I tried to find a solution to my problem for 2 hours now. I’m sure it is easy to solce but I’m not experienced with sound editing and perhaps I don’t know the correct terms to find it.
My problem:
I have a recorded a interview where the voice of the interviewed person is very silent and the “background noise” is much louder. I thought that I could cut off the noise above x-decibel and afterwards increase the volume of the whole audiofile. I do not need great and clear audio quality, I just need to be able to transcribe the interview.
Don’t fall in love with the idea of a simple rescue. The weak voice is distributed evenly in all parts of the taller blue waves. All cutting the tall waves off is going to do is produce award-winning distortion through which you won’t be able to hear anything.