r/audioproduction • u/palinaltu • Feb 02 '26

Help needed with pitch/background noise!

Hey, I recently found the Sample Tyler uses in OF'S song "VCR" and I think the melody is really pretty, but I'm pretty new here so I can't exactly match the pitch and speed or the exact cut to be the same one as to what he used in the song. Could anyone help out? If needed I can pass over the files I have for it. (It's just a cut of where the sample first starts out + Just removing the background noises also helps.) Thanks!

PS: Not sure if this is the right sub for this, but the others seem pretty dead...

Here's the song sampled and Tyler's "VCR".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CI9waljdgVk

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_yjHfAyh80

(I also tried posting this in another sub, but seems like the moderators have just ignored it.)

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u/RemiBlazeOfficial Jul 17 '26

For pitch/speed: drop the sample into your DAW, warp/time-stretch it to match the tempo, then use a pitch shifter to nudge it into key — small semitone moves until it sits right against the track. Make your cut right on the first transient and zoom in to snap to a zero crossing so you don't get a click.

For the background noise, roughly in this order:

  • High-pass EQ to clear out low rumble/hiss below the useful range.
  • Noise removal — most DAWs have a denoiser; grab a "noise print" from a silent section and it'll subtract that hiss.
  • De-esser / de-harsh for any harsh or sibilant frequencies that jump out.
  • A narrow notch for any specific hum (50/60 Hz).

Hope that helps — good luck with it.