cleaning up old tape recording

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  1. spacetime

    spacetime Platinum Record

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    there is an old tape voice recording i want to clean up

    if its too much effort ill just leave as it is, but i rather ask here first since i dont have expierience with that

    there are slight crackles which i dont care about, some background hiss which i would like to remove if it does not affect the overall quality of the tape

    there is also some reverb which i would like to retain

    soo, can this be done easily on the cheap?
     
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  3. TheMoss

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    I can suggest one option for cleaning i've recently using for tame transients. Try lowering any transient designer's sustain option. It might be help to clean crakcle on the space between the hard transients.

    I do not know if it helps but give it a shot.
     
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    "Cheap" is relative. There are great programs like iZotope RX7 and Klevgränd Brusfri that will do a great job, easily.
    There are also de-reverb plugins that allows you to increase the reverb tail, if that's your thing.
     
  5. spacetime

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    thanks frienz

    pluginboutique is giving away, cheapo, RX7 Lite or something, so ill try that out

    Code:
    https://www.pluginboutique.com/articles/1616
     
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