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Digital Perfomer in the context of television/film scoring and post-production.

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When you are using virtual instruments (strings, solo instruments), do you usually run the audio track through any de-noiser plug-ins? I read that some engineers apply some filter/denoiser to remove any background noise. Library sounds by themselves are usually well recorded and processed by the manufacturers before they are shipped out. Question however is, even if you wanted to clean them, how would you do it without giving the plug-in such as iZotope RX an area to learn (usually the noisy part)? I can think of applying EQ. But a noise removal software? Any tips advice would be helpful on this topic.

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My basic approach is the less processing you apply the better. Applying processing for it's own sake it like a dragon chafing it's own tail. Every added processing plug or device is going to add some kind of coloration. That can get out of control fast and you will be chasing your tail trying to figure it out. Or worse, it'll make it to a TV station or post-session going to DVD or film and get uber-compressed and the stuff you added that you couldn't hear will become a liability.

Less really is more. Of course, if you HEAR something, DO something. But if you don't hear a problem, don't create one by fixing something that may not even be there.

Engineers are paid to engineer. If there's nothing to engineer, don't let them engineer it.

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The only issue I usually run into with noise on samples is at the tail end of a song, when a number of sustained notes are allowed to die out, most typically for me, with Ivory piano. Because each note is sampled individually with natural decay, the cumulative noise of a fistfull of notes that have decayed into the noise floor can become an issue. If so, I'll record and sample the decay passage and apply Isotope RX. Doesn't take too long, and can really help, but is only required when the VI is very exposed.
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When you are using virtual instruments (strings, solo instruments), do you usually run the audio track through any de-noiser plug-ins?
No!

Noise reduction plugins are for noisy tracks.
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Great idea.
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