
The tool is used to quickly eliminate background noise in Audacity.


When input audio is above the threshold level, the noise gate is open and doesn’t affect the audio. When input audio is below the threshold level noise gate closes and reduces audio volume by an amount you input in level reduction. If you never used Audacity below, search on-line for some basic tutorials, for example on TutsPlus.Noise gate works by setting a threshold below which audio is reduced. Open Audacity now, then open the “ File” menu and go to Import menu, then click “ Audio…“. It’s because it’s a good software that is open source and available for free to install and use.Īudacity can be downloaded from here: Audacity Team How to Edit Native American Flute Music with Audacity The Internet is full of Audacity recommendations – when someone writes about home sound editing, Audacity is mentioned almost all the time. A popular and free Audacity is a good choice. Getting the Editing Softwareįor the purpose of your home recording, you may wish to choose some free software from the Open Source category. This knowledge may be useful when your editing software can’t use a file format your recording gear makes. You can use a search engine like Google to find a good sound converter, or you can try an on-line one, like Media.io. Other well known formats are mp3, wma, ogg, flac and such. Often, the WAV will have to be converted into a more suitable format. Your flute may got recorded in one of many formats, but most recording software or tools record in WAV. Yet basic editing for a single instrument (native flute in our case) can be achieved back at home, too. Professional sound engineers work hard to achieve great sounding musics. And making sure this track sounds good is called “mastering”. The process of mixing different sounds together into a music track is called “mixing”. Noise must be removed, problematic basses must be cut off, additional background sound may be added, and all of this must sound good. But before your recorded music can be released, it must be edited. Previously, I explained how to record a Native American Flute music back at home.
