Hey David. You said Goldwave, right? Take your sample of noise, and put it on the clipboard. Then select the entirety of the audio, go to effects, filters, noise reduction. Change the preset to "clipboard noise print", and process. See what happens. You could try experimenting with the other presets, or set all the parameters yourself if you really know what you are doing/have time to really play around with frequency analysis and such. You could also try going to the band pass/stop filters and applying the voice hum/hiss removal filter. Actually maybe try this one first as I think it's a "gentler" sort of filter. Be careful applying too many effects at once or you will eventually get something degraded/you don't want -- one at a time is best. Even better though -- reduce the noise altogether. Maybe turn the fan off next time you are recording. Since using the desktop is far more convenient for me than trying to get properly set up on my noiseless laptop, the computer hum is just something I have to contend with -- but I always make sure to turn my air conditioner off, for instance. You can do a lot of cool stuff "in post", obviously, but it's always best to try and fix problems at the source rather than trying to use digital magic to remove them afterwards. So if you're not getting good sound, the first thing to consider is your recording environment, and your microphone.
-----Original Message----- From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of David Mehler Sent: February 16, 2021 03:26 PM To: all-audio@groups.io Subject: Re: [all-audio] podcasting, any tips? Hello, Thanks. I can do a segment of just the background fan audio. It's a standard box fan on the high setting if that helps. I can do a segment, how long, and when I have just that segment what next? Thanks. Dave. On 2/16/21, JM Casey <jmca...@teksavvy.com> wrote: > Hey David. > > Sorry, EQ is just short for "equalisation", which I should have used. > It just means applying an equalizer to the tracks to bring out the > desired frequencies. You may not need it, depending on how yours > sounds after you record. > What kind of background noise is it? It's easy to remove hums and > steady machine-like sounds. You should record a section of nothing > but the noise, then apply a noise reduction thing to reduce that > particular noise/set of frequencies. I record on my desktop and the > fans are fairly noisy -- the noise reduction filter drops that out pretty > nicely. > > For podcasting, consider another microphone -- a unidirectional one > that will just pick up your voice/what's directly in front of it. That > said I don't use one of those currently, but one of those snowball > mics -- it does pick up sound from all around it, but it's quiet > around here as it's just me in this place, so it works ok. Still, a > more studio-oriented mic would be ideal. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of David > Mehler > Sent: February 15, 2021 07:24 PM > To: all-audio@groups.io > Subject: Re: [all-audio] podcasting, any tips? > > Hello, > > Thanks for your reply. What I did with my first go was to make the > podcast then use goldwave's maximize volume option to get the volume > to zero db without clipping. > > I have been reading, and listening to tutorials and presentations > since my first podcast and have learned about vst plugins, that's > where I wondered about a compressor. I've also got some background > noise that my phone microphone picks up. It's from another room about > ten feet maybe 15 feet away I'm actually surprised the mic got it, if > possible i'd like to filter that out. > > Can you explain EQ? > > Thanks. > Dave. > > > On 2/15/21, JM Casey <jmca...@teksavvy.com> wrote: >> Crazy volume differences are one of my pet peeves listening to >> podcasts. I like to listen to them while doing stuff around the home, >> with my desktop PC broadcasting to my bluetooth headphones. It works >> great until someone inserts an audio clip from somewhere, or there's >> a guest on, whose volume is so different from that of the main host >> -- either loud enough to burst my eardrums or so quiet I have to >> crank it and then quickly turn down again when the clip is over. >> Anyway, you say you're already using plugins and doing >> post-processing. Is that not working out for you? What are you doing >> to the audio exactly? >> Noramlising audio volume? >> For your speaking voice, a bit of compression might be nice, but I >> think eq is maybe the most important thing to apply -- in my opinion >> you want to bring out the higher frequencies of the human voice a >> bit, to make things like sibilances clear and well-defined but not so >> sharp that they're distorting (this shouldn't happen so much with a >> good microphone, anyway). >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: all-audio@groups.io <all-audio@groups.io> On Behalf Of David >> Mehler >> Sent: February 15, 2021 06:43 PM >> To: all-audio@groups.io >> Subject: [all-audio] podcasting, any tips? >> >> Hello, >> >> I'm dipping in to podcasting. I've made and submitted one, but think >> I could do better. The podcast is a demo which is recorded on my s10+ >> using amazing >> mp3 recorder, and demoing features of the phone so it's also talking. >> >> One thing I've noticed is sometimes the audio isn't right, it's >> either to loud or not loud enough, I've maximized volume. I am using >> goldwave6 with some added-vst-plugins for post-processing. The files >> are recorded as wav files then saved as 44.1Khz 64Kbps mp3 files. >> >> I thought about giving a compressor a go to make my voice crisper and >> the phone volume more even as well, but don't want to smash things to >> soundly. >> >> I'd appreciate any tips. >> >> Thanks. >> Dave. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > > > > > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#3805): https://groups.io/g/all-audio/message/3805 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80667573/21656 Group Owner: all-audio+ow...@groups.io Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/all-audio/leave/1074140/405281159/xyzzy [arch...@mail-archive.com] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
