EQ to eliminate crowd cheers

strings · 2nd June 2008, 11:22 AM

I know, kind of a strange question, but here goes.
John Prine dedicated a song to my hometown in a concert years ago.
The part where he says "this ones for you", is hard to hear because of the crowd cheering.
So, is it possible to use EQ to eliminate some of the crowd?
If so, what is the best way to go about it?

Thanks for any help!

code green · 2nd June 2008, 11:30 AM

well, you could sweep a parametric eq at a high q until you find the strongest part of his voice, boost that way up, and bring all the crowd-noise frequencies way down. a crude solution but one that may serve to make "hello, cleveland!" intelligible.

lunale · 2nd June 2008, 11:47 AM

Duplicate the track.
Try to CUT OUT his voice as much as you can on one of the tracks.
Flip the phase of that track and adjust its level to taste.

Not perfect, but should work.

lunale · 2nd June 2008, 11:52 AM

if its a stereo track, you could even convert it to M/S and cut his vioce only in the M channel and convert it back, and flip phase and so on.

If the cheering is only on the sides, it could be enough to just lower the level of the S channel.

tms8707056 · 2nd June 2008, 02:34 PM

If it is really important and you have some money to spend, there was a noise reduction plugin made by Cedar Audio that would do just that. I believe that it was designed for forensic audio. I got to mess with it on a SADiE machine while in school. It worked great for isolating very hard to hear speech on tapes used as evidence in court cases. If I remember correctly, it displayed a spectrum and you erased the part that you did not want. You could specifically see the speech, and on another part of the spectrum any noise, constant or transient, and you could just erase the noise, leaving the desired audio. Very cool plugin!

phillysoulman · 2nd June 2008, 03:24 PM

Izotope RX might work as well

strings · 3rd June 2008, 05:08 AM

Thanks for all the suggestions!
I will take those tips and play around with the track (it's a stereo track), and have a look at those plugins (could come in handy for other things).

B

lunale · 3rd June 2008, 05:24 PM

good luck

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2nd June 2008, 11:22 AM	#1
strings Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 183	EQ to eliminate crowd cheers I know, kind of a strange question, but here goes. John Prine dedicated a song to my hometown in a concert years ago. The part where he says "this ones for you", is hard to hear because of the crowd cheering. So, is it possible to use EQ to eliminate some of the crowd? If so, what is the best way to go about it? Thanks for any help! __________________ "How do you increase productivity without a product?"

2nd June 2008, 11:30 AM	#2
code green Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 173	well, you could sweep a parametric eq at a high q until you find the strongest part of his voice, boost that way up, and bring all the crowd-noise frequencies way down. a crude solution but one that may serve to make "hello, cleveland!" intelligible. __________________ www.myspace.com/codegreenstudio

2nd June 2008, 11:47 AM	#3
lunale Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 198	Duplicate the track. Try to CUT OUT his voice as much as you can on one of the tracks. Flip the phase of that track and adjust its level to taste. Not perfect, but should work. __________________ "On that next section, could you continue to not play?"

2nd June 2008, 11:52 AM	#4
lunale Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 198	if its a stereo track, you could even convert it to M/S and cut his vioce only in the M channel and convert it back, and flip phase and so on. If the cheering is only on the sides, it could be enough to just lower the level of the S channel. __________________ "On that next section, could you continue to not play?"

2nd June 2008, 02:34 PM	#5
tms8707056 Gear maniac Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Jackson, TN Posts: 187	If it is really important and you have some money to spend, there was a noise reduction plugin made by Cedar Audio that would do just that. I believe that it was designed for forensic audio. I got to mess with it on a SADiE machine while in school. It worked great for isolating very hard to hear speech on tapes used as evidence in court cases. If I remember correctly, it displayed a spectrum and you erased the part that you did not want. You could specifically see the speech, and on another part of the spectrum any noise, constant or transient, and you could just erase the noise, leaving the desired audio. Very cool plugin! __________________ Matt Snyder 15" MBP 2Ghz Core 2 Duo 2GB RAM, 2 320GB LaCie Quadra Drives, MOTU 828mk3, Logic Studio "There is no such thing as an old song, just bad ones."

2nd June 2008, 03:24 PM	#6
phillysoulman Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: The City Of Brotherly Love And Sisterly Affection Posts: 2,632	Izotope RX might work as well __________________ "The words are great,but I dont like the lyrics"-A&R guy

3rd June 2008, 05:08 AM	#7
strings Gear maniac Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 183	Thanks for all the suggestions! I will take those tips and play around with the track (it's a stereo track), and have a look at those plugins (could come in handy for other things). B __________________ "How do you increase productivity without a product?"

3rd June 2008, 05:24 PM	#8
lunale Gear maniac Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Germany Posts: 198	good luck __________________ "On that next section, could you continue to not play?"

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