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Title: Filtering BG noise
Post by: SkaGuitarOAR on November 23, 2004, 09:58:08 AM

My friend and I recorded a show recently, but it has a lot of background noise, is there a program or some way to filter it out?

Title: Re: Filtering BG noise
Post by: Brian Skalinder on November 23, 2004, 10:04:37 AM

Define "background noise"?  If it's a consistent sound like an air conditioner / heater or fan, you may be able to isolate the sound (if you're exceedingly lucky) and apply NR to remove it.  If you're talking about crowd chatter, you're SOL.

Title: Re: Filtering BG noise
Post by: BC on November 23, 2004, 01:46:48 PM

if the noise is low enough in level you might be able to noise gate it. Worth a try, see if it sounds ok to your ears.

Title: Re: Filtering BG noise
Post by: SkaGuitarOAR on November 24, 2004, 01:11:57 PM

Ya we actually figured it out, it was a mix of crowd/buzzing from being close to a stereo.  We reduced it somewhat.  Better than what it was before.

Title: Re: Filtering BG noise
Post by: BC on November 24, 2004, 03:15:58 PM

Quote from: SkaGuitarOAR on November 24, 2004, 01:11:57 PM

Ya we actually figured it out, it was a mix of crowd/buzzing from being close to a stereo.  We reduced it somewhat.  Better than what it was before.

Cool, what did you end up doing?