reduce the intensity of this eating sound effect

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reduce the intensity of this eating sound effect

Post by justinrpg » Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:15 am

is there any way I can reduce the intensity of this animal eating sound effect to make it sound less intense, more normal eating, less gorey sounding, like gate the intensity of it or something in Audacity???
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Re: reduce the intensity of this eating sound effect

Post by steve » Mon Dec 03, 2012 4:21 am

How about making it a lot less loud?
Amplify by -24 dB (minus 24)
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Re: reduce the intensity of this eating sound effect

Post by Trebor » Mon Dec 03, 2012 7:05 am

Steve's Limiter can selectively attenuate the louder peaks, (a form of dynamic range compression) ...
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Re: reduce the intensity of this eating sound effect

Post by justinrpg » Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:14 pm

*****!!!! IN FACT THE LIMITER MAKES IT LOUDER AND MORE INTENSE!!! THANKS FOR SHOWING ME A PLUG IN THAT DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE JERKS!!!!!!!!!

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Re: reduce the intensity of this eating sound effect

Post by Trebor » Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:31 pm

justinrpg wrote:... IN FACT THE LIMITER MAKES IT LOUDER AND MORE INTENSE!!! THANKS FOR SHOWING ME A PLUG IN THAT DOES THE EXACT OPPOSITE JERKS!!!!!!!!!
In addition to forgetting your manners you probably forgot to put the "Make-up Gain" to zero ...
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Re: reduce the intensity of this eating sound effect

Post by justinrpg » Mon Dec 03, 2012 12:59 pm

or you should have linked to this instead
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyqui ... Noise_Gate

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Re: reduce the intensity of this eating sound effect

Post by steve » Mon Dec 03, 2012 2:23 pm

justinrpg wrote:or you should have linked to this instead
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Nyqui ... Noise_Gate
Are you saying that Noise Gate provides the effect that you want? :?
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