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Chapter 14 Specialized eects and utilities 263
Speech Enhancer
You can use Speech Enhancer to improve speech recordings made with your computer’s internal
microphone, if applicable. It combines denoising, advanced microphone frequency remodeling,
and multiband compression.
Speech Enhancer parameters
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Denoise slider and eld: Drag to determine the noise oor in the recording—from –60 dB to
–20 dB—and thus the amount of noise reduction required. Settings toward –60 dB allow
more noise to pass; settings toward –20 dB increasingly suppress background noise but also
proportionately increase artifacts.
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Mic Correction O/On buttons: Click the On button to improve the frequency response
of recordings made with your built-in microphone, thus creating the impression that an
expensive microphone was used.
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Mic Model pop-up menu: Choose a microphone model to compensate for tonal characteristics
of specic built-in Mac microphones.
Note: You can use the Speech Enhancer eect with other microphones as well, but
microphone correction models are provided only for built-in Mac and iSight microphones.
If you are using a non-Apple microphone, choose Generic from the Mic Correction
pop-up menu.
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Voice Enhance O/On buttons: Click to turn the Voice Enhance multiband compression circuit
o or on.
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Enhance Mode pop-up menu: When Voice Enhance is active, choose an appropriate setting to
make the recorded voice louder and more intelligible:
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(Female or Male) Solo: Choose when the recorded signal consists of a vocal only.
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(Female or Male) Voice Over: Choose when the recorded signal contains both a vocal
performance and a musical or atmospheric bed.