removing howling from voice recording

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removing howling from voice recording

Post by 046oh » Mon Feb 24, 2014 3:52 pm

in the attached sound file, there's like a doubled version of my voice in the recording.

how do i take this out?

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Re: removing howling from voice recording

Post by kozikowski » Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:12 pm

I'm going to assume you have a live microphone connected to the computer correctly because there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with the main voice. Are you wearing headphones? Does it still do it if you turn the speakers off and talk?

Does it only do it on an MP3 Export?

It's remotely possible this is a Windows Problem. Turn off Windows Enhanced Services and try it again.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... hancements

Another possibility is Windows Playback Special Effects. I got a computer once that had "Theater Echo" turned on and I couldn't figure out what was wrong. That's set in the Windows Control Panels.

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Re: removing howling from voice recording

Post by kozikowski » Mon Feb 24, 2014 4:29 pm

I know of no way to take that out in Post Production (Filtering). Effects like that and echoes are pretty much permanent.
The only option is not making any more of those recordings.
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Re: removing howling from voice recording

Post by Gale Andrews » Mon Feb 24, 2014 8:25 pm

iZotope RX3 Advanced (you can use it briefly as a free trial) has a "De-Reverb" effect. It is better used as a standalone program than as a plug-in in Audacity.

It works quite well on the first three words in your example.


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