Bias SoundSoap Pro

Crackle... hiss... rumble... click... pop... hum... When it comes to audio, it can be a filthy mess out there. Fortunately, the fastest, best-sounding, one-stop audio cleaning solution is now at hand: Bias SoundSoap Pro.

Designed from the ground up for power and efficiency, Bias SoundSoap Pro offers unparalleled noise reduction and audio restoration — with a minimum of tweaking, and greatly reduced chances of undesirable sonic artifacts. That's because Bias SoundSoap Pro takes an innovative approach to the classic problem of restoring audio content.

Competing high-end solutions may do a decent job, but are typically complex, costly, and cumbersome — in some cases forcing you to tweak hundreds of controls before you can get close to your desired results. Based upon newly developed algorithms that are dramatically more "intelligent" and efficient, Bias SoundSoap Pro delivers truly amazing results — faster, more easily, and at a fraction of the cost. Furthermore, its advanced technology means that your final product is far less prone to inadvertent "chirping", "muffling", "flanging", and other artifacts — while preserving your desired content.

Bias SoundSoap Pro's comprehensive approach combines, all in a single plug-in, three reduction and restoration tools — Broadband, Click & Crackle, and Hum & Rumble — plus a sophisticated Noise Gate with visual waveform feedback, for that final polish. A unique, fully integrated interface means you're only one click away from a complete arsenal of tools.

Whether you're archiving from vinyl, transferring studio and live analog recordings, performing forensic audio analysis, or battling a noisy recording environment, Bias SoundSoap Pro scrubs away problems — leaving nothing behind but sparklingly clean results.

Hum & Rumble

Even the faintest hum or rumble can ruin an otherwise perfect instrumental solo or irreplaceable dialogue performance. Need to remove 60Hz hum, 50Hz hum, anything in between, or anything a lot lower? This tool gives you complete control over Q (filter width), Depth, Frequency, and up to 10 Harmonics. And in case you don’t trust your ears, we’ve included a handy Hum meter as your guide.

Click & Crackle

Ideal for serious vinyl noise, static-induced pops, cable connection crackles, or practically any brief and annoying transient, Bias SoundSoap Pro's Click & Crackle tool delivers. A streamlined set of controls — Sensitivity and Threshold — provide instant, effective relief, while you monitor your work visually (via the spectrogram) and audibly (using the ABCD Compare and Noise Only options).

Noise Gate

As Bias SoundSoap Pro's last restoration stage, this fully integrated Noise Gate puts a final polish on your project. Threshold, Attack, and Release controls — accompanied by an impressively useful waveform display — let you easily eliminate whatever noise may still be present between the desired content. The display can even be frozen in time — so you can continue making adjustments at a desired location without stopping audio playback.

Bias SoundSoap Pro Features

• Fastest, most advanced noise reduction & audio restoration solution available
• Compatible with most plug-in hosts from Adobe, BIAS, Cakewalk, Digidesign, Emagic, MOTU, Sonic Foundry and others
• Supports VST, RTAS, DirectX & Audio Units plug-in formats
• Mac OS X & Windows XP compatible
• Unsurpassed combination of performance, speed, & control -- all with minimal unwanted sonic artifacts
• Integrated approach offers four noise reduction & audio restoration tools in a single plug-in; interface suggests order of operations to achieve optimal results
• Total store/recall of all parameters
• ABCD Compare function offers instant comparison of up to four different settings
• Hum & Rumble tool effectively eliminates buzzing & hum from RFI, EMI & other sources; 20 - 500 Hz w/Q (Hum & Rumble), and up to 10 harmonics (Hum); also reduces low-frequency & subsonic rumble
• Click & Crackle tool is ideal for digital transfers of vinyl records; also a great problem solver for pops & other brief, transient problems
• Broadband provides deep, sonically transparent elimination or suppression of tape hiss, tire noise, wind, HVAC noise, fluorescent lighting noise & other continuous broadband problems; operates across 512 distinct audio bands (controlled by 12 Threshold & reduction sliders with grouping capability); also features attack, release, & tilt knobs for greater control
• Noise Gate effectively silences noise that falls between desired program material; also useful for creating a variety of extreme special effects
• Real-time spectrogram provides constant, global visual monitoring of spectral noise; color coding lets users discern problem areas & make required adjustments, while listening to & watching the immediate results
• "Noise Only" button allows the user to hear, on a global level, only what is being removed
• Bypass function bypasses processing either globally or for each tool
• Thumbnail view shows each tool's parameters with a minimum of screen real estate

Bias SoundSoap Pro System Requirements

Mac

• G4 or G5 desktop Apple Macintosh or PowerBook (>500MHz processor recommended)
• Macintosh OS 10.2 minimum
• Compatible RTAS, AU or VST host application

Windows

• Pentium III or Pentium IV desktop or laptop (>800mhz processor recommended)
• Windows XP Home or Professional
• Compatible RTAS, DirectX or VST host application