helo with cleaning up a sample

i have a sample i got from a dvd but its strachy at the begining of the sample and i was wondering if there was anyway to mayb lessing severity of the noise on it i appreciate ne help and the only equipment i have is the 1000 and a ibook....thnaks

how would you describe the scratchy noise?

Most likely you can't. I have Pro Tools and a ton of plugins, but nothing can really remove a sound that's already incorporated into the waveform.

But sometimes the offending sound can be disguised or minimized, if you are able to incorporate another sound on top of it, like ride cymbols, or whatever might happen to work.

U should download an audio editor demo or freeversion of any kind that can handle dx/vst plugins. Then u should check out the Waves plug-in bundle about noise-reduction. The bundle consists of 4 plugs (stereo/mono versions) and it can remove some serious crackle and clicks from the source material. I use it on damaged lp's and also it proves often more worthwile to remove just the crackle than actually doin a noiseprint and apply noise reduction wich really can bring down the high's and dull the material.
No plug wont remove however embedded sounds in a sample. What u can do is to observe left and right channel in ur editor and u could interpolate the sample info from one channel into the other (its in the sound forge help if u need more text on this). U could also make a region of the "damaged" area and if the segment is not too long u could make it dual mono by muting one channel that has the most "damaged" data and copying the other channel over it.

PEACE!!

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ -> freeware audio editor

http://mediasoftware.sonypictures.com/d ... efault.asp -> check out the Sound Forge demo (its also pretty easy to get a key to unlock it but u didnt hear that from me )))

www.waves.com -> check out the bundles containing the x-noise etc. plugs and get a demo. It will run 14 days wich gives uy plenty of time to remove some ish from ur samples.

usually i edit-out hiss and cracks using the filters and envelopes. but im sloppy like that. if u take the time u could remove it with a Noise Reduction or Click/pop Remover software pluggin.

WAVES : Restoration bundle

This program is the illest for cleaning up shitty samples

x-click
x-hum
x-noise

Also think about "surgical" EQ, a steep parametric cut or the kind of thing, if you can identify the frequency range of the noise.

If you decided to make stereoroid´s surgical eq, try to lock that noise freq with some analyzer tool. Wavelab has good tools for that purposes but there is a freeware plugin called Inspector Analyzer that makes this job easier. It is in RTAS, VST and AudioUnits formats. I use it in Nuendo and gives me a thrully graphical view of the sound when my cheap Behringer monitors cant help me with a conflictive sound....

Good Luck!!

www.elementalaudio.com/products/inspector/