removing unwanted sound.

[espman2]

I have a little problem I hope someone can help with. I'm an entertainer and I did a show at an S.P.C.A. in their lobby. I taped the show for promotional use. However, I got a lot of loud dog barking in the video, along with some feedback from the PA system. Is there any way to eliminate those sounds and leave the most part of the audio track in tact?
Thanks,
espman2

[sjj1805]

This is easier done using audacity which is a FREE audio editor.

Firstly place the video on your VideoStudio time line
now go to the [Share] tab and export the audio as a WAV file.
Open that file with Audacity and slowly but methodically clean up the audio track. Remember that you must keep the duration of the audio intact otherwise when you later import it back into VideoStudio it will be out of synch.
Save the cleaned up Audio track.
Open VideoStudio and mute the audio on the Video clip.
Import the cleaned up audio to one of the audio tracks.

[DVDDoug]

Is there any way to eliminate those sounds and leave the most part of the audio track in tact?

You can mute the sections with the noise, or, you can just reduce the volume during the noisy parts to make it less annoying. But, if you are singing or talking while the dog is barking in the background, there is no way to remove the barking while leaving your voice.

Another option is to completely edit-out those parts of the performance. Or, maybe it's possible to record (lip sync) some new audio? You didn't say what kind of entertainment you do, but it you were simply speaking when the noise occured, you can record some new audio and replace the bad parts parts. If you're singing with accompaniment, this would be more difficult.

Audio editors (like Audacity) have noise reduction filters, but these work best when you have a constant low-level background noise, like a little bit of tape hiss. In other words, noise reduction works best when you don't really need it. In cases like this, the noise reduction filter will be "worse than the disease".

Even with professional software, noise a challenge... Professional recordings are still done in soundproof studios with low-noise electronics and careful microphone placement (and most on-location movie dialog is re-recorded in the studio).

[Ken Berry]

The only other thing you could try is to use Audacity's noise removal tool. But to do that, you would have to have a clear bit of the dog barking when your are neither talking nor singing or whatever it is you do. Then you play that sample to Audacity can recognise it as the sound that has to be removed. Then you apply the filter to the whole audio track. It will probably only work partially, however, as dog barks vary in intensity and pitch and so will not be a constant quality sound like the sample you used. That filter is really only useful in the sound is pretty constant, such as the pops or clicks you get when playing back an old vinyl LP and you want to filter out the hiss and crackle.

[Black Lab]

Hi,
I've posted before about a problem I have. I have some dog barking while I was doing a show at an SPCA. I woyuld really like to remove most or all of it. Problem being, some of it happens while I'm talking, some doesn't. A response was posted to try to use Audacity to correct it. For the life of me, I just can't seem to do it. I've watched all the tutorials on youtube. None of them deal with that sort of problem.
Is there anything out there, free or otherwise, that might isolate the frequency or wave length and eliminate it that way?
Thanks,
espman2

As has been explained twice, what you are trying to do is nearly impossible.

[skier-hughes]

I watched a guy from adobe do this, he had about 30 years experience, does the adobe programming and used audition which costs £100's pounds.
I've tried, even using his instruction, but never managed to come any where near succeeding.
I'd give up and leave it as it is, a dog barking is a dog barking, whereas a muffled sound with funny pitched speaking is just plain wrong.

[espman2]

Thank you all for the advise. I think I might just as well leave it alone and
just deal with it.
Oh, BTW, I am a stage mentalist, so the barks come over myself or an audience member speaking.
espman2