Applying EQ to existing live band audio file

Audacity Help Forum
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I have live band recordings from the inbuilt mic in a SONY ZV E-10 camera

Don’t know how to apply EQ to improve the sound quality (lots of crowd noise)

Hoping for tips / guidance / help, thanks in advance (& apology if this is not the right forum)

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You’ll just have to play-around with the Graphic EQ.

There’s not a lot you can do about crowd noise (except between songs when there’s no music). …Noise reduction only works when there’s a small-constant background noise.

You also can’t fix clipping (overload distortion) or excessive reverb.

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Thanks. I’m new at this, and am wondering if there’s an “ideal” EQ curve I could apply that will compliment the music but reduce the crowd noise?

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Not usually. Both cover most of the audible range.