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What free/shareware software is available to audibly improve a voice recording?

I have a voice recording as a WAV file and I would like to a remove a chunk of speech in the middle and to minimise interfering background noise. I would also like to convert to MP3.
Many thanks in advance

Audacity is excellent but you will need to download the lame encoder in order to export to mp3; I prefer Wavepad because it is much easier to use
http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/index.html

click on “download wavepad” for the free version; if prompted to download additional software during installation, DON’T as it isn’t free. Just install wavepad
Go to open file to load your wav file; it has a ton of features which you will find under EDIT or EFFECTS. When you are satisfied, go to File>Save File As and select mp3 from the menu.

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6 Responses to “What free/shareware software is available to audibly improve a voice recording?”

  1. [Rookie_Racer] Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 4:02 am

    Audacity is the best and its freeware! :P
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  2. Roger H Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 4:18 am

    Audacity, is very good and free, easy to use
    References :

  3. Marco Z Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 4:38 am

    Hi,

    Audacity is probably the best software for your needs.

    It is free to download, easy to use and yet has a lot of functionalities like editing wav and mp3 files.

    In the past I also used Cool Edit for noise reduction, but I would advise you to try Audacity first.

    Follow this link to read more about Audacity, watch an instructional movie and download the program.
    http://www.download.com/Audacity/3000-2170_4-10058117.html?tag=lst-1&cdlPid=10606824

    Good look
    Marco
    References :
    http://www.download.com

  4. snatchsniffer Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 5:16 am

    try goldwave, download the trial version or see if there is a free download of any older versions.
    References :
    goldwave user

  5. z☺☺mjet►►► Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 6:04 am

    Audacity is excellent but you will need to download the lame encoder in order to export to mp3; I prefer Wavepad because it is much easier to use
    http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/index.html

    click on “download wavepad” for the free version; if prompted to download additional software during installation, DON’T as it isn’t free. Just install wavepad
    Go to open file to load your wav file; it has a ton of features which you will find under EDIT or EFFECTS. When you are satisfied, go to File>Save File As and select mp3 from the menu.
    References :

  6. Dan Roberts Says:
    February 24th, 2009 at 6:20 am

    RecordForAll - http://www.recordforall.com was voted the best audio software for 2007
    Give RecordForAll a try you can overlay tracks and add effects.
    References :

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