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On 17 Feb 2003 07:37:17 -0600

Rick Taylor  wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-02-17 at 06:50, Daniel James wrote:

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> > > I've got a vocal track that I recorded using ardour, and I

> > > have some serious pops in it from the singer being way too

> > > close to the mike and taking off my lovely

> > > pantyhose-over-a-wire-hangar-loop filter.

> > >

> > > I'm at a loss as to what filter/tool I might be able to use to

> > > reduce the severity of this...  any clues?

> >

> > First, you could compress the vocal to even out the levels - I

> > use the LADSPA Dyson Compress or SC4 plugins for this.

> >

> > You'll still have the distortion from the pops though. I suggest

> > you make it a feature, by adding some artifical effects -

> > distorted vocals are all the rage!

>

> There is noise reduction in audacity... really short delays will

> work as well. If you can manage to catch it somewhere between

> feedback and echo... you may not be able to even hear the delay

> afterwards. Reverb takes it out sometimes too. ...Low pass

> filters, EQ, etc.

Is there any way to pluck out declickers and depops from ReZound and

GNOME Wave Cleaner to LADSPA and make a Sound Restoration Farm? :-)
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Alexandre Prokoudine

ALT Linux Documentation Team

JID: avp@altlinux.org