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June 19, 2017
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Removal of sound based on a separate recording

  • June 19, 2017
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Hi everyone,

I recorded a 1 on 1 interview with both the interviewer and the interviewee each having their own separate microphones.

Now the problem is that one of the microphones (the interviewer's) picked up more than the other, even having the the interviewee's voice recorded as well - loud enough to hear, but not clear enough to not have to use the other microphone's recording as an audio track.

However, the interviewee's microphone was better, cutting out most of the interviewer's voice, and restricting it only to the interviewee's voice.

Is there a way to use the interviewee's microphone's recording as a noise print and remove his voice totally from the interviewer's track (i tried this, effect was only minimal) or a better way to clean up the interviewer's audio track?

Thanks in advance for any potential solutions!

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    Richard M KnightCommunity Expert
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    June 19, 2017

    Just mix it by hand, set both faders to about -10 to -15 db and push up to zero when they are speaking, pull them back when they are not. Easier if you have a hardware controller.

    chrisw44157881
    chrisw44157881
    Inspiring
    June 19, 2017

    automatic noise gate might work.

    ryclark
    ryclark
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    June 19, 2017

    You might be able to use side chaining to make the interviewee track reduce the level of the interviewer track whenever they speak. But that takes some complicated setting up. So, although somewhat boring, it is sometimes as easy to do it manually using the volume envelopes on the relevant track in Multitrack view.

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