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Is there a way to drop audio on a recording

Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:42 pm
Posted by SeminoleMarine
Metairie
Member since Nov 2009
3679 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:42 pm
Not sure if this is the right board for this, but here goes. I have a recording that has some heavy background noise that I want to see if there is a way to drop the noise so you can hear the actual audio? Like in The Fugitive where he had the guy drop the bell noise to hear the man on the loudspeaker. Is this possible or is this Hollywood stuff? And yes, I am technology challenged.
Posted by TheFonz
Somewhere in Louisiana
Member since Jul 2016
23541 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:45 pm to
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SeminoleMarine


Don't you know some peeps at NCIS that can do that for you?

Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
50079 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:46 pm to
There's audio software that can isolate certain waves and remove them.

You may have luck on the fark board or with someone that makes videos/movies on youtube
Posted by Tiger Prawn
Member since Dec 2016
26315 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 12:47 pm to
You'd probably get better answers on the Tech Board
Posted by BunkieWrench
Katy
Member since Nov 2008
5734 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 1:13 pm to
Adobe Audition will do that.
Posted by olgoi khorkhoi
priapism survivor
Member since May 2011
17048 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 1:23 pm to
No, we are several years away from this technology. You’ve been watching too much Star Trek.
Posted by MiDixon Yermouth
Member since Sep 2018
295 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 1:27 pm to
If you are talking about a smartphone recording, you may not get very good results with an "app". Audacity is considered one of the best apps for sound processing tools but far from "pro". If the background noise is traffic, other voices, or a large crowd it may not be possible with an app. The human voice has a wide frequency range but centers around 1000hz. Most of these programs work in the same but reverse fashion as the lame apps that supposedly filter out a vocal track for backing track/karaoke use. They are pretty cheesy... brutal for the integrity of the overall track but boosting the range the human voice in and filtering is what software "attempts" to do. Not terribly effective, though...can be quite terrible. If this recording is something really important to you, you'd have much better success sending it off to a facility that does forensic audio enhancement, audio cleaning, etc. Most services charge anywhere from $75 to $150 to process and filter 60 minutes of audio. Do a search. try to speak with them, and explain what you need. They may ask you to send a flash drive or possibly email a copy, they will send you a "cleaned' or "enhanced" finished product that will be light years better than any app or software that doesn't cost you thousands. The turnaround "should" be just a couple of days and you'll have your cleaned audio.
This post was edited on 3/28/19 at 1:31 pm
Posted by JohnWicksDawg
Member since Mar 2018
358 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 1:30 pm to
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And yes, I am technology challenged.
I figured you were. Everybody knows all you gotta do is buy noise-cancelling headphones.
Posted by mofungoo
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2012
4583 posts
Posted on 3/28/19 at 2:46 pm to
Autocorrelators are good single-ended noise reduction devices, but the ones I have seen are hardware based, not software apps.
Posted by SeminoleMarine
Metairie
Member since Nov 2009
3679 posts
Posted on 3/29/19 at 3:59 pm to
I may try this.

Thanks to all who responded.
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