CatMalone
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Hello,
I've a a home studio and invested in good gears, I create educational video course. Fortunately all was going well but ever since summers started, I've been facing an issue:
Someone runs an old era machine day and night, near my home and it makes "a lot of annoying humming noise which comes in my room and my floor also vibrates" Even at night I can't record (it's 3:59 AM right now). Also sound acoustic panels doesn't work at my place and also they cost fortune here so
I fine tuned a lot of other things :
I tried to remove the background humming noise using 3 different software's / techniques:
and recorded a video.
Unfortunately I don't have studio monitors nor monitor headsets so when I listen to the post processing in my multimedia headset they all sound differently.
I request you if you have studio monitors nor monitor headsets, please watch my video where I shared 3 different test clips
and please let me know out of these 3 clips which sound better (or professional)
UPDATE Jun 6
1. The machine near by my home is now permanently installed so the vibration (humming noise) is changed and hopefully it will remain like this so I re-recorded, below is a Raw Humming Noise audio (this time it's very short so that it takes your very less time), also I made a few changes like:
a. Earlier I set the gain in my audio interface (focusrite scarlett solo 2nd gen) to 85% whereas now I reduced to 75% which is why now it picks up less noise (but now the volume level is decreased but I will see how to deal with that).
b. I use MXL 770 condenser mic, it also has 'a low frequency roll-off Switch' should I use it?
c. This mic also has 'attenuation switch' -0db to -10db should I use this (as I only create education video course where I speak to the mic I think I shouldn't use this switch right?)
2. This is the Raw Audio file with humming Noise (this time I made the audio file Very Short so that it doesn't take much time):
1. The first 30 seconds is just a humming noise and then I started speaking and at the background still humming noise is coming :
2. Here is the cleaned audio file (initially I showed, how did I clean it in audacity - first 30 seconds and then my voice starts)
UPDATE Jun 9
Now I adapted a different approach: I recorded the noise for 30 secs (I don't know what to call it may be it's not hum but surely it's kind of noise) and afterwards I started speaking something. Now I'm providing you "Audacity Project files" and also "Raw Audio", and the "clean audio which I cleaned via audacity" so that you can analyze:
Dropbox - _Raw_audio--and--Audacity_project.zip
Please share your invaluable feedback how to remove this noise because when I remove it via Audacity afterwards my voice doesn't sound that much good which is in raw audio!
UPDATE Jun 20
Based on all the suggestions I got from Genius members out here:
These are the measures I have taken:
* I reduced the gain a lot, earlier it was 90% then it was 75%. And now it is approx. 63%
* I used the pop filter
* Kept mic very close to the mouth
* Spoke loudly
* Recorded at night 3am
* 48hz sets in Audacity (as focusrite solo 2nd supports 48Hz)
First test recording:
Second Test Recording:
Note: here I was speaking Very loudly (with same distance)
1. Please let me know which one sound better? (The reason for this request: Unfortunately I don't have studio monitors nor monitor headsets so when I listen to the recording in my multimedia headset they all sound differently even if I get monitor headsets the noise which is coming from outside makes it so hard so please do a favor love you all)
2. Do you think I still need to do Noise Removal on these?
3. Do I need to increase the gain/volume in post via Audacity because it still doesn't sound like professional recording ?
Trust me it would be a great help and I'm grateful to you.
I've a a home studio and invested in good gears, I create educational video course. Fortunately all was going well but ever since summers started, I've been facing an issue:
Someone runs an old era machine day and night, near my home and it makes "a lot of annoying humming noise which comes in my room and my floor also vibrates" Even at night I can't record (it's 3:59 AM right now). Also sound acoustic panels doesn't work at my place and also they cost fortune here so
I fine tuned a lot of other things :
I tried to remove the background humming noise using 3 different software's / techniques:
- Audacity
- Adobe Audition CC 2019
- OBS studio (used plugin)
and recorded a video.
Unfortunately I don't have studio monitors nor monitor headsets so when I listen to the post processing in my multimedia headset they all sound differently.
I request you if you have studio monitors nor monitor headsets, please watch my video where I shared 3 different test clips
and please let me know out of these 3 clips which sound better (or professional)
UPDATE Jun 6
1. The machine near by my home is now permanently installed so the vibration (humming noise) is changed and hopefully it will remain like this so I re-recorded, below is a Raw Humming Noise audio (this time it's very short so that it takes your very less time), also I made a few changes like:
a. Earlier I set the gain in my audio interface (focusrite scarlett solo 2nd gen) to 85% whereas now I reduced to 75% which is why now it picks up less noise (but now the volume level is decreased but I will see how to deal with that).
b. I use MXL 770 condenser mic, it also has 'a low frequency roll-off Switch' should I use it?
c. This mic also has 'attenuation switch' -0db to -10db should I use this (as I only create education video course where I speak to the mic I think I shouldn't use this switch right?)
2. This is the Raw Audio file with humming Noise (this time I made the audio file Very Short so that it doesn't take much time):
1. The first 30 seconds is just a humming noise and then I started speaking and at the background still humming noise is coming :
2. Here is the cleaned audio file (initially I showed, how did I clean it in audacity - first 30 seconds and then my voice starts)
UPDATE Jun 9
Now I adapted a different approach: I recorded the noise for 30 secs (I don't know what to call it may be it's not hum but surely it's kind of noise) and afterwards I started speaking something. Now I'm providing you "Audacity Project files" and also "Raw Audio", and the "clean audio which I cleaned via audacity" so that you can analyze:
Dropbox - _Raw_audio--and--Audacity_project.zip
Please share your invaluable feedback how to remove this noise because when I remove it via Audacity afterwards my voice doesn't sound that much good which is in raw audio!
UPDATE Jun 20
Based on all the suggestions I got from Genius members out here:
These are the measures I have taken:
* I reduced the gain a lot, earlier it was 90% then it was 75%. And now it is approx. 63%
* I used the pop filter
* Kept mic very close to the mouth
* Spoke loudly
* Recorded at night 3am
* 48hz sets in Audacity (as focusrite solo 2nd supports 48Hz)
First test recording:
Second Test Recording:
Note: here I was speaking Very loudly (with same distance)
1. Please let me know which one sound better? (The reason for this request: Unfortunately I don't have studio monitors nor monitor headsets so when I listen to the recording in my multimedia headset they all sound differently even if I get monitor headsets the noise which is coming from outside makes it so hard so please do a favor love you all)
2. Do you think I still need to do Noise Removal on these?
3. Do I need to increase the gain/volume in post via Audacity because it still doesn't sound like professional recording ?
Trust me it would be a great help and I'm grateful to you.
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