Track Inspector Window

This window allows you to clean up and enhance your audio, add effect plug-ins to tracks, and make gain and pan settings. You can use the DeEsser, DeNoiser, and DeHummer to clean your audio. The Voice Exciter, Reverb, EQ, and Maximizer allow you to enhance your audio.

  • To open the Track Inspector window, open an audio montage and select Tool Windows > Track Inspector.

Track Color and Name

Track Color

Allows you to specify a color for the waveform of the active track.

Name

Allows you to specify a name for the active track.

Pane Visibility

Allows you to show or hide panes in the Track Inspector window.

The following options are available:

  • Show Clean

  • Show Enhance

  • Show Additional Effects

  • Show Gain

Clean

The Clean pane contains a DeHummer, DeNoiser, and DeEsser to remove unwanted sounds and noises from your audio in real-time.

Fold/Unfold Clean Pane

Folds or unfolds the Clean pane.

Bypass All Effects Displayed here

Bypasses any effect processing during playback and rendering.

DeHummer

DeHummer allows you to decrease power hum interference that is caused by a bad grounding or unreliable recording equipment. This is done by removing the corresponding frequencies from the audio.

The following parameters are available:

  • Reduction allows you to specify the amount of the hum reduction.

  • Listen allows you to listen to the signal that was removed from the audio material. This allows you to verify that you did remove the correct portions of the audio.

  • 50 Hz and 60 Hz allow you to remove harmonic noise with a fundamental frequency at 50 or 60  Hz. These disturbing frequencies can be caused by electric noise due to badly shielded recording equipment, for example.

DeNoiser

DeNoiser allows you to remove noise from the audio material, for example, ambience sound.

The following parameters are available:

  • Reduction allows you to specify the amount of the noise reduction.

  • Listen allows you to listen to the signal that was removed from the original audio material. This allows you to verify that you did remove the correct portions of the audio.

DeEsser

DeEsser is a compressor that reduces excessive sibilance, primarily for vocal recordings.

For example, you can use it when close proximity microphone placement and equalizing lead to situations where the overall sound is just right, but where unwanted sibilants occur.

When recording a voice, the position of DeEsser in the signal chain is usually after the microphone pre-amp and before a compressor/limiter. This keeps the compressor/limiter from unnecessarily limiting the overall signal dynamics.

The following parameters are available:

  • Reduction allows you to specify the amount of the sibilance reduction.

  • Listen allows you to listen to the signal that was removed from the original audio material. This allows you to verify that you did remove the correct portions of the audio.

  • Character allows you to specify the frequency on which the DeEsser is applied. A low Character setting is generally used for low male voices, for example. Higher Character settings generally apply to higher voices of females or children, for example.

  • The Reduction meter shows how much the DeEsser is working.

Enhance

The Enhance pane contains the Voice Exciter, Reverb, EQ, and Maximizer that allow you to increase the clarity, expression, and deepness of your audio in real-time.

Fold/Unfold Enhance Pane

Folds or unfolds the Enhance pane.

Bypass All Effects Displayed here

Bypasses any effect processing during playback and rendering.

Voice Exciter

Voice Exciter allows you to add upper harmonics and increase clarity and intelligibility of your voice recordings.

The following parameters are available:

  • Amount allows you to specify the amount of the effect.

  • Clarity allows you to increase the clarity and intelligibility of your voice recording.

Reverb

Reverb allows you to add more room and space to recordings that sound a bit lifeless.

The following parameters are available:

  • Size allows you to specify the room size.

  • Mix allows you to set the level balance between the dry signal and the wet signal.

EQ

The three band EQ allows you to tame or boost the Low, Mid and High frequency ranges. An additional Low Cut filter allows you to cut the low end below 30 Hz for even more clarity.

The EQ bands have the following specifications:

  • Low: low-shelf, frequency 250 Hz, 12 dB/octave

  • Mid: peak, frequency 1500 Hz, Q 1, 12 dB/octave

  • Hi: high-shelf, frequency 5000 Hz, 12 dB/octave

Maximizer

Maximizer allows you to add loudness and punch to your recording while making sure that the signal does not exceed -1 dB. The Optimize dial lets you specify how much compression is applied.

Additional Effects

The Additional Effects pane allows you to add more track effects.

Fold/Unfold Additional Effects Pane

Folds or unfolds the Additional Effects pane.

Bypass All Effects Displayed here

Bypasses any effect processing during playback and rendering.

Add Effect

Allows you to add an effect.

Effect Name

Click the effect name to open the corresponding effects window. Right-click an effect name to open the Plug-ins menu where you can select a new effect.

Latency

If a plug-in has latency, the latency value is displayed next to the plug-in name.

Presets

Allows you to save and restore plug-in presets.

Effect Options

Opens the Plug-ins menu where you can select a new plug-in and remove the plug-in.

Bypass Effect

Bypasses the plug-in during playback and optionally during rendering. The signal is still processed by the plug-in, but is not injected in the audible stream.

Gain

In this pane, you can edit Gain and Pan settings of your tracks.

Fold/Unfold Gain Pane

Folds or unfolds the Gain pane.

Bypass All Effects Displayed here

Bypasses any effect processing during playback and rendering.

Gain

Allows you to set the gain for the effects.

Pan

Allows you to set the pan for the track effects.