[AUDITORY] cleaning background noise (murmur, clatter, ...) (Esra Mungan )

Subject: [AUDITORY] cleaning background noise (murmur, clatter, ...) From: Esra Mungan <esra.mungan@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2025 14:32:38 +0300 This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01DBAA25.691160A0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit dear list, since more than a year we are doing a series of weekly public science lectures (as part of a collective resistance against a political crash attempt against our university, hence we call our initiative "academy-in-resistance for free, autonomous, and democratic universities") at a central public library in istanbul. we have wonderful attendance, yet, there are, of course, many people who cannot attend these lectures in person. all lectures are recorded but because the sound and recording conditions are not ideal (particularly on warm days we need to keep windows open hence we get some background city noise; but also our recording devices and the whole bluetooth sound system are rather modest) we now want to improve the listening quality of our recorded lectures ( <https://www.youtube.com/@xxxxxxxx> https://www.youtube.com/@xxxxxxxx; last years' lectures were added under a more general academic youtube account of ours, <https://www.youtube.com/@xxxxxxxx> https://www.youtube.com/@xxxxxxxx). a colleague brought these programs to our attention, * https://flixier.com/tools/audio-enhancer * https://www.kapwing.com/tools/audio-editor/audio-enhancer * https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/top-free-video-audio-enhancer-tools/ * https://www.canva.com/features/audio-enhancer/ * https://voice.ai/tools/audio-enhancer however, I understand that these can only be used once the videos are uploaded. what we need though is a way to do the cleaning beforehand (each video recording is about 17-35GB in size). another supporter offered to do it on adobe premiere and the results were indeed great in terms of speaker clarity, however this time, the timbre of the speaker had quite changed. :) some of them are well-known scholars, hence such major changes in voice character feels really alienating. so we are stuck now. is there anything you can suggest us? many thanks, esra Esra Mungan, PhD Associate Professor (left Bogazici University since Dec. 2024) <https://psychology.bogazici.edu.tr/content/esra-mungan> https://psychology.bogazici.edu.tr/content/esra-mungan (TK/EN) <https://universitybogazici.wordpress.com/> https://universitybogazici.wordpress.com/ (TK/EN) <https://direnenakademi.wordpress.com/> https://direnenakademi.wordpress.com/ (TK) ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01DBAA25.691160A0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Dus-ascii"><meta name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 = (filtered medium)"><style></style></head><body lang=3DEN-US = link=3D"#0563C1" vlink=3D"#954F72"><div class=3DWordSection1>dear = list,<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p></p= >since more than a year we are = doing a series of weekly public science lectures (as part of a collective = resistance against a political crash attempt against our university, = hence we call our initiative “academy-in-resistance for free, = autonomous, and democratic = universities”) at a central = public library in istanbul. <o:p></o:p>we have wonderful attendance, = yet, there are, of course, many people who cannot attend these lectures = in person.  <o:p></o:p>all lectures are recorded but = because the sound and recording conditions are not ideal = (particularly on warm = days we need to keep windows open hence we get some background city = noise; but also our recording devices and the whole bluetooth sound = system are rather modest) we now want = to improve the listening quality of our recorded lectures = (<a = href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/@xxxxxxxx">https://www.youtube.com/@xxxxxxxx= </a>; last years’ lectures were added under a = more general academic youtube account of ours, <a = href=3D"https://www.youtube.com/@xxxxxxxx">https://www.youtube.com/@xxxxxxxx</= span></a>).<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p></p= >a colleague brought these = programs to our attention,<o:p></o:p><ul = style=3D'margin-top:0in' type=3Ddisc><li class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a = href=3D"https://flixier.com/tools/audio-enhancer" = target=3D"_blank">https://flixier.com/tools/audio-enhancer</a><o:p></o:p>= </li><li class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a = href=3D"https://www.kapwing.com/tools/audio-editor/audio-enhancer" = target=3D"_blank">https://www.kapwing.com/tools/audio-editor/audio-enhanc= er</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a = href=3D"https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/top-free-video-audio-enhancer-tools= /" = target=3D"_blank">https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/top-free-video-audio-enha= ncer-tools/</a><o:p></o:p></li><li class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a = href=3D"https://www.canva.com/features/audio-enhancer/" = target=3D"_blank">https://www.canva.com/features/audio-enhancer/</a><o:p>= </o:p></li><li class=3DMsoNormal = style=3D'color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><a = href=3D"https://voice.ai/tools/audio-enhancer" = target=3D"_blank">https://voice.ai/tools/audio-enhancer</a><o:p></o:p></s= pan></li></ul><o:p> </o:p></p= >however, I understand that these = can only be used once the videos are uploaded. what we need though is = a way to do the cleaning = beforehand (each video recording is about 17-35GB in size). =  another supporter offered to do it on adobe premiere and the = results were indeed great in terms of speaker clarity, however this = time, the timbre of the speaker had quite changed. :)  some of them = are well-known scholars, hence such major changes in voice character = feels really alienating.  so we are stuck = now.<o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p></p= >is there anything you can suggest = us?<o:p></o:p>many = thanks,<o:p></o:p>esra<o:p></o:p><= p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p= > <o:p></o:p>Esra Mungan, = PhD<o:p></o:p>Associate = Professor<o:p></o:p>(left Bogazici University since = Dec. 2024)<o:p></o:p><a = href=3D"https://psychology.bogazici.edu.tr/content/esra-mungan">https://psychology.bogazici.edu.tr/content/esra-mungan</= a> = (TK/EN)<o:p></o:p><a = href=3D"https://universitybogazici.wordpress.com/">https://universitybogazici.wordpress.com/</a></fo= nt> (TK/EN)<o:p></o:p><a = href=3D"https://direnenakademi.wordpress.com/">https://direnenakademi.wordpress.com/</a><= font size=3D1 color=3Dblack> = (TK) <o:p></o:p><o:p> </o:p></div></bod= y></html> ------=_NextPart_000_0021_01DBAA25.691160A0--

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