The monitor section has two options:
Voice - Monitors the original audio after the breaths have been reduced or
removed.
Breath - Monitors what has been reduced or removed from the original audio.
WORKING WITH DEBREATH.
Working with DeBreath is much like working with a gate. First, you set rules
about what is to be processed and what is to be ignored. Then, you decide what
to do with the selected material.
To get started, insert DeBreath onto your vocal track. When you play audio
through the plug-in, DeBreath will automatically begin looking for breaths.
Next, you should evaluate the detection quality, to see if DeBreath is making the
choices you like. Solo the vocal track in your workstation, then use the Monitor
switch to choose between Voice path and Breath path. This way you can hear
what you?re removing or what you are keeping to determine if you need further
adjustments of the Breath or Energy thresholds, or the Fade In/Out constants.
Here?s how. Set the Monitor switch to Breath. If your breath detection settings
are correct, you should hear only breaths, with no pitched sounds. The Voice
path should be effectively free of breath sounds. Use particularly problematic
breath segments to fine-tune the detections settings, then re-check the entire take
to make sure you are not over- or under-detecting. Repeat this procedure -
balancing the severe breaths with the average program breaths - to perfect your
detection parameters.
Setting the thresholds
Breath Threshold -
As explained earlier, the Breath rating is a statistical figure derived from a
template-matching algorithm. The Breath threshold sets a reference point where
events with values above the threshold are very likely to be breaths. Events with
values lower than the threshold are likely not breaths. The default Breath
threshold is a good overall setting, so we recommend you start there.
When you encounter problem segments, first you will identify the segment by
ear and find the corresponding graphic area on the Breath graph. Then, set the
Breath threshold just below the breath?s peak on the graph.
Energy Threshold -
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