Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Pop filter?
From: Rick Taylor (ricktaylor_AT_speakeasy.net)
Date: Mon Feb 17 2003 - 15:37:17 EET
On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 06:50, Daniel James wrote:
> > I've got a vocal track that I recorded using ardour, and I have some
> > serious pops in it from the singer being way too close to the mike and
> > taking off my lovely pantyhose-over-a-wire-hangar-loop filter.
> >
> > I'm at a loss as to what filter/tool I might be able to use to reduce the
> > severity of this... any clues?
>
> First, you could compress the vocal to even out the levels - I use the LADSPA
> Dyson Compress or SC4 plugins for this.
>
> You'll still have the distortion from the pops though. I suggest you make it a
> feature, by adding some artifical effects - distorted vocals are all the
> rage!
There is noise reduction in audacity... really short delays will work as
well. If you can manage to catch it somewhere between feedback and
echo... you may not be able to even hear the delay afterwards. Reverb
takes it out sometimes too. ...Low pass filters, EQ, etc.
-- Rick Taylor <ricktaylor_AT_speakeasy.net> The Dispossessed
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