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Audio Editing, Any experts?

by David Chamberlain
6 replies
Hey Guys.

I interviewed one of my friends last week, and will be giving away the recordings for free..

We recorded a call we had on Skype - and for some reason, the call dropped a few times.

Now, I need to bring it all together, as well as cut out the bits of chatter as we set the calls back up between drops.

Can anyone recommend a piece of software for this? OR better still, can anyone recommend a service or person who provides this sort of thing...because I know I'll pretty much suck at doing it!

Thanks

Dave
#audio #editing #experts
  • Profile picture of the author jyzackoh
    Hi, you could use Audacity, it's a free tool. The only bad thing to me is that it's not that easy to figure out how to use it. But it's good, and free!

    Zack
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    • Profile picture of the author Jill Carpenter
      Just sent you a pm
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  • Profile picture of the author Gary Rambo
    If it's something like an MP3 you can just import it into windows movie maker and edit there.

    Just put the time line marker where you want to start the edit and click the 'Split' button and then move it to the end of the edit area and click 'split' again and then just right click the area you want removed and select 'cut'

    Gary
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  • Profile picture of the author Colin Palfrey
    These two programs would be good for it:Soundforge, Cuebase.

    The effects you will need to use are compression, hiss reduction, click reduction and normalize. Try setting the compression up first, and set it to sharp attack.

    If that doesn't fix it perfectly you may need to tweek the EQ's

    I worked in a recording studio, so I know the above works.


    The compression effects if set to sharp attack, will level the volume across the recording,
    The hiss reduction will remove a lot of the background noise. This will clean it up a lot.
    Click/Pop reduction will remove the pops and clicks caused by mic pop and skype weirdness.

    This isn't anything that can perfectly remove the digitization of the voice from skype, as you can only work with the sound source available. You could disguise it pretty effectively with reverb though.

    If you cant figure it out PM me,
    Colin
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    • Profile picture of the author MichaelHiles
      I run Pro Tools in my recording studio, which is pricy.

      But this is almost as good without the price tag. ardour - the digital audio workstation

      It ships with Ubuntu Studio edition.

      Home | Ubuntu Studio

      For lower-end stuff, I am also a fan of Adobe Soundbooth. It does a fantastic job.

      Probably one of the best values in software is the Adobe Creative Elements package for around $100. Photoshop elements, Soundbooth, and Premiere... all included. It will get the job done for most everything that 99% of internet marketers want to do.
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  • Profile picture of the author elijah012
    how do these softwares usually run for?
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