Plugins available:
- Retouch
- De-Thump
- De-Crackle
- De-Click
- De-Hiss
A new suite of processes for Merging Technologies' 64-bit
Pyramix systems, CEDAR for Pyramix 64™ comprises advanced processes that
allow you to eliminate a wide range of common problems and
significantly improve the sound quality of your audio. Each CEDAR for
Pyramix 64 process has been derived from our multi-award-winning CEDAR
Studio 7™ and CEDAR Cambridge™ flagships, and provides unsurpassed
results, quickly, and with the minimum of fuss and user intervention.
CEDAR for Pyramix 64: Auto declick
Seamlessly eliminating clicks with the minimum of fuss
With both manual- and auto- declicking capabilities, CEDAR for
Pyramix 64 performs at high speed without sacrificing CEDAR quality, and
addresses the widest possible range of scratch and click removal
problems.
Auto declick (which now offers a threshold control for greater
flexibility) incorporates a better impulsive noise detection and a
better interpolator than any previous declicker available for Pyramix.
This results in superior performance across a wider range of material
than ever before. Indeed, this performance is so good that, in most
cases, it's not possible to hear that the signal was damaged prior to
restoration.
CEDAR for Pyramix 64: Auto decrackle
Digging deeper to eliminating crackle and other problems
Based upon the technology that underpinned the renowned CEDAR CR-1,
Auto decrackle boasts a remarkable ability to dig into a damaged signal
to identify and remove all manner of ground-in and grungy crackle
without damaging the wanted audio. It also removes some forms of buzz
and some amplitude distortions from material ranging from cylinder
recordings to current broadcasts contaminated with lighting buzz.
Now offering a threshold control for greater flexibility, it's
amazingly simple to operate and as applicable to film soundtrack
restoration, audio forensics and broadcast as it is to traditional audio
restoration jobs such as CD and DVD remastering.
CEDAR for Pyramix 64: Auto dehiss
Automatic dehissing that really works
Many plug-in dehissers are prone to side-effects known as
twittering and glugging. Auto dehiss embodies a more advanced algorithm
that enables the software to determine the broadband noise content and
remove it without the introduction of those artefacts or other unwanted
side-effects. A manual mode is also offered for fine-tuning the results
when wanted.
Remarkably simple to use, Auto dehiss is nonetheless a
fully-featured package for cleaning up audio for post, CD and DVD
mastering, soundtrack restoration, broadcast, and sound archives.
CEDAR for Pyramix 64: Manual declick
Seamlessly eliminating larger and longer clicks with the minimum of fuss
With both manual- and auto- declicking capabilities, CEDAR for
Pyramix 64 performs at high speed without sacrificing CEDAR quality, and
addresses the widest possible range of scratch and click removal
problems.
Manual declick incorporates a new algorithm capable of restoring
clicks and other problems - such as drop-outs and digital errors - of up
to 2,000 samples duration. It allows users to specify the audio that
constitutes the unwanted noise, and its algorithm - optimised for long
clicks and scratches - will remove noises such as those found on optical
soundtracks, as well as drop-outs and extended digital errors. Simply
mark the offending signal, and Manual declick will eliminate the
problem.
To extend its flexibility and ensure effective restoration in the
widest possible range of cases, two declick models are provided:
Manual Declick A
The general purpose manual declicker; the optimal choice for many situations.
Manual Declick B
Removing extended clicks in the presence of high levels of
background noise can lead to a hole in the background, even though the
music or speech signal is reconstructed correctly. CEDAR's Manual
Declick 'B' algorithm retains the atmos, even when restoring the longest
and most intractable clicks and other impulses.
CEDAR for Pyramix 64: Dethump
Restoring low frequency thumps of up to 100,000 samples duration
Thumps may last for many hundreds of milliseconds, so conventional
declicking processes are unsuitable for restoring audio containing them.
Furthermore, the spectral content of thumps will usually overlap the
genuine signal, so simple high-pass or band-reject filters cannot remove
them without degrading the underlying signal.
Dethump uses the data in and around the damaged signal to build up a
picture of what the low frequency data should have been had the thump
not occurred. The process then replaces the thump with restored low
frequency audio, leaving the undamaged high frequency audio unaffected.
This makes dethump ideal for removing many of the previously intractable
problems associated with optical soundtracks, as well as for restoring
damaged cylinders and discs, and for cleaning modern recordings when,
for example, microphones and stands are bumped. No other process can
analyse and restore damaged signal of up to 100,000 samples duration.
Continuity
The six processes in CEDAR for Pyramix 64 significantly extend
the capabilities of the original CEDAR for Pyramix suite but retain the
family 'feel' so that existing users are immediately comfortable and
productive with the new software.
Authorisation
CEDAR for Pyramix 64 is licensed using the latest revision of CEDAR's HSP-2 dongle.