Tips on how to cut back background noise in Cool Edit Pro?

[Young Tre]

Whenever I put a song on Cool Edit Pro it picks up the humming sound my computer makes, I'm working on extending my chords so I can record away from my comp, but for now what can I do to reduce that noise?

 

[HERESY]

We dont know what the noise is. It could be a GROUND LOOP, it could be a faulty cable. If we knew what the noise was we could eliminate the problem. For now you should try a GATE.

 

[Young Tre]

Whats gate? And the humming is from my computer being a piece of shit, lol. But in Cool Edit Pro is there anything I can do to really mess with the sound?

 

[Pig-Homo]

THEY'RE PROBABLY FREQUENTIES COP ONE OF THESE http://store.aiconsol.com/he18-rolls.html OR TRY THE NOISE REDUCTION

 

[HERESY]

Whats gate? And the humming is from my computer being a piece of shit, lol. But in Cool Edit Pro is there anything I can do to really mess with the sound?

If you are serious about recording you better start learning the terms ASAP.

http://www.sfu.ca/sca/Manuals/ZAAPf/n/noise_gate.html

 

[Young Tre]

Props on the help and links.

 

[Mr. Samos]

Take the raw into edit view and collect a sample of the feedback, silent everything outside the vocals without clipping the vocals, then take the 0.5-1 second sample of noise and try a Noise Reduction. Collect the profile and apply it. It shouldn't affect the vocals if done correctly.

Other than that, it shouldn't be hard to find a way to record AWAY from your computer, if that's even the problem.

 

[kevp]

record a couple seconds of JUST the cpu humming (probably fans?) before you record your vocals, then when you need to use Noise Reduction you'll have a sample of JUST noise every time.

 

[robenea]

yea it could be the cable.. sometimes unbalanced cables create noise, fiddle with the tip or buy a new one soon, and to get rid of noise use noise reduction..is it from a mic? it could be cuz the mic isnt preamped.. dunno tho

 

[CityLimits1990]

im on crack...

 

[Young Tre]

Yeah I record away from it now, but whenever I do anything (Edit my voice, etc.) in Cool Edit Pro I get a bunch of static....

 

[EDJ]

^WHAT KIND OF SOUND CARD DO YOU HAVE?