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2009-02-11 by dancensoul
Hello folks.... Quick question here. I have an audio file of someone speaking to a church congregation. The audio was pulled from a CD, and while there is no noise from the congregation, one can tell the audio was recorded over the air. How can process the file such that the speakers voice sounds as if it was recorded direct? Thanks in advance for any assistance given...this is a great group.
2009-02-11 by Steve Currington
Hi.. Some audio editors have the ability to remove "noise".. For example Audacity has that feature. What you do it you edit the file.. select a few second of just the noise you want removed (using the noise editor feature) and then select all the track that you want cleaned up and apply the edit and it cleans it up.. Beware this needs playing with as sometimes you can reduce the clarity of the spoken voice or background musici etc.. but there are more/less adjustments that can tweak this for you. Other editors probbaly have similar features but Audacity is free (open source) so worth looking at and runs in most OS's (ala Windows, MAC, Linux).. Steve
-----Original Message----- From: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com on behalf of dancensoul Sent: Wed 11/02/2009 11:27 p.m. To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com Cc: Subject: [Logic_Cafe] Removing ambient sound from a vocal (monologue) Hello folks.... Quick question here. I have an audio file of someone speaking to a church congregation. The audio was pulled from a CD, and while there is no noise from the congregation, one can tell the audio was recorded over the air. How can process the file such that the speakers voice sounds as if it was recorded direct? Thanks in advance for any assistance given...this is a great group.
2009-02-11 by Steve Currington
Oh.. I forgot to say I used it quite successfully to remove tape hiss from a recording I had that was copied from an LP or something... Steve
-----Original Message----- From: Steve Currington Sent: Wed 11/02/2009 11:54 p.m. To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com Cc: Subject: RE: [Logic_Cafe] Removing ambient sound from a vocal (monologue) Hi.. Some audio editors have the ability to remove "noise".. For example Audacity has that feature. What you do it you edit the file.. select a few second of just the noise you want removed (using the noise editor feature) and then select all the track that you want cleaned up and apply the edit and it cleans it up.. Beware this needs playing with as sometimes you can reduce the clarity of the spoken voice or background musici etc.. but there are more/less adjustments that can tweak this for you. Other editors probbaly have similar features but Audacity is free (open source) so worth looking at and runs in most OS's (ala Windows, MAC, Linux).. Steve -----Original Message----- From: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com on behalf of dancensoul Sent: Wed 11/02/2009 11:27 p.m. To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com Cc: Subject: [Logic_Cafe] Removing ambient sound from a vocal (monologue) Hello folks.... Quick question here. I have an audio file of someone speaking to a church congregation. The audio was pulled from a CD, and while there is no noise from the congregation, one can tell the audio was recorded over the air. How can process the file such that the speakers voice sounds as if it was recorded direct? Thanks in advance for any assistance given...this is a great group.
2009-02-11 by Andy Brook
I have a fairly new macbook pro which is playing up - overheating, several keys have stopped working, doesn't always start up properly and even so, it was my first mac and I fell in love with mac compared to a pc. I am going to buy a new mac, with a budget of up to the price of a macbook pro, but I don't necessarily need a laptop. Could anyone suggest what I should go for within that sort of budget? Other than that I don't want an absolutely huge ugly monster of a computer in my living room, I want to go for whatever is best for logic pro (including recording audio). I love computers but haven't got a clue when it comes to deciding what to get so any help would be much appreciated. By the way, thank you for the help in unmuting the tracks. The live gig went down a storm. Andy B
2009-02-11 by Fresh!
Hi Steve, Thanks for the comment. I regularly use Audacity, great program. The noise removal function really won't remove what I desire it to, and yes...there is the possibility of degradation on the speaker's voice as well. All is well, I was able to use Audio Hijack Pro to extract her voice that was recorded direct for use on a DVD. Crystal clear...and with a little Channel EQ in Logic, it sounds great! Best, Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Currington
Sent: Wed 11/02/2009 11:54 p.m.
To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogro ups.com
Cc:
Subject: RE: [Logic_Cafe] Removing ambient sound from a vocal (monologue)
Hi..
Some audio editors have the ability to remove "noise".. For example Audacity has that feature.
What you do it you edit the file.. select a few second of just the noise you want removed (using the noise editor feature) and then select all the track that you want cleaned up and apply the edit and it cleans it up..
Beware this needs playing with as sometimes you can reduce the clarity of the spoken voice or background musici etc.. but there are more/less adjustments that can tweak this for you.
Other editors probbaly have similar features but Audacity is free (open source) so worth looking at and runs in most OS's (ala Windows, MAC, Linux)..
Steve
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2009-02-11 by GAmoore@aol.com
there are a bunch of plugs that remove noise - but they cost some money. Izotope, Bias Peak, Waves all make some.
-----Original Message-----
From: Fresh! <dancensoul@...>
To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com
Cc: dbassist5@gmail.com
Sent: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 9:37 am
Subject: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Removing ambient sound from a vocal (monologue)
Hi Steve,
Thanks for the comment. I regularly use Audacity, great program. The noise removal function really won't remove what I desire it to, and yes...there is the possibility of degradation on the speaker's voice as well.
All is well, I was able to use Audio Hijack Pro to extract her voice that was recorded direct for use on a DVD. Crystal clear...and with a little Channel EQ in Logic, it sounds great!
Best,
Doug
-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Currington
Sent: Wed 11/02/2009 11:54 p.m.
To: Logic_Cafe@yahoogro ups.com
Cc:
Subject: RE: [Logic_Cafe] Removing ambient sound from a vocal (monologue)
Hi..
Some audio editors have the ability to remove "noise".. For example Audacity has that feature.
What you do it you edit the file.. select a few second of just the noise you want removed (using the noise editor feature) and then select all the track that you want cleaned up and apply the edit and it cleans it up..
Beware this needs playing with as sometimes you can reduce the20clarity of the spoken voice or background musici etc.. but there are more/less adjustments that can tweak this for you.
Other editors probbaly have similar features but Audacity is free (open source) so worth looking at and runs in most OS's (ala Windows, MAC, Linux)..
Steve
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[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]2009-02-12 by Luther Baker
I have the $1199 aluminum iMac (20inch). I bought it last May and immediately maxed it out with 4B or Ram from newegg ... and now I run Logic Express without any trouble. I also have an RME FireFace 800 of which the standard Firewire 400 port does NOT work. Apparently the new iMac's are not using the TI (Texas Instruments) made Firewire 400 interface and the RME Fireface driver has trouble with that. http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=11068 But, fortunately, the Fireface has two Firewire 800 ports which the iMac also has. I went to my neighborhood Mac Store for this cable (Best Buy generally doesn't carry the Firewire 800 cables - their sales kids were terrible at trying to grasp at what I was asking for). Anyway, I run a few of the soft synths that came with the software, two MOTU MIDI interfaces, the RME fireface and Addictive Drums and the CPU and Memory barely ever blip. Mind you, I'm not doing anything significant ... but so far, so good. In other words, any of the aluminum iMacs should suite you just fine. The larger the monitor, the taller you can make your faders and the more tracks you'll see - but I'm doing just fine with the 20inch ... and even plugged in a second monitor. Don't forget to get the converter for that port. The iMacs do not have a standard DVI port (or VGA for that matter). The do have goofy DVI jack of which the sell a $20 adapter for several different monitor types ... of which I can attest to, the standard DVI works just fine. If, on the other hand, you need to attach a set of Apogee converters or Pro Tools interfaces and want to make sure you can install your OWN firewire interface, you will likely need the Mac tower to accommodate amongst other things, peripheral PCI cards, etc. Hope that helps. For what its worth, in Britney's 'Making of Circus' mini movie, one of the producers can be seen working in ProTools on a large screen iMac. I don't think you can wrong with any of the new Mac's ... unless you get something like the mini which I'd avoid for your purposes. One of the biggest differences between the aluminum iMacs is the graphics card ... and unfortunately, I'm not sure how much that really buys you. -Luther On Feb 11, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Andy Brook wrote: > I have a fairly new macbook pro which is playing up - overheating, > several > keys have stopped working, doesn't always start up properly and even > so, it > was my first mac and I fell in love with mac compared to a pc. I am > going to > buy a new mac, with a budget of up to the price of a macbook pro, > but I > don't necessarily need a laptop. > > Could anyone suggest what I should go for within that sort of > budget? Other > than that I don't want an absolutely huge ugly monster of a computer > in my > living room, I want to go for whatever is best for logic pro > (including > recording audio). > > I love computers but haven't got a clue when it comes to deciding > what to > get so any help would be much appreciated. > > By the way, thank you for the help in unmuting the tracks. The live > gig went > down a storm. > > Andy B > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2009-02-12 by Erik Häusler
I heard Apple are releasing an iMac with the power of the Mac Pro, which seems to be pretty much the answer to your prayers. A nice looking and very powerful computer, not as portable as the Macbook but with all the power you´ll need for a reasonable amount of years to come. 4 dual core processors. If you have the budget for it. The Mac Pro line is not going all that ell so they are about to make a move. It ´s a rumour, but if you don´t need all the pci-e card slots it´s the iMac one should opt for, so it doesn´t seem out of line to me. /E ____________________________ Erik Häusler Future Love Productions AB cell +46 708 650 550 erik@futurelove.se www.futurelove.se http://www.myspace.com/brooklynfunkessentialsmusic [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
2009-02-12 by Andy Brook
Thanks very much for the full replies to this query. I blush to think how little I know about the techy side of things but I'll take all the advice on board and cross my fingers when I come to actually choose! thanks again Andy B Luther Baker writes:
> I have the $1199 aluminum iMac (20inch). > > I bought it last May and immediately maxed it out with 4B or Ram from > newegg ... and now I run Logic Express without any trouble. I also > have an RME FireFace 800 of which the standard Firewire 400 port does > NOT work. Apparently the new iMac's are not using the TI (Texas > Instruments) made Firewire 400 interface and the RME Fireface driver > has trouble with that. > > http://www.rme-audio.de/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=11068 > > But, fortunately, the Fireface has two Firewire 800 ports which the > iMac also has. I went to my neighborhood Mac Store for this cable > (Best Buy generally doesn't carry the Firewire 800 cables - their > sales kids were terrible at trying to grasp at what I was asking for). > > Anyway, I run a few of the soft synths that came with the software, > two MOTU MIDI interfaces, the RME fireface and Addictive Drums and the > CPU and Memory barely ever blip. Mind you, I'm not doing anything > significant ... but so far, so good. > > In other words, any of the aluminum iMacs should suite you just fine. > The larger the monitor, the taller you can make your faders and the > more tracks you'll see - but I'm doing just fine with the 20inch ... > and even plugged in a second monitor. Don't forget to get the > converter for that port. The iMacs do not have a standard DVI port (or > VGA for that matter). The do have goofy DVI jack of which the sell a > $20 adapter for several different monitor types ... of which I can > attest to, the standard DVI works just fine. > > If, on the other hand, you need to attach a set of Apogee converters > or Pro Tools interfaces and want to make sure you can install your OWN > firewire interface, you will likely need the Mac tower to accommodate > amongst other things, peripheral PCI cards, etc. > > Hope that helps. For what its worth, in Britney's 'Making of Circus' > mini movie, one of the producers can be seen working in ProTools on a > large screen iMac. I don't think you can wrong with any of the new > Mac's ... unless you get something like the mini which I'd avoid for > your purposes. One of the biggest differences between the aluminum > iMacs is the graphics card ... and unfortunately, I'm not sure how > much that really buys you. > > -Luther > > > > On Feb 11, 2009, at 11:24 AM, Andy Brook wrote: > >> I have a fairly new macbook pro which is playing up - overheating, >> several >> keys have stopped working, doesn't always start up properly and even >> so, it >> was my first mac and I fell in love with mac compared to a pc. I am >> going to >> buy a new mac, with a budget of up to the price of a macbook pro, >> but I >> don't necessarily need a laptop. >> >> Could anyone suggest what I should go for within that sort of >> budget? Other >> than that I don't want an absolutely huge ugly monster of a computer >> in my >> living room, I want to go for whatever is best for logic pro >> (including >> recording audio). >> >> I love computers but haven't got a clue when it comes to deciding >> what to >> get so any help would be much appreciated. >> >> By the way, thank you for the help in unmuting the tracks. The live >> gig went >> down a storm. >> >> Andy B >> >> > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] >