I know there are some topics about this already, but all the ones I read were closed, and I’m looking for suggestions about a specific issue. I made a video recording of an owl two weeks ago using my Olympus TG-6. I was in a tent and the owl was quite far away, but it sounded very clear at the time…

I think the audio is identifiable as-is, clearest in the middle. I would use one like that for myself. Noise reduction works better with longer, uninterrupted samples of just the noise without other sounds. There may not be enough to work with there to get appreciable results. Personally, I’ve neve…

Here’s some info on the noise reduction tool in Audacity: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/noise_reduction.html You may afterwards also want to play around with the Normalize tool too.

I couldn’t get to the link, but if you submit the audio of the observation without further processing, more data will be left intact for identifiers to work with. Other than simple amplification to normalizing, regardless of how well you filter it, data will be destroyed. Identifiers can always filt…

[image] joedziewa: I couldn’t get to the link Sorry - I’ve never used Google Drive this way before. Everyone should be able to view it now.

Does anyone know of a way to prevent or decrease this kind of effect in the future? Certain camera settings, maybe?

[image] fluffyinca: Olympus TG-6. If I’m reading the manual right, there’s a menu setting in movie mode for recording volume. If that wasn’t at maximum, it might be a factor. Wind is often a source of noise. That can be lessened with angle or blocking the wind with a hand or covering the mic …

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fluffyinca September 16, 2024, 5:50pm 4

Sorry - I’ve never used Google Drive this way before. Everyone should be able to view it now.

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