Re: [ARSCLIST] The value of the noise (was Re: [ARSCLIST] A/B testing: another approach)

[Jon Noring <jon@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don Cox wrote:

> In my opinion they should be transferred in stereo for the same reason -
> it is easier for the brain to separate the noise from the music.
>
> The converse effect was heard on most vinyl transfers from 78s, where
> the "noise reduction" was just a hard top cut. The noise is then very
> hard to separate from the music (which also loses its higher
> frequencies).

Yes! That is the idea -- an accurate noise print makes it easier for
noise reduction algorithms (which treat different types of noise) to
separate the noise from the signal.

And I also agree about stereo. This provides more information on both
sides of the track which may be used for future restoration.

Jon Noring