Reducing ambient echo from a recording -Sound Forge - PC

Subject:Reducing ambient echo from a recording Posted by: pup Date:10/23/2002 7:31:04 AM Hello, all. I have a spoken testimonial that was recorded in a very cavernous space. I've been asked to reduce/remove the cavernous echo/reverb. I have Sound Forge 5.0. Any tips or suggestions? Thanks. - pup
Subject:RE: Reducing ambient echo from a recording Reply by: Chienworks Date:10/23/2002 8:21:19 AM Sorry, there's not much you can do. Once there has been echo/reverb added to a recording, it's just about impossible to remove it. There are some things you can try though. Try some EQ. The reverb is probably mostly lower frequencies, and eliminating these may not make the voice sound too bad. Noise gate may help a little by cutting out quieter parts of the signal. However it will probably sound a whole lot less pleasing to have the reverb stop during pauses.
Subject:RE: Reducing ambient echo from a recording Reply by: pup Date:10/23/2002 8:40:17 AM Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a shot. Just to clarify, though, I didn't add anything to the recording - it was recorded in a huge empty space...and it sounds like it! I was trying to give it a more "living room interview" sound. Thanks again. - pup
Subject:RE: Reducing ambient echo from a recording Reply by: Chienworks Date:10/23/2002 11:43:57 AM Hope you get something usable out of it :) What i meant by "reverb added" was that the room itself added the reverb to the sound while it was being recorded. This isn't any different from adding it after the fact.
Subject:RE: Reducing ambient echo from a recording Reply by: AFSDMS Date:10/25/2002 9:57:54 AM Well, it does have a 'living room sound' if we are talking about the Pope's living room :-)
Subject:RE: Reducing ambient echo from a recording Reply by: shum Date:10/25/2002 7:04:25 PM Hi,Pup... You can also try using a plug-in from Steinberg called "Denoiser". In fact, it can´t remove the reverberation, but it lets you decreasing a bit the reverber effect within a parameter called "ambience". This plug-in was primary developed for the purpose of reducing background noise. Shum

Subject:Reducing ambient echo from a recording

Posted by: pup

Date:10/23/2002 7:31:04 AM

Hello, all.

I have a spoken testimonial that was recorded in a very cavernous space. I've been asked to reduce/remove the cavernous echo/reverb. I have Sound Forge 5.0. Any tips or suggestions? Thanks.

- pup