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Re: cleaning up audio recording



On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:27:41 -0700
John Schmidt <jaschmidt@uofu.net> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have managed to transfer some tape recordings to my computer.  The 
> recordings are from a seminar speaker.  There is a great deal of
> noise on the recordings both from the audio equipment and from
> general background noise. Are there any good packages out there that
> would allow me to clean up the signal?  

I have done this with several tapes using Audacity.  It's a great
little program.
> 
> I used the KRec tool in KDE to transfer the audio.  I was looking at
> the artsbuilder routines and it appears like you can do some signal
> processing with this tool.

I don't know what format KRec records into so opening the files into
Audacity may cause some issues.
> 
> I am not looking to make it perfect by any means, just clean up the
> sound, take out the hiss, and try to preserve the voice as much as
> possible.

I got mine very close to crystal clear, but it also has a lot to do
with the original.
> 
> Thanks for any pointers.
> 

No problem!
> John
> 
> 

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