Comments on: Cleaning Up Spoken-Word Recorded Audio With Audacity http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/ Helping Normal People Get Their Geek On Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:17:25 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Kptech http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/comment-page-1/#comment-18249 Kptech Tue, 16 Dec 2008 22:12:09 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/#comment-18249 [...] You can learn how to clean up spoken word(which I use audacity for) here [...] [...] You can learn how to clean up spoken word(which I use audacity for) here [...]

]]> By: David http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/comment-page-1/#comment-17852 David Wed, 10 Dec 2008 19:58:57 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/#comment-17852 I would agree - for a freebie it can't be beat! I`ve had some astonishing results when cleaning up beaten-up vinyl, even to the extent of lifting identical phrases from good parts of a recording and pasting them into a part that was too far gone for redemption and, with a little judicious trimming to keep the tempo right, the join is undetectable. With the waveform expanded, it's amazing how much control there is over the signal. I also find the pencil tool very useful for taking out hefty plops and pops that can't be eliminated by the built-in click remover. Just expand the waveform at the pop until you can see the sample points and, literally re-draw the waveform. Again, the final result is undetectable. I would mention that some caution is needed with some of the "effects" menu items, especially the noise remover, as too much can make the recording sound very "phasey". There has to be a balance struck sometimes between how much noise is to be removed and the quality of the final sound. I would agree – for a freebie it can’t be beat! I`ve had some astonishing results when cleaning up beaten-up vinyl, even to the extent of lifting identical phrases from good parts of a recording and pasting them into a part that was too far gone for redemption and, with a little judicious trimming to keep the tempo right, the join is undetectable. With the waveform expanded, it’s amazing how much control there is over the signal. I also find the pencil tool very useful for taking out hefty plops and pops that can’t be eliminated by the built-in click remover. Just expand the waveform at the pop until you can see the sample points and, literally re-draw the waveform. Again, the final result is undetectable. I would mention that some caution is needed with some of the “effects” menu items, especially the noise remover, as too much can make the recording sound very “phasey”. There has to be a balance struck sometimes between how much noise is to be removed and the quality of the final sound.

]]> By: Drew http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/comment-page-1/#comment-17822 Drew Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:30:05 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/#comment-17822 I couldn't agree more. I also have Adobe Audition, along with Soundbooth (actually, the whole CS3 Master Collection in fact) but sometimes the free programs can be quite comparable to their non-free competition. Audition and Sound Forge are quite advanced and can be above & beyond what some users require, so reviewing free, easy to use software with some advanced features is always a winning post in my book. I couldn’t agree more. I also have Adobe Audition, along with Soundbooth (actually, the whole CS3 Master Collection in fact) but sometimes the free programs can be quite comparable to their non-free competition.

Audition and Sound Forge are quite advanced and can be above & beyond what some users require, so reviewing free, easy to use software with some advanced features is always a winning post in my book.

]]> By: lefty.crupps http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/comment-page-1/#comment-17821 lefty.crupps Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:28:35 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/#comment-17821 > (because free is always good) yes you're correct, free is good, but Free is much better -- thankfully Audacity is Free Software under the GPL. > (because free is always good)
yes you’re correct, free is good, but Free is much better — thankfully Audacity is Free Software under the GPL.

]]> By: Rich Menga http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/comment-page-1/#comment-17818 Rich Menga Tue, 09 Dec 2008 22:02:36 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/#comment-17818 I'm not going to say Audacity is better than Sound Forge or Adobe Audition (what I use), but I like to give the PCMech audience free ways of doing stuff (because free is always good). I’m not going to say Audacity is better than Sound Forge or Adobe Audition (what I use), but I like to give the PCMech audience free ways of doing stuff (because free is always good).

]]> By: Drew http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/comment-page-1/#comment-17811 Drew Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:32:40 +0000 http://www.pcmech.com/article/cleaning-up-spoken-word-recorded-audio-with-audacity/#comment-17811 Great post Rich! I've never used Audacity, as I've been a Sound Forge guy for a good decade now, but I'm going to download it and play with it to compare the two. I'm looking forward to any future audio/video blog posts. Great post Rich! I’ve never used Audacity, as I’ve been a Sound Forge guy for a good decade now, but I’m going to download it and play with it to compare the two.

I’m looking forward to any future audio/video blog posts.

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