[microsound] software to 'clean' sound

Thiago Rocha thiago.hn.rocha at gmail.com
Thu Jul 16 20:29:04 EDT 2009


Depending on the sound material, you can either use High Pass or Low Pass
Filters, you can also use a Noise Gate if there's some considerable distance
between noise and sound, or you can use an Expander before using the Gate to
create that distance. They are all plugins in the most common audio
programs.

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>   3. Re: software to 'clean' sound (Medialis Muveszetek Intezete)
>   4. Re: software to 'clean' sound (Tobias Reber)
>   5. Re: software to 'clean' sound (Mike)
>   6. Re: Deleuze and Guattari talk (Kim Cascone) (scott)
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> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:54:53 -0400
> From: "evabrendax at basebog.it" <evabrendax at basebog.it>
> Subject: [microsound] software to 'clean' sound
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> Hi list
> could you suggest a software that helps me in 'cleaning' a series of audio
> clips
> i recorded insects and i need to separate put in first place the sounds of
> the insects in relation to the surrounding. the great thing would be to
> leave only the insect sound without the context.
> is that possible with a kind of polishing tool?
> thanks
> eva
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> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:58:26 -0400
> From: john saylor <js0000 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [microsound] software to 'clean' sound
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> salve
>
> On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:54 PM,
> evabrendax at basebog.it<evabrendax at basebog.it> wrote:
> > i recorded insects and i need to separate put in first place the sounds
> of
> > the insects in relation to the surrounding. the great thing would be to
> > leave only the insect sound without the context.
> > is that possible with a kind of polishing tool?
>
> i'm sure there's many options available to you. one is a noise removal
> filter or plug-in. but instead of removing noise, you are removing the
> background sound. i know there is one that is built in to audacity,
> but i'm sure there are many others ....
>
> --
> \js  [  - . .  .   ]
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>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:07:52 +0200
> From: Medialis Muveszetek Intezete <mmi at art.pte.hu>
> Subject: Re: [microsound] software to 'clean' sound
> To: microsound at microsound.org
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> hi Micromacrosoundlist,
> maybe a spectral gate like attached, it is a maxmsp-patch, use it with
> pfft~
> - left output: louder part of the spectra
> - right output: quieter part of the spectra (or vice versa, try it)
> Best!
> Bal?zs
>
>
> john saylor wrote:
> > salve
> >
> > On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:54 PM,
> > evabrendax at basebog.it<evabrendax at basebog.it> wrote:
> >
> >> i recorded insects and i need to separate put in first place the sounds
> of
> >> the insects in relation to the surrounding. the great thing would be to
> >> leave only the insect sound without the context.
> >> is that possible with a kind of polishing tool?
> >>
> >
> > i'm sure there's many options available to you. one is a noise removal
> > filter or plug-in. but instead of removing noise, you are removing the
> > background sound. i know there is one that is built in to audacity,
> > but i'm sure there are many others ....
> >
> >
>
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> max v2;
> #N vpatcher 43 75 443 375;
> #P window setfont "Sans Serif" 9.;
> #P window linecount 1;
> #P newex 193 189 33 196617 *~ 1.;
> #P newex 154 189 33 196617 *~ 1.;
> #P newex 152 254 51 196617 poltocar~;
> #P newex 151 281 49 196617 fftout~ 2;
> #P newex 198 159 43 196617 <=~ 0.3;
> #P newex 105 186 33 196617 *~ 1.;
> #N in 2;
> #P newobj 147 69 25 196617 in 2;
> #P newex 160 159 35 196617 >~ 0.3;
> #P newex 66 186 33 196617 *~ 1.;
> #P newex 64 251 51 196617 poltocar~;
> #P newex 61 98 51 196617 cartopol~;
> #P newex 63 278 49 196617 fftout~ 1;
> #P newex 60 67 43 196617 fftin~ 1;
> #P connect 0 0 2 0;
> #P connect 3 0 1 0;
> #P connect 4 0 3 0;
> #P connect 2 0 4 0;
> #P connect 5 0 4 1;
> #P connect 0 1 2 1;
> #P connect 3 1 1 1;
> #P connect 2 1 7 0;
> #P connect 7 0 3 1;
> #P connect 5 0 7 1;
> #P connect 10 0 9 0;
> #P connect 11 0 10 0;
> #P connect 2 0 11 0;
> #P connect 2 0 5 0;
> #P connect 8 0 11 1;
> #P connect 6 0 5 1;
> #P connect 10 1 9 1;
> #P connect 2 1 12 0;
> #P connect 12 0 10 1;
> #P connect 2 0 8 0;
> #P connect 8 0 12 1;
> #P connect 6 0 8 1;
> #P pop;
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Message: 4
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 19:14:59 +0200
> From: Tobias Reber <tobiasreber at sunrise.ch>
> Subject: Re: [microsound] software to 'clean' sound
> To: microsound at microsound.org, evabrendax at basebog.it
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> hi eva,
>
> for isolating a cricket in a recording i used a FFT crossover patch in
> max/msp as a radicalised filter so to speak, to isolate frequency bands.
> since the sound is so high i cut away everything below 5kHz, which is
> pretty much everything except the cricket. let me know if you are
> interested in this.
>
> tobias
>
>
> Am 16.07.2009 um 18:54 schrieb evabrendax at basebog.it:
>
> > Hi list
> > could you suggest a software that helps me in 'cleaning' a series of
> > audio
> > clips
> > i recorded insects and i need to separate put in first place the
> > sounds of
> > the insects in relation to the surrounding. the great thing would be
> > to
> > leave only the insect sound without the context.
> > is that possible with a kind of polishing tool?
> > thanks
> > eva
> >
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> Message: 5
> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 20:31:06 +0300
> From: Mike <picnet at urlme.net>
> Subject: Re: [microsound] software to 'clean' sound
> To: microsound at microsound.org, evabrendax at basebog.it
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> Izotope RX:
>
> iZotope RX - Complete Audio Restoration: Declipping, Declicker ...
>
>
> Or Equalization and selecting the band of interest with baudline (free)
>
> If you have a small audio clip send it to me and Ill see how baudline
> copes
> with processing it.
>
> Problem Ive found with nearly all of them is the result often sounds
> robotic.
>
> On this subject if anyone knows of a temporal tracking EQ (selecting a
> peak
> frequency and tracking any shifts to null it over a set time period)
> that would
> be very handy.
>
> BR,
> Mike
>
>
> On Jul 16, 2009, at 7:54 PM, evabrendax at basebog.it wrote:
>
> > Hi list
> > could you suggest a software that helps me in 'cleaning' a series of
> > audio
> > clips
> > i recorded insects and i need to separate put in first place the
> > sounds of
> > the insects in relation to the surrounding. the great thing would be
> > to
> > leave only the insect sound without the context.
> > is that possible with a kind of polishing tool?
> > thanks
> > eva
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------------------------
> > mail2web.com ? Enhanced email for the mobile individual based on
> > Microsoft?
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> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:48:09 -0700
> From: scott <scott at artificia.org>
> Subject: Re: [microsound] Deleuze and Guattari talk (Kim Cascone)
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> I recall that the Tate Real Player material (that conference in
> particular) has been down with that same message for a long time -
> possibly over a year. Meaning probably it isn't coming back.
>
> - Scott
>
> On 6/30/09 8:44 PM, Phil Thomson wrote:
> > I have emailed the Tate webmaster. I did this before seeing Tobias'
> > email, so I hope the webmaster's reply won't be too grumpy. Hopefully
> > their webmaster will be able to give us a timeline for the renewed
> > availability of the videos. If it doesn't look like it will be back up
> > soon, I'll change the text of the link again.
> >
> > On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 1:26 AM, Natasha
> > Roberts<natasha_roberts at hotmail.co.uk>  wrote:
> >
> >> None of the links were working for me yesterday but i thought i would
> wait
> >> and try again today (no joy), so i presume it is just a patient wait
> until
> >> they are back up again! Its great to also see that the Tate have these
> >> archives, makes me feel better for missing out on some of these events.
> >>
> >>
> >> ________________________________
> >> From: tobiasreber at sunrise.ch
> >> To: microsound at microsound.org
> >> Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:17:26 +0200
> >> Subject: Re: [microsound] Deleuze and Guattari talk (Kim Cascone)
> >>
> >> that's true. it seems they're working on renewing the site - i just
> found
> >> this note on http://www.tate.org.uk/onlineevents/live/programme.jsp
> >> "Important Information!
> >> Tate's Real Player service is being replaced by a new service, and we
> are
> >> currently in the process of re-encoding all of our existing material
> into
> >> the new video format. Some Online Events archives are not currently
> >> available due to changes in the way Tate delivers video online. We
> apologise
> >> for the temporary loss and are working hard to put them online as soon
> as
> >> possible. "
> >> it might be old, though...
> >> tobias
> >> Am 30.06.2009 um 07:50 schrieb Peter O'Doherty:
> >>
> >> It seems the links on the Tate site aren't working. Can someone else
> >> please confirm it's not just me? Thanks, Peter
> >> ------------------------------ On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:16 PM, Phil
> >> Thomson<hellomynameisphil+mcrsnd at gmail.com<hellomynameisphil%2Bmcrsnd at gmail.com>>
>  wrote:
> >>
> >> Looks like it can now be accessed from this page:
> >>
> >> http://www.tate.org.uk/onlineevents/archive/deleuze.htm
> >>
> >> Perhaps someone could update the link on the wiki?
> >>
> >> --
> >>
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> >> ------------------*/
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