View Full Version : Reducing bass using Audacity
SoberWarlock
08-22-2009, 07:59 PM
I can't find a lot of good tutorials on a specific subject which is reducing the bass of an audio file using Audacity. Anybody know how? I can't get it to be perfect with vocals it's either too hissy or too much bass.
slim142
08-22-2009, 08:05 PM
I hope this is only intended for Steam
There is no reason why you should remove Bass from a song, if you have anything against Bass, Me and STEvil will...
J/K :p:
STEvil
08-23-2009, 03:32 PM
What is the intended outcome and what are the source files (aac/flac/mp3/etc)?
SoberWarlock
08-23-2009, 03:57 PM
What is the intended outcome and what are the source files (aac/flac/mp3/etc)?
You guys catch on pretty quick but lets just say this is for my cellphone :p: The audio for mat is:
.wave | 16bit | 11KHz
STEvil
08-23-2009, 04:24 PM
ouch.. not gonna help at all
CTRL+A the audio file in Audacity, click Effect > Equalization....
On the blue bar click to make a few dots near the left end and drag the dots doiwn to make a curve from about 150hz down. 0-50hz probably want to be all flat line, even a bit higher.
To get rid of hissing you will probably have to drop off a bit of the top end and/or play with "Noise removal..." and "Normalize..." under effects. Also try using Amplify and going down a bit.
Have you tried using "High Pass Filter..." under effect? That one works best actually. Just set it to about 150-200hz.