Audacity has a long list of filtering and other tools that could be used to
edit noise out, including a fairly simple noise removal tool for those you
don't want to play around with a lot od technical settings. Given that you
can download it and use it for free you have nothing to lose.
I also use Cooledit (what is now Audition). I haven't used the tools in
Audacity enough to say how they compare with those in Cooledit, but Audacity
is a sophisticated tool and is constantly being improved. I am fairly
confident that if I took the time I could do pretty much anything I can do
with Cooledit in Audacity. At some point I decided that I couldn't justify
to upgrade Cooledit given that Adobe wants $300 for a new version. At some
point I think they had a $99 upgrade policy for Cooledit 2000 users but
given that I paid only $70 for the latter I didn't need the addition
features in Cooledit Pro (Audition 1.0). It was a sad day when Syntrillium
sold Cooledit to Adobe.
Alan.
On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 08:34:37 -0500, Lawless,John <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
>Petra,
>I utilize Adobe Audition v 1.5. It is a fairly expensive program but it
>allows me to filter noise out and/or amplify specific frequencies. It
>will not make the recording crystal clear but it does help me hear what
>I need to hear, most of the time. I have seen Audacity mentioned but I
>am not sure of its capability around filtering.
>
>John J. Lawless, Ph.D.
>Drexel University
>College of Nursing and Health Professions
>Programs in Couple and Family Therapy
>1505 Race Street, MS 905, Room 1040
>Philadelphia, PA 19102
>(P) 215-762-4164
>(F) 215-762-6933
>
>As long as people believe in absurdities they will continue to commit
>atrocities-Voltaire
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: qual-software [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On
>> Behalf Of Petra Buergelt
>> Sent: Friday, January 21, 2005 4:37 AM
>> To: [log in to unmask]
>> Subject: Improving the Quality of Recordings
>>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> Accidentally I just recorded an interview via the phone by
>> using the speakerphone option on an ordinary phone.
>> Unfortunately, the quality wasn't great at all. Does anybody
>> know useful ways of improving the quality of recordings?
>>
>> Many thanks,
>> Petra
>>
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