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I've attached the sample if anyone is willing to try?

Okay I've tried to with and still having trouble telling if it's a guy or girls voice in the background.
Is anyone willing to have a mess with the sample and see what they think?

... Not very good quality but at least I have a copy of it. Can I DL audicity to my Nook, or would it be too much for such a small device? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Jeff, I found it accidentally, with your help. While reading the envelope tool link, there was a link to fades. Now I've always known how to use the fades, but apparently I didn't know about the 'adjustable fades'. So I clicked that link... ...

... also with digital optical output i use kernel 3.18.1 with gnome 3 : media-sound/pulseaudio-5.0-r4 media-libs/phonon- 4.7.2 system is uptodate. any help on this is very much appreciated, thats the only thing thats spoiling my gentoo linux experience atm :( edit : switching from in kernel compiled ...

... Synaptic, look at "latest version". It should say "2.0.0-1". If you are still seeing 2.0.6-alpha, try Force Version: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SynapticHowto . Or back up your data, remove Ubuntu 12.04 and install 14.04. Then when you go to Ubuntu Software Centre (or ...

The Compressor effect can help to even out differences in volume, but don't expect miracles
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/compressor.html

It's only two voices and when the background one speaks it's at a distance so making louder and clearer to actually hear everything said and whether it's a guys or girls voice.

What's the best settings to clear up a voice from the background of a voice sample? Do you want to reduce the background voice, or make it louder? If you want to reduce it, you could try a Noise Gate effect. If you want to increase it, you could try a Compressor effect. You will not be able to dig ...

What's the best settings to clear up a voice from the background of a voice sample? as I have a sample but it's very difficult to make out what is being said.. The voice in the background is at a distance but I can only make a a couple of words.