ins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greg sextro Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 +1000 for izotope rx. when i edit dialog i spend probably half my time in that program... being able to remove sirens from the background of dialog tracks = awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheAudioSynthesist Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Izotope is pretty wicked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gotham Sound Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Does anybody here use Spectral Layers? http://www.divideframe.com/?p=spectrallayers It looks like Izotope (a program I use often) PLUS Photoshop. Peter Schneider Gotham Sound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundslikejustin Posted March 6, 2012 Report Share Posted March 6, 2012 Does anybody here use Spectral Layers? http://www.dividefra...=spectrallayers It looks like Izotope (a program I use often) PLUS Photoshop. Peter Schneider Gotham Sound *lifts chin off the ground* you can do this in Izotope RX, but it's not this EASY. Incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted March 8, 2012 Report Share Posted March 8, 2012 Yikes! Spectral Layers is $2200! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conleec Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 Marc, I think you're mistaken about the price, right? Isn't it less than $300 street? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundslikejustin Posted December 1, 2012 Report Share Posted December 1, 2012 $281.21. Much cheaper than Izotope RX or Iris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc Wielage Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 It was $2200 a year ago -- but it looks like Sony cut the price down to below $300 once they bought the product. I'm very happy with iZotope RX2, plus it works on the Mac (both self-contained and also with plug-ins for Pro Tools as well). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conleec Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 Yeah, I have iZotope RX2 and love it as well. But, just to be fair, Spectral Layers works on the Mac too. Although not as a plugin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boomboom Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 I sometimes check the Sony forums for audio-video editing and found this about Spectral Layers a few months ago so you might want to check it out before going this way. Izotope RX has been there for years now and it's working great. All in all, Sony sadly seems to don't give a heck about BWF format so far. Call it shooting yourself in the foot if you want my opinion, cause their soft is very intuitive and easy to get grips on. http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/forums/ShowMessage.asp?ForumID=59&MessageID=821567 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdog Posted December 2, 2012 Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 +1000 for izotope rx. when i edit dialog i spend probably half my time in that program... +1000 more - I could not imagine audio post without this tool. Well, I could imagine it because this tool didn't always exist. But I would NEVER want to go back to working without it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cory Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 Anyone have the time to compare the efficacy of Spectral Layers vs. Izotope RX 2? Which one can do more damage in a knife fight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soundtrane Posted June 1, 2013 Report Share Posted June 1, 2013 Cory, think no further - RX2 it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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