How do I remove that background noise..

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Hello all,

Attached a wav file of an intro to a book I’m doing. I can’t seem to figure out how to remove the background noise from the recording. Any help would be great. I use a combo of audacity and Reaper, which may not be a good idea, but it works so far…

The files will need to be ACX upload able so whatever I would need to do to it would have to work with the requirements.

Thank you for any help! I am new to this and have been running into speed bumps way more often than I had hoped.

-Brendan

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The magic-ingredient you’re missing to remove the background noise is Mosquito Killer on 2 to get rid of the faint constant whine …

Mosquito Killer plugin for Audcaity.png
IMO Use Noise Reduction first, then Mosquito Killer set on 2.

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I still can hear the hissing sound in the background. Its better, but still minor. Maybe that’s the best Ill be able to muster given my setup.

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You’ll definitely need to use some Noise Reduction to get the noise down to ACX specification (-60dB).

Couture is a free expander plugin which will squash down the hiss noise between words.