Sonnox Restore User Manual

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Quick Start Guide for the Oxford DeClicker

1. Lower the DePop Threshold until it is sitting just above the floor of the Excitation Profile.
2. Lower the Sensitivity until only the Pops you want to remove are being removed, and nothing
more.
3. Repeat 1 and 2 for DeClick section.
4. Repeat 1 and 2 for DeCrackle section.
5. Review the material all the way through to check if the settings are good for all the material. If
not, consider snap shot automation of different passages, or for dialogue consider using the
Dialogue Mode.
6. Remember that a useful tip is to automate the Exclude Box Enable button.

Quick Start Guide for Dialogue Mode

1. Click on Dialogue Mode button.
2. Adjust the Voice Threshold slider to make the threshold be just above the background level
while the speaker pauses.
3. Click on the “Below Set” button, and adjust the Threshold/Sensitivity controls of all three
sections to make repairs to the background.
4. Click on the “Above Set” button, and adjust the Threshold/Sensitivity controls of all three
sections to make repairs to the speech.
5. Listen to the material to evaluate the repair work all the way through. If not, consider using the
side-chain to make the Above/Below decision be based on a particular band of the frequency
spectrum rather than the overall level.

To Set up the Side Chain

To set up the Side Chain, first click on the Side Chain button in the listen section of the output
panel, so you hear the output of the Side Chain. Then adjust the LF filter and HF filter to isolate
the band you want to use to feed the Voice Threshold control. What you are hearing is what is
fed to the Voice Threshold, which determines whether the input signal is Above or Below the
threshold. Then go back to listening to the audio output.
You will notice that when you touch the LF or HF controls, the graph shows you an FFT plot of
the signal. You can drag the end stops in (which are the LF and HF controls), and drag the
threshold level (which is the Voice Threshold) to set it all up according to what you are seeing.