On 17 Feb 2003 07:37:17 -0600 Rick Taylor <ricktaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 06:50, Daniel James wrote: > > > I've got a vocal track that I recorded using ardour, and I > > > have some serious pops in it from the singer being way too > > > close to the mike and taking off my lovely > > > pantyhose-over-a-wire-hangar-loop filter. > > > > > > I'm at a loss as to what filter/tool I might be able to use to > > > reduce the severity of this... any clues? > > > > First, you could compress the vocal to even out the levels - I > > use the LADSPA Dyson Compress or SC4 plugins for this. > > > > You'll still have the distortion from the pops though. I suggest > > you make it a feature, by adding some artifical effects - > > distorted vocals are all the rage! > > There is noise reduction in audacity... really short delays will > work as well. If you can manage to catch it somewhere between > feedback and echo... you may not be able to even hear the delay > afterwards. Reverb takes it out sometimes too. ...Low pass > filters, EQ, etc. Is there any way to pluck out declickers and depops from ReZound and GNOME Wave Cleaner to LADSPA and make a Sound Restoration Farm? :-) -- Alexandre Prokoudine ALT Linux Documentation Team JID: avp@xxxxxxxxxxxx
