Hi John,
For jet plane noise, if they are high flying, you can try a low pass
filter EQ (a simple procedure). Or to completely remove the jet
noise you can try a brick wall filtering approach, i.e. completely
remove all frequencies below, say, 1000 Hz, and replace that section
with audio from a quiet location, just the section below 1000 Hz.
For chainsaws and motorbikes their noise is worse because it goes up
and down in pitch. Maybe the newer version of Izotope may be able to
track the noise and remove it? I only have the older version of RX.
Don't give up recording! Perhaps take your next holidays at a remote
location :-)
cheers,
Vicki
On 02/07/2012, at 10:57 PM, John Crockett wrote:
> Greetings all,
>
> Trying to record soundscapes around southern Vermont has become a
> very frustrating experience. I have hours of recordings, and only a
> few minutes without some kind of engine noise: mostly jets, but
> also prop planes, chainsaws, atvs, cars and trucks and motorcycles,
> skidders, and who knows what else. It appears that we are in a
> direct flight path for Logan airport in Boston, so that accounts
> for a lot of it. These are sounds I have effectively screened out
> in a lifetime of living here. I have always thought of this place
> as quiet. But turn on the recorder and suddenly all that engine
> noise comes to the fore. Not quiet at all.
>
> It makes no sense to me to get in my own noisy car and drive all
> over the countryside trying to find quiet places. How contradictory
> is that! I'm not having any luck finding quiet places anyway. This
> noise has become such a frustration that I am sorely tempted to
> give up recording altogether, having only barely begun.
>
> How have others dealt with this frustration? How have you worked
> around it? Anybody have an airplane noise canceling microphone?!
> Should we be hoping the price of oil goes through the roof?
>
> best wishes,
>
> John
>
> John Crockett
> Westminster, VT
>
> Let us live in harmony with the Earth
> And all creatures
> That our lives may be a blessing
>
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