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MartinC_47 wrote:... Does that imply that I could turn that analogue-hiss into the waterfall noise if I applied the appropriate filters in Audacity? And, if so, what in your estimation would that/those filter(s) be?

If you're looking to create ghostly-whispering EVP-effect , Audacity's "Paul Stretch" does a good job.

Trebor wrote:

MartinC_47 wrote:... Does that imply that I could turn that analogue-hiss into the waterfall noise if I applied the appropriate filters in Audacity? And, if so, what in your estimation would that/those filter(s) be?

If you're looking to create ghostly-whispering EVP-effect , Audacity's "Paul Stretch" does a good job.

Thanks. Those are certainly interesting effects.

But I'm sorry I didn't make myself clear so I'll try again.

When I use the laptop microphone with the noise cancellation setting turned on and record "silence" the result is the "running water" sounds that we heard in the clip I uploaded. That sound is apparently caused by the noise cancellation filter used by Windows.

When I record "silence" with all the windows enhancements and noise cancellation turned off the result is what you called the "analogue-hiss" sound. Presumably this is close to a raw recording.

So my question to you is, and I realize that you would be guessing, based on your experience, what Audacity filter(s) do you think I need to apply to the "analogue-hiss" to make it sound like the "running water"? i.e. what is the equivalent filter(s) in Audacity to the filter used by Windows? I am not interested in the EVP-effect, just in emulating the windows filter to produce the same "running water" sound.

Thanks for your patience. I am new to this world of sound.

MartinC_47 wrote:... emulating the windows filter ...

Then you want Audacity's "noise removal", which is in the Audacity Effect menu.

Unlike all other effects, Audacity's "noise removal" is a two stage process ...
There are several YouTube tutorials on Audacity's "noise removal" , e.g.
http://youtu.be/SW85770D2Uc?t=1m22s