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Ridding Files of White Noise with Audacity?

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Hi Everyone-

You were all MAJORLY helpful when I was making my first live recordings. Hopefully you can help again.

I'm taping an a cappella group who uses microphones. Thanks to their audio technician, their sounds can go from very quiet to very loud in a matter of seconds, so I set the recording level on my MD-DR480H to 12. The recording comes out too quiet but undistorted.

I'm using Audacity to amplify and edit what I've taped. When I was done doing those things, I used MusicMatch to rip them files onto CD.

My problem is that the files on CD have a "white noise" hum/hiss throughout. I'm still new to this but I'm assuming it has something to do with having to use a relatively low recording level to tape the concert. I've tried to use Audacity's Noise Removal effect but it just managed to distort EVERYTHING, no matter how little I altered it. I've read the FAQs and online manual on Audacity's website and nothing really focuses on this.

Does anyone understand my problem and have any suggestions? Thanks!

GeekyDweeb

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