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Why we hear noise (when it's silence) while AUDIO - RECORDING
In a way everything other than the signal you're interested in is noise. Silence is the 'weird' thing, not noise.
There are many types of noise produced in different ways. But the most common (the ...
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Extract wavelengths or frequencies out of a recorded sound
Wavelength is the inverse of frequency (1/f) so all you need is to perform an FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) on your signal to get its spectrum (harmonic content). This can be done in many ways but from ...
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How can I mute quiet parts of audio in Audacity?
Look for a 'noise gate'. I don't use Audacity myself and it looks as though my initial assumption that you'd have one built in is wrong: search for 'audacity noise gate' on google and you'll see ...
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Replace sections that have low volume with silence in Adobe Audition
I don't know Audition, but most DAWs come with a noise gate. Use one with a filter to more accurately hone in on the right frequencies.
Alternatively, for something much 'smarter' you could use ...
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Soundbarrier material
You have to keep in mind that attenuation and absorption are not to be used interchangeably!
As Tetsujin states in their comment, the foam won't do much, as it may attenuate the sound in a "...
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Silenting the noise down, after recording
Surprised nobody here has mentioned actual denoising algorithms. If you can't remove the source of the noise or can't re-record what you already have, look into effects such as izotope rx and edison. ...
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How can make a "Fade Out to silence then Fade in" script in Sound Forge 11?
A script would have to be able to distinguish between dialogue you want to keep, and "noise", as thresholds and other means wouldn't work in this scenario. It would be easier (IMO) to simply place ...
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Which audio file format gives smallest size for silent tracks?
Just an idea (which needs further research): do you actually need the silence to be a file or could you just play dynamically created data? If the latter is the case, you could probably find a ...
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