Removing 100s of "uhm" and "ahh" from an audio?

[tuqqer]

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.

[mikebw]

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.

[cbelt3]

This looks helpful. Uh.... hmm... not sure...
https://theaudacitytopodcast.com/tap070-...-audacity/

[Kraniac]

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.

[ztirffritz]

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

[hal]

Who could resist, Comic Sans Versus Papyrus

the Spirit of the Endeavor is a great name...

[August West]

You could download a demo of Izotope RX and see what that will do for you.

[anonymouse1]

This.

August West wrote:
You could download a demo of Izotope RX and see what that will do for you.

[bfd]

… asking for a find and replace function in audio software is still way off on the horizon.

[mikebw]

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/re...revent.htm