Crazy amounts of noise

tlwallace · Post by **tlwallace** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 3:00 am

I just dowloaded audacity version 2.0.6 I have windows 7. I imported an audio file so that I could slice it. When i listened to the play back there was an incredible amount of terrible noise (maybe like disortion) to the point where I could barely hear the person speaking. How can I get rid of this?

Post by **kozikowski** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 3:26 am

Can you open the file in Windows Media and is it OK there?

Koz

tlwallace · Post by **tlwallace** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 5:43 am

No it will not play in windows media. It says it encounters a problem. However, it will play in Quick time

Post by **kozikowski** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:00 am

You can get QuickTime to tell you what you have. Window > Show Movie Inspector.

You have an odd sound file and you may need to install the FFMpeg software to play it.

http://audacityteam.org/download/windows
Scroll down.

Koz

tlwallace · Post by **tlwallace** » Sat Feb 21, 2015 6:17 am

Ok I'll try that tomorrow

tlwallace · Post by **tlwallace** » Sun Feb 22, 2015 9:56 pm

I have downloaded the ffmpeg software and it didnt make any difference

Post by **kozikowski** » Mon Feb 23, 2015 3:54 am

Run the file in QuickTime and get it to tell you the INFO. Post a screen grab of that INFO panel.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 49&t=64936

Koz

tlwallace · Post by **tlwallace** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 3:16 am

I dont know if this will help but here it is

Post by **kozikowski** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 7:14 am

Thank you. I'm not sure how you got that work, but it shows IMA as a compressed file type and the only one I could find is an uncompressed version (attached). Where did you get the file from?

16.000 KHz is just above the quality of AM radio, if that's what it's trying to tell us.

Some paid versions of QuickTime will let you do standards conversion and make a new one. File > Export (attached). Click the pictures if they don't fit.

Koz

tlwallace · Post by **tlwallace** » Tue Feb 24, 2015 8:22 pm

I got this file from a recorded seminar that used and app called "supernotes". I wifi downloaded the file to my laptop because it was eveidently too big for email servers. Im wanting to email this file audio track to others so that is why Im trying to get it to a program and cut it in half.(I have already emailed files that are not quite as large with no problem). I can listen to it on Quicktime but no other program will play it. So, I tried to import it to audacity and that is where I'm getting super amounts of noise or reverb or whatever it is. You mentioned a paid versions of Quicktime might let me make the conversion but I would like to avoid this if possible. Are the attachments you last sent for a paid version of Quicktime? Please help if possible

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