Topic: any good way to tone down an enthusiastic clapper w/Adobe Audition?

[dmaster]

long story short, I've got an otherwise great recording, with a loud as hell "I'm going to use every ounce of force in my body to clap into your microphones" guy near me.  I didn't think he was THAT obnoxious, but he was.   

I've got adobe audition and some plugins, but other than EQ'ing stuff here and there, I don't really know how to lessen the effect of his horrid clapping, so if anyone has any suggestions, I really need 'em.   

[C.Clark]

i think eq'ing is about as good as it gets, unless you want to totally take out the frequencies that the human clap uses, i doubt you could do much without taking out musical parts as well, hope this helps.
-chris

[Nicaragua]

can't help you on this recording

but for future shows I'd advise investing in a tazer

 

[hexyjones]

I do this all the time in Audacity...

You have to use a "select" tool of some sort to zero in on just the clap...(you'd be amazed at how easy it is to isolate a single clap...)

Then just reduce the volume of the selected clap...by say, 6db increments...

This really helps tone down "local" claps...it is somewhat tedious...but often worth it...

[Brian Skalinder]

I do this all the time in Audacity...

You have to use a "select" tool of some sort to zero in on just the clap...(you'd be amazed at how easy it is to isolate a single clap...)

Then just reduce the volume of the selected clap...by say, 6db increments...

This really helps tone down "local" claps...it is somewhat tedious...but often worth it...

Yup, what hexyjones says.  I've done this before on rare occasions and it works quite well.  In the past I've selected the clap peak and compressed it rather than reducing the volume with a normal gain adjustment.  Depending on how frequently your clapper lets 'er rip, yeah...tedious may be an understatement.