Is Audacity suitable for me?

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Is Audacity suitable for me?

Post by ChineseUser » Tue May 06, 2014 11:29 am

Hello everybody out there! I've been searching for a software which could do one thing: to separate voice from a mixed audio record or audio input. For example, a person is talking to the microphone, his/her voice has been recorded, but another guy is playing a musical instrument near the microphone simultaneously, so the sound of the music has also been recorded. You could hear two different sounds when replay the record. I need a software to separate those sounds in order to catch each sound clearly. Is Audacity suitable for me? Thank you.

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Re: Is Audacity suitable for me?

Post by steve » Tue May 06, 2014 1:35 pm

I doubt that you will have success trying to "un-mix" a recording with Audacity.
You 'may' have some degree of success with Melodyne (commercial product and quite expensive: http://www.celemony.com/en/start).
I know of no free or inexpensive software that can do what you're asking.
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Re: Is Audacity suitable for me?

Post by ChineseUser » Tue May 06, 2014 3:24 pm

steve wrote:I doubt that you will have success trying to "un-mix" a recording with Audacity.
You 'may' have some degree of success with Melodyne (commercial product and quite expensive: http://www.celemony.com/en/start).
I know of no free or inexpensive software that can do what you're asking.
Do you know any software that could filter the radio static from a recording audio file? I just recorded a medium wave radio program with my computer but there is annoying static in it. I want to filter the static. Short wave radio too. Thanks.

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Re: Is Audacity suitable for me?

Post by kozikowski » Wed May 07, 2014 8:19 am

Maybe not Audacity. Audacity Noise Removal only works on steady, repeatable noises like air conditioning or computer fan noise — hum or buzz. It falls apart pretty fast if the noise is erratic or close to white noise (rain in the trees).

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Re: Is Audacity suitable for me?

Post by ChineseUser » Wed May 07, 2014 11:47 am

kozikowski wrote:Maybe not Audacity. Audacity Noise Removal only works on steady, repeatable noises like air conditioning or computer fan noise — hum or buzz. It falls apart pretty fast if the noise is erratic or close to white noise (rain in the trees).

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Medium wave radio static is steady and repeatable, but short wave static isn't. Anyway I'd better try Audacity, pray.

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