[microsound] software to 'clean' sound

Dominic Tetmyer domtetmyer at gmail.com
Fri Jul 17 00:01:34 EDT 2009


Although not free, I have had MUCH luck with Izotope RX.
http://www.izotope.com/products/audio/rx/


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On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 5:29 PM, Thiago Rocha <thiago.hn.rocha at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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>>   1. software to 'clean' sound (evabrendax at basebog.it)
>>   2. Re: software to 'clean' sound (john saylor)
>>   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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>> Message: 1
>> Date: Thu, 16 Jul 2009 12:54:53 -0400
>> From: "evabrendax at basebog.it" <evabrendax at basebog.it>
>> Subject: [microsound] software to 'clean' sound
>> To: microsound at microsound.org
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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
>> To: microsound at microsound.org, evabrendax at basebog.it
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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 ....
>>
>> --
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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
>> Message-ID: <4A5F5E68.10705 at art.pte.hu>
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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;
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>> #P window linecount 1;
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>> #P newex 154 189 33 196617 *~ 1.;
>> #P newex 152 254 51 196617 poltocar~;
>> #P newex 151 281 49 196617 fftout~ 2;
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>> #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
>> Message-ID: <CC3514C8-05B5-4F0B-87EB-1EA43D72DD3B at sunrise.ch>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed;
>>        delsp=yes
>>
>> 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
>> Message-ID: <1772B2CF-7DB0-420C-AF7E-D6CC51F174F1 at urlme.net>
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"
>>
>> 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
>> >
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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)
>> To: microsound at microsound.org
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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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