Comments on Technology Made Easy: Removing Hiss with Audacity

Thanks for the feedback. I'll explore the new ...

2012-02-10T10:08:44.123+05:30

Thanks for the feedback. I'll explore the new version of Audacity and create a new tutorial.

The latest version of Audacity no longer has a sim...

2012-02-10T04:55:21.724+05:30

The latest version of Audacity no longer has a simple Less <-> More slider in Step 2.

Audacity 1.3 (for Windows 7) now has:
Noise reduction (dB)
[default 24]
Sensitivity (dB)
[default 0.00]
Frequency smoothing (Hz)
[default 150]
Attach/decay time (secs)
[default .15]

This is definitely a whole lot less simple. What starter

Hiss may be due to faulty equipment or ambient noi...

2012-02-06T22:43:52.869+05:30

Hiss may be due to faulty equipment or ambient noise or both. It's impossible to say without a physical inspection of your premises.

I have one question. i've been trying to recor...

2012-02-06T22:12:25.330+05:30

I have one question. i've been trying to record my voice in different softwares and always get this hiss when i apply a compressor and EQ it to the high frecuency all the way up .. the hiss increases volume... i even disconnect my usb soundcard and start recording "nothing" and the waveform looks clean, but when i EQ it to the highs and apply compressor the zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz sound

For those who ve had weird noises replace the hiss...

2011-12-15T09:24:46.441+05:30

For those who ve had weird noises replace the hissing, my suggestion is to reduce the noise of your tracks separately. So if you ve recorded vocals, drums, bass and guitars, you should try cleaning the sound of each track before recombining all the parts back together again. Worked for me and I used a 0.5 sec noise sample length. hope it helps the doubtful ones.

Everyone already said it but I'm gonna say it ...

2011-12-15T04:42:35.624+05:30

Everyone already said it but I'm gonna say it again. This noise removal tip works very well even if the initial recording was done with inexpensive hardware. This helpful tip is going on my FB wall

Even at the lowest setting in a recording using bo...

2011-11-18T04:31:42.284+05:30

Even at the lowest setting in a recording using both keyboard and voice, the noise removal editor leaves the music and voice sounding like it is passing thru a phaser or some gate....not acceptable at all.

This is very helpful. In my case one more step les...

2011-11-09T19:40:25.395+05:30

This is very helpful. In my case one more step lesser worked better.

Deepak - Knockout!! my late father-in-law's r-...

2011-09-08T00:37:43.341+05:30

Deepak - Knockout!! my late father-in-law's r-to-r tapes were recorded in 1957 and his first recordings were dreadful. This tool and others have revived them to an incredible standard by comparison. My wife nearly cried hearing her Grandfather and Grandmother again after 48 years in almost perfect clarity.

Thanks to both you and all at Audacity, cheers!!

THat is clever and rather wonderful - thankyou for...

2011-08-05T18:13:28.844+05:30

THat is clever and rather wonderful - thankyou for sharing it - I can clean up my beloved if rather dodgy old back cataloge now.
Mark

This post helped me, but the version of Audacity y...

2011-07-27T00:58:36.527+05:30

This post helped me, but the version of Audacity you spoke of must have been older than my version. The screens were different. Thumbs up!

Thanks,

Sloyce

This is great. Has been a huge help. Thank you.

2011-07-04T01:55:55.423+05:30

This is great. Has been a huge help. Thank you.

Excellent. Thanks very much

2011-05-29T18:44:10.666+05:30

Excellent. Thanks very much

great tip. Made terrible sound very usable. thanx

2011-05-23T16:33:26.341+05:30

great tip. Made terrible sound very usable.
thanx

Thanks Deepak that was very useful.

2011-05-17T19:06:18.476+05:30

Thanks Deepak that was very useful.

This was EXTREMELY helpful and very easy to follow...

2011-02-06T08:28:38.578+05:30

This was EXTREMELY helpful and very easy to follow! Thank you!

Fantastic! I'm trying to digitalise a bunch of...

2011-01-27T14:21:41.287+05:30

Fantastic! I'm trying to digitalise a bunch of old cassettes I have, and I'm using Audacity on a Ubuntu system. (I'm gradually trying to migrate from Windows). Your instructions for the Noise Removal Tool worked like a dream! After trying various other methods yesterday evening, the results of this tool made me laugh out loud! A clean recording just waiting to be exported as an mp3

Thank you very much for your instructions to remov...

2010-12-17T05:00:49.355+05:30

Thank you very much for your instructions to remove hiss. The screen shots were especially useful. I'd give you ten stars if only I could but five will have to do. Sending peace and love your way :)

Thank you for a very useful introduction to audaci...

2010-10-31T09:02:34.822+05:30

Thank you for a very useful introduction to audacities noise removal.

Sven

Sweet! thnks!

2010-09-01T21:25:46.517+05:30

Sweet! thnks!

Wow, this worked wonderfully! I used it to remove ...

2010-08-12T14:22:00.559+05:30

Wow, this worked wonderfully! I used it to remove the hiss/hum from the audio I recorded off of a VHS tape, and it's made a great difference.

I knew the tool was there, but had yet to learn it - thanks!

works great _ no echo problems on my end, I'm ...

2010-07-23T07:32:54.888+05:30

works great _ no echo problems on my end, I'm using the new Beta version maybe they fixed it there?

sounds awesome, thanks for the easy tutorial

_Jason

Brilliant! Thanks a lot for this tutorial. I had b...

2010-07-15T00:02:53.200+05:30

Brilliant! Thanks a lot for this tutorial. I had been using Audacity for a while for jam-session recording, but had never tried the noise removal on vocal hiss. It works great!

Works beautifully, thanks!

2010-07-12T18:14:21.535+05:30

Works beautifully, thanks!

I have a 23 year old cassette tape of some unrelea...

2010-06-02T17:57:55.359+05:30

I have a 23 year old cassette tape of some unreleased material of a band I was involved with. The recording was made from from another cassette tape and remains the only copy left as the master studio tapes are long lost.

Following your simple instructions I was very impressed with the resulting quality. THANKS!!! :)