I'm trying to edit a podcast where there were a few microphone bumps or table kicks and they are recorded at the same time as someone is talking. I literally have no prior knowledge on audio editing, and everything I know, i learned this morning. Noise Reduction, Equalizing, and leveling. Anyway, can you direct me to a video, record a video, or respond to this in a way that makes sense to an uneducated editor on how to remove these bumps or table kicks? I was told to use a spectrum analyzer, but I don't know anything about frequencies and everythings confusing, and I can't figure out how to use spectrum analysis in Audacity.
Question for you. I’m really new to audacity. I’m attempting to make a subliminal recording but all I can find are videos saying to lower the volume of the affirmations to below the masking music. What I’d love to know is how to alter the affirmations so that they play above human hearing levels to create a silent subliminal. Can you help?
I've never made a subliminal recording so am unable to suggest anything to help. I don't even know what the human hearing levels are set to. Good luck.
Your voice is absolutely wonderful. Can you please tell me what microphone you used for this recording? I realize of course that you would sound great on any microphone but us plebs need all the help we can get and my cheep microphone sounds as if I can only afford to live in a cave, so I need to upgrade. Thanks, Sally
Sarah Chopping How absoultely sweet Sarah! thank you for the wonderful compliment. I used a Yeti Blue microphone that cost me about 100 dollars US two years before so it isn't very cheap. But it does give a very nice bass sound and I love it. The LibriVox forum has extensive comparisons of micro[hones and many of them sound great and cost less. Best of luck and keep recording. !!!!
I literally just saw you in the LibriVox forums, Phil. Hey, your voice also sounds familiar. Did you by any chance narrate "six creepy tales by Edgar Allen Poe?"
It's been a quite a few years, but yes I did indeed narrate those creepy tales. Don't know if they were really creepy, I just loved them. Glad to have you as part of LibriVox Kevin. Hope you are having fun.
I use a high pass whenever my ears tell me my track has too much rumbling bass. so at the start or the middle, it doesn't matter. I usually try a portion first to see if it helps, then do the whole track.
Hi Phil! Thanks again for sharing!! I was wondering if there is a way to go back to "default settings" after trying to make unsuccessful changes to a recording (after having saved it in Audacity and closing it). Example, one of my recorded chapters makes a "wah-wah" sound, similar to when one window is cracked open in a car. Any suggestions? Thanks again!
Hi Bubbly (I bet your voice is just fabulous!). by default I assume you mean to go back to the 'original' recording before messing with it. Nope. Once you have saved an AUP, whatever is there is there and you will need to mess with it some more to remove the wah-wah. Which is why the 'preview' button is just wonderful to check out any changes before saving them. (And stop going 'wha-wha' into the mocrophone or recording in a moving car ..just kidding )
Phil Chenevert But the car is where I do my best recordings! Haha! Thanks for the info Phil. I know I'll still be able to fix it somehow. I guess that's the beauty of Audacity; eventually, the recording WILL sound good!! I narrate through ACX mostly but would love to do more commercials - they're sooo much easier!! Haha!
This is helpful, thank you!!! But what if I want to make audible noise frequencies outside the range human ears can process as i know spirit voices sometimes are outside the range of frequencies the human ears can hear and process???
Interesting, but Humans sound equipment wont do that in this case ;). First, you need a portable frequency counter, 10 Hz to 2.6 GHz costs around $50, once you have a known frequency band you can target a radio transceiver and capture it to a PC. BEWARE, you might get caught in the process. My 2 cents
No. Noise Reduction only reduces the volume in 'silences', the space between speaking . High pass filter reduces the volume of all freauencies below your set point for the entire track (or whatever part you select). so high pass flter reduces your spoken sections as well as the silences be tween words. That's the best I can explain it. but there is a difference!
@@cajun5454 Thanks Phil. So applying high pass filter will reduce the low rumble below the selected value (say 12 db) throughout the track. I suppose I can use the Amplification effect after I use the high pass to increase the overall volume of the track. Thanks Phil. You are a very very helpful. Do let me know what you mean by 'but there is a difference' if you can.
Just that there is a difference between the two. Not sure why I added that comment. And yes, high pass filter will reduce the low runble just as you said and then you can amplify the whole track. easy peasy.
Would this be good to remove background/ambient noise like pc fans etc? The reason why i ask is because i have a condenser and live in a house with lots of noise and with the noise removal i always end up reducing alot of the vocal quality( like it´s underwater) in order to significantly reduce the background noise. Obviously getting a dynamic mic and treating the room would be much better options but would this be a viable option?
I was actually looking for how to Low-Pass Filter, but this helped me remove some damn annoying noise in the background of my video. Thank you.
Thank you for the quick and effective tutorial!
I'm trying to edit a podcast where there were a few microphone bumps or table kicks and they are recorded at the same time as someone is talking. I literally have no prior knowledge on audio editing, and everything I know, i learned this morning. Noise Reduction, Equalizing, and leveling. Anyway, can you direct me to a video, record a video, or respond to this in a way that makes sense to an uneducated editor on how to remove these bumps or table kicks? I was told to use a spectrum analyzer, but I don't know anything about frequencies and everythings confusing, and I can't figure out how to use spectrum analysis in Audacity.
Excellent tutorial. Thank you for sharing.
My pleasure Tim. I use these things evey day and love 'em.
This was very helpful. Thanks!
Thanks for this video, it was fantastic. :)
Question for you. I’m really new to audacity. I’m attempting to make a subliminal recording but all I can find are videos saying to lower the volume of the affirmations to below the masking music. What I’d love to know is how to alter the affirmations so that they play above human hearing levels to create a silent subliminal. Can you help?
I've never made a subliminal recording so am unable to suggest anything to help. I don't even know what the human hearing levels are set to. Good luck.
Phil Chenevert
Damn... that sucks. Well, I appreciate the response. So far you’re the only one to answer back.
Would you let me email you a voice recording and filter it and send it back? I cannot figure out how to eliminate the background noise.
Sure. philchenevert@gmail.com let me know what you think the freq of the background noise is. I will give it a shot.
Your voice is absolutely wonderful. Can you please tell me what microphone you used for this recording? I realize of course that you would sound great on any microphone but us plebs need all the help we can get and my cheep microphone sounds as if I can only afford to live in a cave, so I need to upgrade.
Thanks,
Sally
Sarah Chopping How absoultely sweet Sarah! thank you for the wonderful compliment. I used a Yeti Blue microphone that cost me about 100 dollars US two years before so it isn't very cheap. But it does give a very nice bass sound and I love it. The LibriVox forum has extensive comparisons of micro[hones and many of them sound great and cost less. Best of luck and keep recording. !!!!
Thank you. I am utterly amazed that you can get that quality of sound with a USB microphone!
Sarah Chopping Thanks again. I am sometimes amazed myself. (mainly that I can still get up in the morning!) t
Hi Phil,
I converted a cassette to mp3, removed noise, etc. The voice of the person reading the book sounds hollow. Is there any fix? Thanks
I literally just saw you in the LibriVox forums, Phil. Hey, your voice also sounds familiar. Did you by any chance narrate "six creepy tales by Edgar Allen Poe?"
It's been a quite a few years, but yes I did indeed narrate those creepy tales. Don't know if they were really creepy, I just loved them. Glad to have you as part of LibriVox Kevin. Hope you are having fun.
Do you add it after you put it on effects or before?
I use a high pass whenever my ears tell me my track has too much rumbling bass. so at the start or the middle, it doesn't matter. I usually try a portion first to see if it helps, then do the whole track.
@@cajun5454 Ok thanks
Hi Phil! Thanks again for sharing!! I was wondering if there is a way to go back to "default settings" after trying to make unsuccessful changes to a recording (after having saved it in Audacity and closing it). Example, one of my recorded chapters makes a "wah-wah" sound, similar to when one window is cracked open in a car. Any suggestions? Thanks again!
Hi Bubbly (I bet your voice is just fabulous!). by default I assume you mean to go back to the 'original' recording before messing with it. Nope. Once you have saved an AUP, whatever is there is there and you will need to mess with it some more to remove the wah-wah. Which is why the 'preview' button is just wonderful to check out any changes before saving them. (And stop going 'wha-wha' into the mocrophone or recording in a moving car ..just kidding )
Phil Chenevert But the car is where I do my best recordings! Haha! Thanks for the info Phil. I know I'll still be able to fix it somehow. I guess that's the beauty of Audacity; eventually, the recording WILL sound good!! I narrate through ACX mostly but would love to do more commercials - they're sooo much easier!! Haha!
Thanks Sir, but have you tried applying it to this video?. Thanks :)
Ha! This video does indeed need some help, eh? Sadly I don't know how to do it. Thanks anyway.
I meant saying thx, and wasn't being sarcastic, no you sure do, but u missed it applying it on this VO. Thx again
I recently did a recording and had a dog barking at a high pitch in the background. How can I eliminate that?
HPF won't do, the Barking is around 1k-2k, which means its in the mid-range just like our voices, Spectral editing should do
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This is helpful, thank you!!! But what if I want to make audible noise frequencies outside the range human ears can process as i know spirit voices sometimes are outside the range of frequencies the human ears can hear and process???
Interesting, but Humans sound equipment wont do that in this case ;). First, you need a portable frequency counter, 10 Hz to 2.6 GHz costs around $50, once you have a known frequency band you can target a radio transceiver and capture it to a PC. BEWARE, you might get caught in the process. My 2 cents
If I use the Noise Reduction effect in Audacity, say at 12db, will it have the same effect as applying the High Pass Filter at 12db?
No. Noise Reduction only reduces the volume in 'silences', the space between speaking . High pass filter reduces the volume of all freauencies below your set point for the entire track (or whatever part you select). so high pass flter reduces your spoken sections as well as the silences be tween words. That's the best I can explain it. but there is a difference!
@@cajun5454 Thanks Phil. So applying high pass filter will reduce the low rumble below the selected value (say 12 db) throughout the track. I suppose I can use the Amplification effect after I use the high pass to increase the overall volume of the track. Thanks Phil. You are a very very helpful. Do let me know what you mean by 'but there is a difference' if you can.
Just that there is a difference between the two. Not sure why I added that comment. And yes, high pass filter will reduce the low runble just as you said and then you can amplify the whole track. easy peasy.
@@cajun5454 Thanks Phil. You are a generous good man! I am lucky that you happened to use my track in this video.
@@jothi20 And you are most welcome! Glad you don't mind the usage ...
Thanks Phil. I enjoy your work. (Please check the spelling in your title.)
Sure. What is spelled wrong? I'll be glad to fix it.
Phil Chenevert
The product name.
Calvin Snow OH! cool. Fixed and thanks for liking my work. Have you watched my podcast about word origins? Even MORE fun. !!
Phil Chenevert Yes sir!
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Audacity apparently got rid of highpass, as it no longer shows up
You could click Equalization and choose 100HZ Rumble.
Would this be good to remove background/ambient noise like pc fans etc? The reason why i ask is because i have a condenser and live in a house with lots of noise and with the noise removal i always end up reducing alot of the vocal quality( like it´s underwater) in order to significantly reduce the background noise. Obviously getting a dynamic mic and treating the room would be much better options but would this be a viable option?
strange, I have audacity open, it's the fourth item from the bottom list under "effects"