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Toups
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 Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:26 pm Post subject: audio help: editing wma files |
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So I've got an interview I need to transcribe in wma format, but there's so much background noise that I can barely make out the talking. I'd like to run some kind of basic noise reduction filter on it to make it more listenable, but I can't open it in any of my audio editors. I've got audacity, which doesn't even recognize it, and goldwave, which tries to open it but gives up halfway through.
Any tips?
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Hot Stott Bot
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| Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:35 pm |
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| Convert the wma into a wav first... there are many programs that can do this if you look around on the internet, or you can just run the output from your computer into some kind of recording device. |
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dhex
Joined: 17 Jan 2007
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| Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:55 pm |
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what kind of background noise is it? if it's constant (like an air conditioner) you can try a few different different settings with a noise gate.
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Toups
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| Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 5:58 pm |
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| dhex wrote: |
| what kind of background noise is it? if it's constant (like an air conditioner) you can try a few different different settings with a noise gate. |
it's mostly ambient hum and then loads of background chatter. I figure with some simple noise reduction and EQing I can make it so its workable.
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dongle
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| Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:09 pm |
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when you export the edited version, use ogg so BenRen will listen.
If you're looking for free software, Audacity is a good enough editor and MPlayer and VLC can export the wma to wav. |
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Kappuru
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| Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:40 pm |
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Goldwave will do a decent hiss removal.
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Toups
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| Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 6:48 pm |
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| Kappuru wrote: |
| Goldwave will do a decent hiss removal. |
It keeps giving me fucking out of memory errors.
I've got plenty of HD space! Maybe my RAM's being hogged by something?
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BenoitRen
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| Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:20 pm |
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| dongle wrote: |
| when you export the edited version, use ogg so BenRen will listen. |
MP3 is an ISO standard, so it's okay, too. I don't even have an OGG library installed.
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| Maybe my RAM's being hogged by something? |
By tons of useless services, probably.
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GcDiaz
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| Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 8:31 pm |
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| Mister Toups wrote: |
| Maybe my hog's being rammed by something? |
Had to do it. Carry on.
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Toups
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:01 am |
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| BenoitRen wrote: |
| Mister Toups wrote: |
| Maybe my RAM's being hogged by something? |
By tons of useless services, probably. |
If a service is truly useless, can it be considered a service anymore?
Man I need to reformat my windows drive like stat.
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internisus
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 12:24 am |
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| Toups, how old is your machine? Sound editing can be about as taxing as graphics work. Not that long ago, I had a computer that could just barely handle Cool Edit Pro operations, for example. So an out-of-memory error is probably the real deal; free up what you can, but maybe you just can't handle it. =( |
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Krabjuice Gaiden
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:00 am |
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Lame.
It should support wma encoding.
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BenoitRen
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:23 am |
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| Mister Toups wrote: |
| If a service is truly useless, can it be considered a service anymore? |
It depends on the context. What I mean is that for the average user, Windows XP comes with a lot of services enabled by default that he/she doesn't need. At all. There was a good page on this, but it's late, so I'll dig it up tomorrow.
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| Whenever I read things like "id like to by a new car," I cringe inside, imagine some grunting ape who happened across a keyboard, and move on without thinking about the attempted message. |
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haircute
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 2:34 am |
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| BenoitRen wrote: |
| Mister Toups wrote: |
| If a service is truly useless, can it be considered a service anymore? |
It depends on the context. What I mean is that for the average user, Windows XP comes with a lot of services enabled by default that he/she doesn't need. At all. There was a good page on this, but it's late, so I'll dig it up tomorrow. |
This would be kind of helpful. I'd be awfully grateful if you did dig it up.
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BenoitRen
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:44 pm |
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Found the guide. :)
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| Whenever I read things like "id like to by a new car," I cringe inside, imagine some grunting ape who happened across a keyboard, and move on without thinking about the attempted message. |
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Toups
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:47 pm |
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| internisus wrote: |
| Toups, how old is your machine? Sound editing can be about as taxing as graphics work. Not that long ago, I had a computer that could just barely handle Cool Edit Pro operations, for example. So an out-of-memory error is probably the real deal; free up what you can, but maybe you just can't handle it. =( |
I've done a lot of basic audio work on this thing before. Slightly older-than-a-year laptop. I think I've got the problem fixed now, though.
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Corinth
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 4:52 pm |
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| WinAmp should be able to save it as a wav (go to preferences>plugins>output and select the Disk Writer plugin), as should WinLAME and iTunes. You probably have at least one of these installed already! Audacity simpy doesn't open WMA files. |
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Toups
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 5:09 pm |
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I have none of those things installed.
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Corinth
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:00 pm |
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| Okay. |
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dhex
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| Posted: Mon Aug 06, 2007 6:54 pm |
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toups send the file to me or upload it somewhere if yer totally fucked.
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