Terratec SOUNDLAUNDY User Manual
Manual (English)
03.08.01
Contents
1. Overview..............................................................................................................................3
2. Getting Started ....................................................................................................................4
3. Playback Section .................................................................................................................5
4. Processing Section ..............................................................................................................6
5. Descratcher .........................................................................................................................7
6. Denoiser..............................................................................................................................8
7. Application Tips...................................................................................................................9
8. Keeping in Touch................................................................................................................11
Fig.1: The Sound Laundry™ TerraTec Edition window.
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1. Overview
Introduction
Sound Laundry™ TerraTec Edition is a powerful tool for cleaning up problematic and historic
recordings directly on your PC. It helps you remove or significantly reduce unwanted audio,
maintaining authentic sound with almost no degradation of its original quality.
Sound Laundry™ TerraTec Edition is an ideal enhancement for audio editing and CD
recording programs, especially, if you are in interested in transferring all your treasures from
tape, vinyl or even shellac records to CD using TerraTec PhonoAmp. The Sound Laundry™
TerraTec Edition offers almost full functionality comparing to our Sound Laundry Compact ™ .
It was developed especially for the multi-media user who does not want to spend hours
learning complicated processing procedures, as well as the meanings and uses of the neverending parameter adjustments needed by other professional software. Both processing
modules, Descratcher and Denoiser require setting up only two parameters for optimization,
usually within a few seconds. You can easily do this during real-time playback. In addition,
you can adjust the volume and the timbre (bass/treble) of the cleaned output signal.
Features:
· real-time operation with 166 MHz MMX Pentium under Windows® 95/98/Me/NT/2000
· high stability because of stand-alone operation
· 44.1 kHz / 16 bit ”red book” WAV format accepted
· the world’s fastest off-line processing
· easy, intuitive interface
· remove transient noises like clicks, spikes, static discharge, crackles, pops, surface noise
· reduce constant background noise like hiss, hum, and thyristor buzz
· soften digital distortion and mask drop-outs
· real-time preview while fine-tuning the parameters
· unique difference function for monitoring the noise being removed
· all calculations with up to 80-bit floating-point accuracy
Typical Applications:
· archiving and restoration of historic audio materials
· remastering old recordings to CD: shellac, vinyl, tape
· removing noise from demos recorded onto cassette decks
· cleaning up noisy dialogs or telephone cuts
· reducing noise for AM radio, short-wave radio, and FM broadcast
· removing broadband noise from video tracks
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2. Getting Started
Installation
Sound Laundry™ TerraTec Edition is delivered on a CD configured for automatic installation. If
the AutoStarter application does not start automatically, simply double-click autorun.exe (to
be found within the root directory of the CD) and follow the on-screen instructions.
For a quick check of the Sound Laundry™ TerraTec Edition installation, simply click
select the democlic.wav file for processing. Sound Laundry™ TerraTec Edition supports wave
files according to the red book standard: 16-bit / 44.1 kHz.
and
Operation
Sound Laundry™ TerraTec Edition features an intuitive interface. Following the steps below
you can get professional-quality results when cleaning up scratchy or noisy recordings in
minutes.
1. Open the File Menu by clicking the [LOAD] button.
2. Chose the WAV file you intended to process.The desired file will be loaded and its
waveform will appear in the waveform window.
3. Start playback with the
and observe the peak-level meter as well as the Analyzer windows showing input signal,
output signal and noise profile. You can stop the playback with the
”rewind” to the beginning with the
any point you like by snapping the cursor in the waveform window and placing it at the
desired position.
button. At this point you should be able to hear the sound
button and
. During the playback it is possible to restart from
4. If your recording is contaminated with strong transient noises like spikes or clicks, set up
the declick fader.
5. If your audio material contains crackles or thyristor buzz, set up the decrackle fader.
6. If you need to remove broadband noise like tape hiss or remaining vinyl surface noise, use
the Denoiser; set up threshold and reduction faders.
7. To compare the original sound with the restored sound, click the box [bypass all].
8. To hear only the ”garbage” being removed, activate our unique [difference] feature.
9. Adjust volume and bass/treble sliders according to your taste.
10. Click [STORE] to store the final processed audio material to a new file. Such files (in 16-bit
format) can be then written to a CD using any recording program capable of burning audio
CDs.
11. How to adjust the parameter of the Descratcher and the Denoiser to gain the best possible
audio quality is described in the sections Descratcher, Denoiser and Application Tips
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