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Recorded a sound file, need help editing it..

Discussion in 'Audio' started by Stilton8, Jan 23, 2005.

  1. Stilton8

    Stilton8 Member

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    Hi,

    im not too great with sound editing but ive got a copy of Soundforge and it seems to be packed with features for it, i just dont know how to use it.

    Theres a place in the sound file ive recorded where you hear a pop sound as the dialogue gets too loud.. 2 places quite close to each other really..

    i was wondering if its possible to use soundforge to get rid of this or if id have to re-record it?

    cheers to anyone who can shed any light on this on this for me as im not the greatest with sound editing stuff..

     
  2. Stilton8

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    Come on, there must be someone out there who knows what im talking about...

    Its simply a pop sound when the guys voice gets too loud / too close to the mic..

    and all im interested in is either the name of a filter i can pass to reduce the poppy-ness of the 2 places in the dialogue or to make it sort of blend in?



    Someones gotta be quite good at audio editing..
    (ill also add, again, that ive got a demo of soundforge 4.5)
     
  3. EsirnuS

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    Stilton

    it depends on what it is you have recorded - spoken word, singing alone, singing with music. it also depends on what kind of quality you are working to as well.

    If there is popping on the mic then i would record it again - but im a stickler for stuff like that.
    basically you have recorded that pop so no matter what you do, it will still be "there". reducing the gain in the 2 sections might help you but that will reduce it for all sound on that track.

    i do know that soundforge's Audacity program has a noise removal function so maybe soundforge 4.5 does - im not familiar with it myself.

    have you tried the help function ?

    hope this helped

    Es
     
  4. Stilton8

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    well..

    its just someone saying
    'blah blah blah, im evil.. you die now'
    or words to those effect..

    I fiddled with soundforge a bit more, managed to use normalize and 'smooth' to get rid of some of the pop, it keeps closing down so i kept reopening and trying different effects..
    i felt like it was starting to work quite well when i went to save it and was told

    "You cant save with the demo version"

    ...right, possibly the shittiest idea ever.

    Then i let my sister hear the original and on asking her

    "did you hear that pop sound, it happens twice!!!!"

    i was told im paying too much attention to it, so i might just let it go :)
    (oh and the help function is shite :) )
     
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  5. EsirnuS

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    my advice to you

    get a copy of audacity
    its a free download and is a good basic sound editor

    Es
     

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