About ReTouch

ReTouch allows one to use the renovation program in the "manual" declicking mode, i.e. to overrule decisions made by the outlier detector in the automatic detection (DeClick) mode. By editing the so-called detection files (created by the system during declicking) you can set, cancel or modify detection alarms forcing the system to remove overlooked noise pulses and/or to preserve without changes some genuine signal features misclassified as outliers. An additional, powerful function provided by ReTouch is replacement/reconstruction of fairly large fragments of the sound material, which is pretty useful when coping with some long-lasting disturbances or dropouts.

In order to use ReTouch proceed as follows

1. Indicate the source and destination soundfiles by clicking the corresponding SOURCE and DESTINATION buttons, respectively.

2. Edit the corresponding detection file.

3. Choose the ReTouch command accessible from the Restore menu.

4. Adjust two renovation coefficients (smoothing factor, postfiltering factor) and the range of processing (all, window, block, auto); in case of making large scale interventions indicate the direction of processing (left, right, both).

5. Click the Process button to start processing.

6. Use the Select source dialog to compare results with those obtained previously.

7. If the results are satisfactory press the Accept button; otherwise click ReEdit and return to step 2 above or press Reject and quit manual declicking.

About detection errors

Localizing disturbances

Editing a detection file

Retouching a soundfile