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  • Page 1 U S E R M A N U A L...

  • Page 2: Contact Details

    CONTACT DETAILS If you would like to get in touch with us, please e-mail: info@tcelectronic.com. Alternatively, you may contact the TC Electronic distributor in your area, or write to: TC ELECTRONIC A/S Customer Support Sindalsvej 34 Risskov DK-8240 Denmark www.tcelectronic.com e-mail: support@tcelectronic.com...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    WELCOME TO RESTORATION SUITE ........

  • Page 4: Welcome To Restoration Suite

    – now with extended functionality and POWERCORE sup- port. Together, Noveltech and TC Electronic will continue to expand the feature set of the RESTORATION SUITE – our goal is to deliver the best and most complete restoration solution to you! Enjoy!

  • Page 5: Getting Started

    ERCORE. CPU PERFORMANCE NOTE RESTORATION SUITE is a set of hybrid Plug-Ins, utilizing native CPU processing and POWERCORE DSP processing at the same time. This allows us to combine the key advantages of both native and DSP processing technologies for optimal sound quality and the best real-time results.

  • Page 6: Glossary Of Terms

    It is always best to get the Fingerprint of the noise you wish to remove as isolated as possible. Scratch A scratch can be recognized as an aperiodic (occasional) burst artifact with a long duration and relatively high gain. A scratch will be characterized as an artifact from 200 to 2000 samples in length. RESTORATION SUITE...

  • Page 7: General Plug-In Controls

    GENERAL PLUG-IN CONTROLS The RESTORATION SUITE Plug-Ins are designed for consistency and ease of use; as a result, the Plug-Ins share many common controls. This portion of the manual will explain controls common to all or most of the RESTORATION SUITE Plug-Ins.
  • Page 8 “jump” back and forth; preventing you from accurately comparing processed and unprocessed audio. RESTORATION SUITE’s internal bypass function takes the latency into account, allowing for hassle-free comparison before and after processing! RESTORATION SUITE...

  • Page 9: Waveform Display Options

    Again, these clicks reflect the amplitude of the artifact signal: large spikes imposed on the waveform will indicate clicks, scratches and pops, while lower level red lines will reflect crackle. This view is best used with low-level signals. RESTORATION SUITE...

  • Page 10: Declick

    Move the Threshold fader slowly up and down to find the proper setting, where most of the clicks and crackle are removed, but the sound itself isn’t affected. TIP: Occasionally refer to the Audition Mode to confirm that you are not removing important source signal. RESTORATION SUITE...
  • Page 11 Second’ will let you know the number of clicks detected in your signal over a period of time, averaged per second. ‘Avr Click Length’ will let you know the average length of a click in a sample value. RESTORATION SUITE...

  • Page 12: Decrackle

    Decrackle. This 3rd mode actually shows best how much the plug-in is working: The more you see in this display mode, the more signal is removed. Therefore, this setting ("removed”) is the default setting of Decrackle. RESTORATION SUITE...
  • Page 13 Watch out for rhythmic patterns: If the signal that is removed shows some rhythmic/periodic behaviour, this is most likely already part of your music signal. Set the Threshold to a higher value. RESTORATION SUITE...

  • Page 14: Denoise

    Let’s first have a look at the parameters avail- able in the Denoise user-interface: REDUCTION AMOUNT IN/OUTPUT CONTROLS AND OPTIONS DISPLAY OPTIONS SPECTRAL DISPLAY FINGERPRINT SETTINGS PRESET MANAGER CHARACTER TYPE AUTOMATIC MODE SETTINGS LATENCY ADJUSTED BYPASS/AUDITION REDUCTION SETTINGS RESTORATION SUITE 10 /...

  • Page 15: Automatic Mode

    The automatic mode will automatically detect the parts of the audio that are noisy, and will set itself accordingly. The amount of reduction is set by the general parame- ters of denoise (see: mode independent parameters). RESTORATION SUITE / 11...
  • Page 16 500ms is enough for a good fingerprint, shorter times are not recommended for standard noise reduction, but they are certainly possible. TIP: Experiment with different ‘Capture Time’ values to remove periodic noise such as hum, computer noise and room ambience. RESTORATION SUITE 12 /...
  • Page 17 Note: When entering Draw mode when no fingerprint is active, there is an empty fingerprint line at 0dB with two handles; one each at the left and the right. RESTORATION SUITE / 13...
  • Page 18 ‘darker’ or ‘less brilliant’ than the clean signal. This happens simply because the high frequencies from the noise are removed along with the noise. This is especially true of Type 1. By selecting Type 2, the RESTORATION SUITE 14 /...
  • Page 19 TIP: When adjusting ‘Character’ types, it is advised to store your current configuration into one of the A or B temporary locations to adjust your work and quickly compare the differences between the two ‘Character’ types. RESTORATION SUITE / 15...

  • Page 20: Descratch

    This parameter determines Descratch’s processing strength: high values will leave most of the signal untouched, whereas lower values might have Descratch remove more than just clicks and crackle. Move the Threshold fader slowly up and down, to find the proper setting. RESTORATION SUITE 16 /...
  • Page 21 1, while rather long scratches will derive noticeably better results when a Quality setting of 3 is selected. TIP: If you use a lower Quality value for tuning the plug-in, it is recommended to change the Quality to maximum value before rendering. RESTORATION SUITE / 17...
  • Page 22 ‘Avr Size’ indicates the average length of a scratch in samples. ‘Per Second’ will let you know how many scratches are detected per second. RESTORATION SUITE 18 /...

  • Page 23: Dethump

    Effect or Mono-to-Mono Effect (depending on the host application and the individual track settings). Please note that DeThump is – as the other Restoration Suite plug-ins – a hybrid plug- in, that requires both DSP power from the PowerCore hardware as well as native CPU power.
  • Page 24 “thump” noise, it will be neces- sary to fix the higher frequency content by using DeScratch and/or Declick. A typical restoration chain might look like this: DeThump ---> DeScratch ---> DeClick ---> DeCrackle ---> DeNoise RESTORATION SUITE 20 /...
  • Page 25 This is especially good if some thumps are more easily detected on one channel, but also occur on the other channel, but less drastic. This will allow for a less aggressive Threshold setting. RESTORATION SUITE / 21...
  • Page 26 METERS / LEVELS Sets the Input level of the plug-in. It may be necessary to lower the input level if sig- nals close to full scale are fed to the plug-in. Sets the Output level of the plug-in. RESTORATION SUITE 22 /...

  • Page 27: Preset Management

    RESTORATION SUITE presets. QUICK PRESET COMPARISON The ‘A / B’ function of the RESTORATION SUITE PLUG-INS allow for a quick comparison of two different settings. Select ‘Store’ and then ‘A’ or ‘B’ to save a setting into either the ‘A’...
  • Page 28 MAC OS X Files are stored in your user folder: ~ \ Library \ Application Support \ TCWorks \ Restoration Suite \ TCDeclick ~ \ Library \ Application Support \ TCWorks \ Restoration Suite \ TCDenoise ~ \ Library \ Application Support \ TCWorks \ Restoration Suite \ TCDecrackle...

  • Page 29: Tutorial

    XL. To handle all possible restoration scenarios, you will want to be able to load at least 4 Plug-Ins in series. While RESTORATION SUITE can be used as a track insert in a multi-channel application, the more RESTORATION SUITE Plug-Ins you load in series, the greater the latency.

  • Page 30: Appendix A: Processing Delay

    The following chart will provide you with offset values, in samples, for each Plug-In at specific sample rates. If you use the RESTORATION SUITE Plug-Ins as inserts in a multi-channel application, you will want to set your track backwards in time in order to line up with the other tracks in you mix.

  • Page 31: Appendix B: Cpu Overloads In Wavelab

    USING RESTORATION SUITE PLUG-INS IN THE MASTER FADER If you are using the RESTORATION SUITE Plug-Ins in the host application’s ‘Master Fader’, it is not required to use a TC COMPENSATOR or to have ‘Automatic Plug-In Delay Compensation’ active. Signals processed with RESTORATION SUITE Plug-Ins in the Master Fader are uniformly delayed.

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