Enhance voice/speech clarity - Newbie help required :)

[teufel_tanz]

Hi all,

Whilst I have used Audacity for basic cutting of music, etc before I am very new to many features. I have tried this myself but with limited results.

I have an audio recording of a speech taken by phone (subjects closeby, no particular noise pollution / interference) but it is extremely quiet. I have amplified this and played around with equaliser settings.

I have now got something which is discernable at a push (ie I can make partial transcripts but it is hard going at times) but is quite muffled.

Can anyone with better knowledge than me point me in the direction of effects and / or settings which would help me do a better job than I have managed so far? (either from the point I am at now or to completely restart

Many thanks in advance,
Dee

[kozikowski]

Once intelligibility sinks under the noise, that's the end of the world. That also kills most of the tools. You can try Effect > Equalization: telephone.

Koz

[teufel_tanz]

Thanks, I'll give it a try