Hi guys,
I am having a big issue with sound and my video camera.
When using extenal microphone there is a terible noise always present.
http://www.dexus5.com/noise.wav
http://www.dexus5.com/talking.wav
I need to remove the noise from the spoken word, however without distorting the spoken audio.
Is there a way to "exclude" this single frequency from the main file using goldwave ?
Removing noise from spoken audio
Re: Removing noise from spoken audio
Try the Noise Reduction filter -
Select/highlight the noise and click Copy. (That put's the noise into the clipboard.)
Then select/highlight the main/talking file and run Noise Reduction with the Use Clipboard option.
In my quick-test (I didn't really listen carefully) that seems to remove the electrical noise and I didn't notice any "damage" to the main voice. However the background talking and "room noise" did seem to be "changed" and it sounds a little weird after noise reduction.
Noise reduction works best when you have a tiny, constant, background noise... It works best when you don't really need it. It can sometimes make a good recording into a great recording. But if the noise is bad, sometimes "The cure is worse than the disease".
* I used another application to look at the noise spectrum.
Select/highlight the noise and click Copy. (That put's the noise into the clipboard.)
Then select/highlight the main/talking file and run Noise Reduction with the Use Clipboard option.
In my quick-test (I didn't really listen carefully) that seems to remove the electrical noise and I didn't notice any "damage" to the main voice. However the background talking and "room noise" did seem to be "changed" and it sounds a little weird after noise reduction.
There's a reason professional recordings are made in soundproof studios, with good equipment and good mc-placement, etc. On-location movie dialog is re-recorded in the studio, etc. Even with professional software there is only so-much you can do.I need to remove the noise from the spoken word, however without distorting the spoken audio.
Noise reduction works best when you have a tiny, constant, background noise... It works best when you don't really need it. It can sometimes make a good recording into a great recording. But if the noise is bad, sometimes "The cure is worse than the disease".
It's not a single frequency. Of course the talking isn't a single frequency either (and that's always the issue with noise filtering). However, there is a dominant ~8kHz component.* You can try a notch filter (a narrow "bandstop" filter) at 8kHz. (I didn't try that.)Is there a way to "exclude" this single frequency from the main file using goldwave ?
* I used another application to look at the noise spectrum.
Re: Removing noise from spoken audio
Wow thank you, you are a life saver.
I will mask the distorted background noise with music, but the electronic noise was overpowering even music.
Again many thanks !
I will mask the distorted background noise with music, but the electronic noise was overpowering even music.
Again many thanks !
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Re: Removing noise from spoken audio
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