<html><body>Derek does indeed to a superb job of this, and has all kinds of plug-ins and techniques. His rates are reasonable. He is at:<BR>
<a href="mailto:derek@pdaudio.net">derek@pdaudio.net</a><BR>
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From: NFBCS <nfbcs-bounces@nfbnet.org> On Behalf Of Doug Lee via NFBCS<BR>
Sent: Tuesday, 18 February 2025 6:53 pm<BR>
To: NFB in Computer Science Mailing List <nfbcs@nfbnet.org><BR>
Cc: Doug Lee <dgl@dlee.org><BR>
Subject: Re: [NFBCS] Audio SW optimized for voice cleanup?<BR>
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I know one guy, Derek Lane (if I spelled his name right), that at least used to specialize in this sort of thing. I wouldn't be surprised if he would want to charge professional fees for doing it, and unfortunately I don't have contact information handy; but I heard some of his samples years ago and thought they were pretty impressive. You of course may not feel the need to go that far with this, but just in case I thought I'd mention the option.<BR>
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There's also AI-based audio cleanup, though I have not messed with that as much as perhaps I should, since I also have a lot of old tapes.<BR>
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On Tue, Feb 18, 2025 at 10:04:45PM +0000, NFBCS mailing list wrote:<BR>
I’m in the process of digitizing a number of old cassette tapes of<BR>
lectures, interviews, etc.These are *old tapes, and most of the audio<BR>
so far is muddy or sloppy on the sibilants – tape degradation, I’m<BR>
sure.<BR>
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A quick Google search has found apps that are especially for cleaning<BR>
up podcast voice recording.<BR>
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Does anyone have experience with any of these?<BR>
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