On Tue, 22 May 2012 09:43:35 -1000 david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 05/22/2012 12:36 AM, Thomas Vecchione wrote: > > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 4:36 AM, david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > <mailto:gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > > > > Audacity has a noise removal feature that lets you select a few > > seconds of what you consider noise, and identify that to the program > > as noise. A good spot for me is areas in a recording that are > > supposed to be silent but generally aren't if you're recording mic > > input live. Then you select the whole track and run the noise > > removal on it. Works well enough for me. > > > > > > As I mentioned above, unless they have made sudden huge leaps in quality > > of their noise reduction process it isn't really a good quality tool. I > > know from conversations with Ricardus some of his uses and they are > > similar to what I have done in the past as well, for example restoring > > old analog recordings, etc. Where depending on the source material you > > have to have a pretty dang minimal artifact experience(Recordings of > > high dynamic range classical music for example), and also depending on > > the source material the exact needs may change over time, requiring > > automation to use effectively. Neither of these applied in my > > experience with Audacity's tool. > > High dynamic range classical music was exactly what a friend of mine was > working with. First step was extremely-well-cleaned vinyl. He recorded > them from a high-end turntable through an Audiophile 2496. Then cleaned > in gnome wave cleaner. I've heard the digitized versions, and there is > no noise in them ... Horses for courses... I find Audacity works perfectly well for noise reduction on vocal or non-distorted guitar tracks. Anything with a lot of treble content seems to develop a background 'mush' underneath the audio, but not there in the silences. -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musically.me.uk Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
