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Removing 100s of "uhm" and "ahh" from an audio? - tuqqer - 03-15-2018
Any of you know of a software that will allow one to remove a lot of "uhm/ummm" sounds from someones audio file? I only have used Audacity before, but I don't think it has that ability.
Normally, I'd just manually delete each one but this speaker has well over 100 in a 30-minute talk.
Re: Removing 100s of "uhm" and "ahh" from an audio? - mikebw - 03-15-2018
Is there consistency in the length of these unwanted sounds, or the about of silence before/after? You could try Adobe Audition, it can help identify periods of silence, which can be turned into markers which can be more easily parsed than doing real-time, although there is a bit of a curve in getting the settings right.
Come to think of it, the spectral frequency display could also be helpful in finding these from a visual perspective. That's not something totally unique to Audition, but I don't think Audacity has it.
Re: Removing 100s of "uhm" and "ahh" from an audio? - cbelt3 - 03-15-2018
This looks helpful. Uh.... hmm... not sure...
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/tap070-how-to-use-truncate-silence-and-sound-smarter-with-audacity/
Re: Removing 100s of "uhm" and "ahh" from an audio? - Kraniac - 03-15-2018
I used to help my buddy edit tape for radio interviews, lectures and such..
That's what we did..cut and sliced out the um's, ahhs ,you knows,, wells and gasses and a few stray cusses..
as long as you have some relief between phrases, it's easy..certainly easier in a computer these days..but basically the same thing..you have to just decide to leave the ones that bleed together..no biggy, pick your battles.
Re: Removing 100s of "uhm" and "ahh" from an audio? - ztirffritz - 03-15-2018
My wife does this for her podcast using Logic Pro. She found that she's altered how she speaks to eliminate the ahhs and umms so she has less to edit.
[insert shameless plug for her podcast here] https://soundcloud.com/user-634891531
Re: Removing 100s of "uhm" and "ahh" from an audio? - hal - 03-16-2018
Who could resist, Comic Sans Versus Papyrus
the Spirit of the Endeavor is a great name...
Re: Removing 100s of "uhm" and "ahh" from an audio? - August West - 03-16-2018
You could download a demo of Izotope RX and see what that will do for you.
Re: Removing 100s of "uhm" and "ahh" from an audio? - anonymouse1 - 03-16-2018
This.
August West wrote:
You could download a demo of Izotope RX and see what that will do for you.
Re: Removing 100s of "uhm" and "ahh" from an audio? - bfd - 03-16-2018
… asking for a find and replace function in audio software is still way off on the horizon.
Re: Removing 100s of "uhm" and "ahh" from an audio? - mikebw - 03-16-2018
anonymouse1 wrote:
This.
[quote=August West]
You could download a demo of Izotope RX and see what that will do for you.
Good suggestion. I use RX on occasion but never for the above mentioned need. The "Find Similar Event" feature looks like exactly what you need- http://help.izotope.com/docs/rx/pages/reference_findsimilarevent.htm