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captain_astronaut
captain_astronaut
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May 27, 2017
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Fixing Terrible Interview Audio in Audition

  • May 27, 2017
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Hi there. I received some interviews that were badly recorded, and was wondering how I could make them sound the best they can be? I took a stab at by following some Youtube tutorials, and while slightly improved, it still sounds awful. I'm gonna include the original and the audition version so you can hear the difference. I'm hoping someone can suggest a way to make it even better, or at least tell me to abandon all hope.

https://vimeo.com/219175066/384db2cf4fhttps://vimeo.com/219175066/384db2cf4f

Eric.Int.audition_pass on Vimeo

Thanks in advance

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stefan_gru
stefan_gru
Inspiring
June 22, 2017

Watch the 4th video on this page: Remove noise from audio files with Audition

The solution is probably to capture a noise print of the room tone (I hope you recorded 10 sec. of silence before the person spoke) and then you can remove that from the interview audio.

stefan_gru
stefan_gru
Inspiring
June 23, 2017

Captain_Astronaut: I did a test using your sample clip. I began in Premiere Pro and then right-clicked the clip and chose Edit Clip in Adobe Audition. There I attempted to select a relatively quiet section of audio (in Audition), captured the noise print (Effects > Noise Reduction > Capture Noise Print), and then ran the Noise Reduction process. Here is a before and after comparison:

Play with the Noise Reduction slider till you like what you hear:

captain_astronaut
captain_astronautAuthor
Known Participant
June 23, 2017

Cool. Now is there a way to add something to his voice so he doesn't sound like he's being interviewed in a bathroom?

Thanks for your help

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