Re: [linux-audio-user] Noise gate (or something else?)

Mikhail Ramendik wrote:

>Hello,
>
>I desperately need a noise gate, or something else to remove breathing sounds.
>Could anyone help me find one?
>
>I am recording using Audacity 1.2.3 from a rather simple microphone, and
>breathing sounds are clearly heard when the speaker inhales air; from the
>look of the graph, it seems that a simple noise gate would remove them. But I
>could not find a noise gate in Audacity 1.2.3...
>
>Is there any program, including a plugin for or later version of Audacity,
>taht would do noise gating?
>
>Or perhaps there is a better way to remove the sounds? (There is a Noise
>Removal plugin, but might it not affect the voice itself?)
>
>
>
Another way to do it would be to select the part of the waveform that is
breath noise and then from the Generate menu select "Silence" and that
part of the waveform will be removed. Zooming in would help you select
the breath noise more accurately to ensure that you didn't remove any of
the speech.

Q
Received on Mon Feb 6 00:15:06 2006