Sonnox Oxford Restore User Manual

1 Operation Manual

10 “Exclude Box Show” – This control shows or hides the Exclude Box. The status of Exclude Box Enable is not affected. “Pop-ups” – This contro

11 3.7 DeClicker Signal / Control Flow Diagram 3.8 DeClicker Stereo Behaviour For correct stereo operation, when instantiated into a stere

12 4. The Oxford DeBuzzer 4.1 Basic Operation The Oxford DeBuzzer is divided into two stages: Detection and Removal. Removal of buzz is

13 The second tool to help isolate the fundamental is the large FFT display. The FFT displayed by default in this graph is no ordinary FFT of t

14 quickly wandering fundamental. This mode operates on MF and HF frequency selections only (if Fast is selected in the LF range, the mode is f

15 The CPU usage in Para-EQ mode is dependent on the number of filter sections operative; this is not the case in Comb mode. This is another r

16 This diagram shows a fairly broadband buzz, with elements up to 10kHz or more: The following sequence of figures shows the Audio output

17 Lowering the sensitivity further means the first harmonic appears in the Audio output: Lowering further allows more and more harmonics

18 Clearly here the Sensitivity is far too low. The optimal setting is just before the fundamental appears in the Audio output. The Alternati

19 More harmonics appear: Finally the whole buzz spectrum including the fundamental is in the Audio output: The final settings will be

2 SonnoxSonnoxSonnoxSonnox Restore Operation Manual 1. Introduction The Sonnox Restore suite is a collection of three plug-ins designed to

20 The CPU load of the host computer is also dependent on the number of filters used. While newer high-performance computers can accommodate v

21 “Master Enable” – With Master Enable selected, all processing is active. If not selected, all repairs are disabled, although all the detect

22 “LF”, “MF”, “HF” – These three buttons set which frequency band the big rotary control will operate over. LF = 20Hz to 160Hz. MF = 160Hz to

23 - Smart FFT – permanent accumulation - Smart FFT – with time constant - Minimum FFT “Zoom In” – Allows magnification of the display.

24 4.7 DeBuzzer Signal / Control Flow Diagram 4.8 DeBuzzer Stereo Behaviour For correct stereo operation, when instantiated into a ster

25 5. The Oxford DeNoiser 5.1 Basic Operation The Oxford DeNoiser removes wide-band noise from audio material using a variety of sophist

26 well below valid signal components, but well above the noise floor. If Thresh is set too high, some of the signal will be attenuated; if it

27 The 17 handles are distributed over the entire frequency range. With the display set to linear view (HF view), 10 handles are visible from 2

28 current bias display are not at their null position. A small red or yellow dot appears on the Reset Bias button to indicate that the non-sel

29 Left and Right channels to a bus called Mid, and sending the Left and the phase inverted version of the Right to a bus called Side. Likewi

3 3. The Oxford DeClicker 3.1 Basic Operation The Oxford DeClicker has three main sections: DePop, DeClick and DeCrackle. These three sec

30 Input and Output Sections “Meters” – The input and output meters indicate 1dB per segment for the top 18dB of dynamics range, and 2dB per s

31 “Tune” – In some situations can help to remove musical noise. “Auto” Mode - Enables automatic updating of noise profile and the noise pro

32 “Reset Biases” – When a bias handle is moved this button lights half-bright to indicate that the bias curve is non-null. A single press nul

33 5.8 DeNoiser Signal / Control Flow Diagram 5.9 DeNoiser Stereo Behaviour For correct stereo operation, when instantiated into a ster

34 6. Preset Manager The Sonnox Restore plug-ins come equipped with their own onboard Preset Manager, which is displayed at the top of the

35 Internal Buffer Sizes: Additionally, all three plug-ins use internal buffer sizes of 1024 for 44.1kHz and 48kHz operation and 2048 for 88.2k

36 Width of the Frequency Detect window: LF MF HF Narrow 3% 2% 0.5% Normal 12% 8% 1.5% Wide 20% 12% 2% Resolution of Frequency

37 8. Copyright and acknowledgements The Sonnox Restore suite was developed by the design team at Sonnox Ltd., which includes Nicolas Hayne

38 Platform Specific Supplement S1. Supported Platforms Digidesign ProTools (LE, RTAS, M-Powered) VST Native Audio Units Native Mac OSX 1

4 You can imagine a click as a triangular shaped peak in the excitation profile, wider at the bottom and tapering to a point at the top. Keepin

5 The DePop section can detect events from 10ms down to 1ms. However, it is best to adjust the DePop Threshold and Sensitivity to ensure that t

6 Clicking in the Events Graph will remove any popup graphs such as the Excitation Profiles to expand your view of the Events. 3.4 The Exc

7 3.5 Dialogue Mode The Dialogue Mode is another unique feature of the Oxford DeClicker. It is a complete solution to the problems associated

8 3.6 Description of Controls Touch Pad Controls Several controls in these plug-ins use a Touch Pad associated with a knob or slider. These

9 registered as an event to be repaired. If a peak breaches the threshold line, then it is registered as a detected event and can be repaired.