removing breaths from reading text?

[juliehoverson]

Working in audacity 2.04 for now, windows 7, but i don't think that affects my question.

I'm recording audiobooks, and I would love to find some simple way to remove or auto-find the sound of my breathing, which ends up really loud and raspy after compression.

i was thinking, is there some threshold i could set to remove anything below it, or a search and replace type feature (hah! but I can dream)?

Anything that can speed up my editing process, since i seem to spend hours taking out breaths, and unfortunately, I cannot simply 'not breathe' - or even move on and off mike, etc. it's just as much work.

Thanx!
--Julie

[Trebor]

... some threshold i could set to remove anything below it ...

Your dream has been realised: it's called a "noise gate".

You can get one (a plugin) for Audacity here ... http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyqui ... Noise_Gate[/b]

[ That noise gate allows degrees of attenuation up to complete removal of sounds below a threshold.
Complete removal of breaths can make speech sound jarring / staccato ].

[steve]

the sound of my breathing, which ends up really loud and raspy after compression.

If compression is making your breathing louder, then you may need to set the "noise floor" setting of the compressor a bit higher.

[juliehoverson]

thanx a bunch! that helps!