Using Effects in Audacity - to remove "echo"

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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Hey everyone I need some help. I have three mics:

  1. Logitech Desktop Microphone
    https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1dhJ-yue1AkVndIVHFfQkg3XzA

  2. Logitech Headset H330
    https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B1dhJ-yue1AkOEg4aXE0WGxybmM/edit?pli=1

  3. Microsoft LifeCam webcam
    https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1dhJ-yue1AkdWVtZDNaN1RoeXM

Unfortunately, I have no knowledge of the technical term for different sound qualities.
I think the #3 sound is a bit "echo"y and I want to make it sound more like #1 or #2. (I don’t think the technical term is echo)


Any ideas on how I can do this using audacity? is it even possible?

Thanks guys, Thanks to anyone who responds in advance. :slight_smile:

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Removing echo/reverb is almost impossible. If possible, use one of the Logitech mics.

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Also make sure an effect in the web cam or somewhere else is not adding echo:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html#enhancements


Gale

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The Logitech Desk Microphone and the headset are both " close" microphones. They’re directional, have significant echo cancellation and a low frequency droop to help eliminate popping P sounds and room rumble. They sound tight like the communications microphones they are.

The WebCam is a much more open theatrical microphone and it sounds like it has no frequency management at all. It also is good at picking up your room – which we can assume is not a studio.

My favorite sound clip.

http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/clips/EchoSample.mp3

You can’t take room echo out of a show. She’s a terrible example, but you can’t fix that. An echo is your voice arriving at the microphone more than once. So the software has to separate you from yourself. See #1.


– The Four Horsemen of Audio Recording (reliable, time-tested ways to kill your show)
– 1. Echoes and room reverberation (Don’t record the show in your mom’s kitchen.)
– 2. Overload and Clipping (Sound that’s too loud is permanently trashed.)
– 3. Compression Damage (Never do production in MP3.)
– 4. Background Sound (Don’t leave the TV on in the next room.)

Koz