Trying to remove crowd noise from a song

ozpjman

Hi all

I have absolutely no technical skill whatsoever, so I have turned to the experts.

I was wondering if it was possible to take a song from either a cd or a file on the computer, which was, say, from a concert, and resave it without the crowd???

Not sure if it is possible or if there is certain software I need, so any help or guidance is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

gue_barium

No, not completely.
If you have a good sound-editing program you can tweak it a bit to bring out the music more, but it takes some doing, especially if it's a bootleg.

ozpjman

Cool

thanks for that

Why does the crowd have to be so loud haha

Jeanie

ozpjman wrote:

Hi all

I have absolutely no technical skill whatsoever, so I have turned to the experts.

I was wondering if it was possible to take a song from either a cd or a file on the computer, which was, say, from a concert, and resave it without the crowd???

Not sure if it is possible or if there is certain software I need, so any help or guidance is much appreciated.

Thanks in advance

I have had some success removing crowd noises from tracks using Cool Edit.
You simply highlight a sample of the crowd noise on the track and then ask that it be deleted for the whole track. It won't remove everything, but if you're pedantic and precise, you could also use the package to "splice" out other little bits that remain.
It's time consuming and not precise but it can make a difference.

wedge

Jeanie wrote:

I have had some success removing crowd noises from tracks using Cool Edit.
You simply highlight a sample of the crowd noise on the track and then ask that it be deleted for the whole track. It won't remove everything, but if you're pedantic and precise, you could also use the package to "splice" out other little bits that remain.
It's time consuming and not precise but it can make a difference.

http://www.adobe.com/special/products/audition/syntrillium.html

Jeanie

wedge wrote:

http://www.adobe.com/special/products/audition/syntrillium.html

Thanks wedge.

Jeanie

Oh before I forget ozpjman, you can also do this kind of thing with Pro Tools on a Mac I think.

ozpjman

Thank you all for your help

I will try with everyones ideas and see how we go.

I was asking this coz I wanted to (try and) have the song Picture In a Frame that Eddie sang at Brisbane for the cake-cutting at my wedding at the end of October, and thought it would be a cool song to have since its only a short song.

Cant wait to try

Thanks again

Jeanie

ozpjman wrote:

Thank you all for your help

I will try with everyones ideas and see how we go.

I was asking this coz I wanted to (try and) have the song Picture In a Frame that Eddie sang at Brisbane for the cake-cutting at my wedding at the end of October, and thought it would be a cool song to have since its only a short song.

Cant wait to try

Thanks again

Well for my two bobs worth, the cool edit is easier to use than the pro tools.
I mean I studied that stuff at uni and I still don't get it! but cool edit is very easy to get proficient in the use of fairly quickly. not that I'm any expert, but that's the one I'd be wanting to play with.

If you like, you could pm me and if we exchanged emails addy's and you emailed me the song I could give it a go for you?

oh! and I believe you can download a trial version of cool edit off the internet that would do the trick, least you used to be able to, so maybe see if you can before you fork out $$$$.

Good luck with it.

gue_barium

I have CoolEdit as well, but Syntrillium was sold to Adobe or some such shit and I think it was discontinued.

Jeanie

gue_barium wrote:

I have CoolEdit as well, but Syntrillium was sold to Adobe or some such shit and I think it was discontinued.

^^Wedge posted a link to the current adobe version of Cool edit above gue.

ozpjman

Jeanie wrote:

Well for my two bobs worth, the cool edit is easier to use than the pro tools.
I mean I studied that stuff at uni and I still don't get it! but cool edit is very easy to get proficient in the use of fairly quickly. not that I'm any expert, but that's the one I'd be wanting to play with.

If you like, you could pm me and if we exchanged emails addy's and you emailed me the song I could give it a go for you?

oh! and I believe you can download a trial version of cool edit off the internet that would do the trick, least you used to be able to, so maybe see if you can before you fork out $$$$.

Good luck with it.

That would be marvellous!

I will PM you with my address and we'll go from there

Thanks again

Jeanie

ozpjman wrote:

That would be marvellous!

I will PM you with my address and we'll go from there

Thanks again

You're welcome.

DarkStar

I've got the latest version of Adobe Soundbooth...if you want me to give it a go too I am more than willing. PM me if interested.

ds

hguz73

Editing with Cakewalk and Sound Forge might work too