Why is there all of a sudden a bunch of white noise behind my voice?

spatel2 · Post by **spatel2** » October 16th, 2020, 9:22 am

Yesterday, my Audacity was working fine(or my microphone, I don't know which one), and there was no white noise behind my voice. Today, when I try to fix something on one of my projects, I suddenly notice a lot, like A LOT, of white noise behind my voice.

I am sitting in the same place I was yesterday, except the grass cutter guy(what do I call him?) is near, and the microphone might be picking up the noise from him, so maybe that's the reason?

I tried applying Noise Reduction, but that didn't work. What should I do? Thanks.

Post by **philchenevert** » October 16th, 2020, 9:41 am

spatel2 wrote: ↑October 16th, 2020, 9:22 am Yesterday, my Audacity was working fine(or my microphone, I don't know which one), and there was no white noise behind my voice. Today, when I try to fix something on one of my projects, I suddenly notice a lot, like A LOT, of white noise behind my voice.

I am sitting in the same place I was yesterday, except the grass cutter guy(what do I call him?) is near, and the microphone might be picking up the noise from him, so maybe that's the reason?

I tried applying Noise Reduction, but that didn't work. What should I do? Thanks.

Could you please give us a sample of what you mean? upload a track for us to listen to and we can give more advice. and yes, mowers are picked up by my mic!

spatel2 · Post by **spatel2** » October 16th, 2020, 9:43 am

Here is an example: https://librivox.org/uploads/xx-nonproject/whitenoiseexample.mp3

Post by **TriciaG** » October 16th, 2020, 10:09 am

Probably the lawnmower. Try again after it's not running and see if the noise goes away.

spatel2 · Post by **spatel2** » October 16th, 2020, 10:12 am

Ok. I tried right now(when the lawnmower went away), and it's still there. I think that's because my computer is heating up. Now I can hear the noise without audacity.

Post by **TriciaG** » October 16th, 2020, 10:13 am

I didn't hear anything when I listened. When I amplified it, I heard some white noise and the ticking of a clock.

If you can make the noise go away before recording, do it. Otherwise, just do light noise removal, and you'll be fine, IMHO. It's well within LV standards.

spatel2 · Post by **spatel2** » October 16th, 2020, 10:18 am

It's nearly gone, I can't hear it anymore. I have no idea what it was..but it was probably my computer heating up, because I cooled it down(kind of). Thanks though!

sjmarky · Post by **sjmarky** » October 16th, 2020, 11:11 am

There is a repeating mechanical sound, but honestly it's not significant. I have to use closed headphones at high volume to detect it. I wouldn't worry about it.

spatel2 · Post by **spatel2** » October 18th, 2020, 7:39 pm

I have no idea what happened, but the noise is COMPLETELY gone!!! There is NO more white noise, like NO MORE!! It's much better than before. This will remain a mystery.....

Post by **philchenevert** » October 18th, 2020, 8:27 pm

spatel2 wrote: ↑October 18th, 2020, 7:39 pm I have no idea what happened, but the noise is COMPLETELY gone!!! There is NO more white noise, like NO MORE!! It's much better than before. This will remain a mystery.....

Ooooooooo The Shadow Knows ....Oooooooooo (mysterious sounds) ....(chains clanking) Oooooo