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ericsmoldt-purdue
Participant
December 15, 2020
Question

Can't remove sound of email chime

  • December 15, 2020
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Hello,

 

I'm embarrased to say how long I have been trying to isolate and remove the sound of a Windows notification from a clip. I can't see anything distinguishable in the waveform, so I'm not able to successfully capture any noise print, or apply the Sound Remover. If anyone could give me some guidance I would be grateful.

 

Eric

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Jacob5EE8
Participant
January 4, 2021

You could try the Multiband Compressor and select only the ranges that you want to hear/isolate the email sound and not include that frequency. Just adjust all the frequency ranges you want to hear so that they aren't being otherwise changed by the settings from that effect. Also have you tried turning up the decibel range under the Spectral Displays tab in settings? You can adjust it up to get more detail in the spectral display which might identify areas to spot correct that you previously couldn't see.

    SteveG_AudioMasters_
    Community Expert
    SteveG_AudioMasters_Community Expert
    Community Expert
    January 4, 2021

    The compressor method wouldn't work, I'm afraid - the filters have much too wide a bandwidth for that. But you are right about increasing the spectral resolution. If you do that, you can easily spot at the bottom of the display the straight horizontal lines that make up the 'Windows notify mail' chime, and by using the Marquee selection tool you can select them individually and reduce their amplitude with the HUD. This works quite effectively - certainly well enough for it not to be intrusive. It has to be surgical, though, otherwise you lose a lot of the speech.

     

    And because it's a chime that any user has available on a W10 machine, you can have a good look at it to see exactly what you're trying to get rid of. If you really want to get rid of it completely, then iZotope's RX (any version) would do it better, because it can identify the harmonics of each tone for you, and get rid of those too. 

      ericsmoldt-purdue
      ericsmoldt-purdueAuthor
      Participant
      January 4, 2021

      Thank you! I am going to look into getting iZotope's RX.

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      emmrecs
      Legend
      December 16, 2020

      And, for future reference (and to avoid this situation) turn off ALL Windows sounds, especially when doing any serious audio work.  

        SuiteSpot
        SuiteSpot
        Inspiring
        December 16, 2020

        In waveform view turn on spectral display (shift + D) and see if that helps

          ericsmoldt-purdue
          ericsmoldt-purdueAuthor
          Participant
          December 16, 2020

          I neglected to say that my spectral display is already turned on. This is where I can't distinguish the chime from the other sounds in the scene. Thank you!

          SuiteSpot
          SuiteSpot
          Inspiring
          December 17, 2020

           

          Using the spot healing brush tool this is very roughly how you would use it
          However, there is no real chance of removing the sound and if you do you will also remove/destroy the speech that is at the same location 

          You could look to see id the same words are used elsewhere and copy and past them in to that location

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