I have some cassettes I want to digitize. They contain family members talking at group events like dinner or a party. Usually there is someone narrating, but also some background talking. Is there way to reduce the background talking? FYI - I’m brand new to audacity.
There are tools that can seem like they should be able to help such as Effect > Noise Gate and Effect > Noise Reduction. Noise Reduction depends on you being able to train the software on a simple noise personality such as background hiss or air conditioner whine. Doesn’t work on constantly changing voices.
Noise Gate has a similar problem. Kill Sounds Quieter Than a Set Value sounds great, but regular voices fall below a set value, so both background and narration get chopped up.