Deconstruct - RX 8 Help

Publish date: 2024-06-17

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Overview

Deconstruct analyzes your audio selection and separates the signal into Tonal, Noisy, and Transient (optionally) audio components. The separate components of the signal can then be cut or boosted individually using their associated Gain control.

Controls

Tonal Gain

Adjusts the level of the tonal components of the signal. Boosting a tonal signal (voice or instrumental) can help lift it out of a noise floor.

Noisy Gain

Adjusts the level of noisy components of the signal. This can be very useful for highlighting areas of raspiness or distortion only, and then attenuating the noisy gain to reduce overall distortion.

Separate Transients

Enables transient separation processing and activates the Transient Gain control.

Transient Gain

Adjusts the level of transient components of the signal. This can work as a transient shaper or a declicker, allowing you to attenuate or boost clicks and attacks.

Transient Separation Performance Note

Tonal/Noisy Balance

Modifies the default weighting of the separation algorithm used by Deconstruct to categorize components of a signal as either “noisy” or “tonal.”

Artifact Smoothing

Reduces “musical noise” artifacts that are often characteristic of FFT-based processing. Increase this slider if Deconstruct’s output sounds watery, but decrease it when too much smoothing reduces the separation between signal components.

What is an FFT?

Fast Fourier Transform: a procedure for the calculation of a signal frequency spectrum. The greater the FFT size, the greater the frequency resolution, i.e. notes and tonal events will be clearer at larger sizes. However, when using FFT-based processing, the more audio you remove from your source, the more likely you are to create undesirable artifacts.

More Information

RX 8.5.0

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