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  • Upper register noise in string samples

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    I had a piece that required using a cello section in the upper octave of the instrument range. I hadn't worked VSL that high before and was a little surprised when I started hearing a new noise in the samples. It's a hissing sound that notched out partially in the 300-360 range. I checked other OS 1 and 2 samples and the noise is a common occurence in most of them. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone that's been successful in filtering out this noise.
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    @Peregrine said:

    I had a piece that required using a cello section in the upper octave of the instrument range. I hadn't worked VSL that high before and was a little surprised when I started hearing a new noise in the samples. It's a hissing sound that notched out partially in the 300-360 range. I checked other OS 1 and 2 samples and the noise is a common occurence in most of them. I'd appreciate hearing from anyone that's been successful in filtering out this noise.

    Please give a specific range, so that other users can check this for you. C4 is Middle C, to avoid confusion.

    DG
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    As an example, insert a cello section patch of a sustained no vibrato note. I think D5 is the highest note in the instrument range, and I start hearing the offending noise around G4. I honestly hadn't noticed it before. One of my customers pointed it out. She said she heard something odd in the strings of a concerto I'd finished. I put up a patch, and she zeroed right in on it. I think its more noticeable at higher dynamic levels and volume, which makes me think its a resonance that was recorded with the samples.
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    I too have noticed this noise - in exactly the same instrumentation and range.
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    I tried sweeping a cello loop and was somewhat successful in notching out the noise, but not without significant impairment of the underlying cello sound. When I have some time, I'm going to see if Z-noise is more effective.
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    The only hissing I hear is the sound of the bow on the strings. Can you post and example of the sound, if it is something else?

    DG
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    yeah I think you're talking about the noise of the bow on the strings, which is what cello's sound like. Possibly more so when you are close to them

    narco