Hi!
I'm recording on acoustic piano and nothing else.
Since it's a close mic recording, my goal is to remove or attenuate the pedal sounds since they are can be distracting on some sound systems. Here is an example of what I'm dealing with:
What is the best workflow to use with RipX to accomplish this without otherwise compromising the quality of my recording? I've tried a few different options based on the blogs, but I'm wondering if there are any specific recommendations for this specific use case.
In some cases, RipX is identifying the piano as multiple instruments but sometimes it does identify the pedal noise as Kick, so that's helpful. Other times, the pedal noise is identified as piano and then I'm not sure if I would be compromising the quality of the recording by changing that element.
Are there any plans to introduce specialized piano pedal/damper noise detection?
Also, the always-on requirement would be a problem for me vs RX and I don't want to be left stranded. Are there more details on how the offline activation works?
Thanks!
Here's what I've tried.
I load the WAV as Multiple Instruments & Sounds and checking all the instruments.
Then I listen to the Layer identified as Kick. This sounds like the pedal/damper thud to me and so I mute it.
Then I export everything to a WAV at the original quality.
In the resulting WAV most of the pedal thuds are gone but the rip simply does not sound good. It has hi freq distortion that was not in the original WAV.
What am I doing wrong in this workflow?
I tried to troubleshoot this.
In RipX, I selected Edit -> Reset Rip.
I then exported with the original quality settings and no other changes. I could still hear high frequency distortion that was not present in the original.
What could be happening here? Shouldn't the export result in an identical digital copy of the original?
Distortion of the original waveform for what should be a no-op wouldn't be usable, in my opinion.
Thanks for any help or ideas.
Is it possible to share the WAV file you opened with RipX? (If you'd prefer to do this privately, please send us a message via https://hitnmix.com/contact/ and say that it's for my attention. I will then give you further instructions.)
If you work in a post-production environment or similar, offline activation is available for the macOS version of RipX DeepAudio only.
