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I'm working with an audio stream that has someone narrating what they're doing, but there's music in the background. The music is not part of the program, but just happened to be playing while the person was working.

We're trying to isolate that down enough so that all of the major content trigger algos don't trigger on it, but I'm failing at computer.

Anyone have a workable (not perfect) method for doing something like that? We couldn't care less if it's an online AI bullshit thing.

I'm working with an audio stream that has someone narrating what they're doing, but there's music in the background. The music is not part of the program, but just happened to be playing while the person was working. We're trying to isolate that down enough so that all of the major content trigger algos don't trigger on it, but I'm failing at computer. Anyone have a workable (not perfect) method for doing something like that? We couldn't care less if it's an online AI bullshit thing.
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[–] • 2 pts

I'm trying audacity and it's not really doing what I need. I think I need a newer version, but this machine won't run it.

[–] • 2 pts (edited )

I'm trying audacity and it's not really doing what I need. I think I need a newer version, but this machine won't run it.

Upgrade Audacity. Install the free Audacity OpenVINO plugins. It will add noise reduction capabilities and, more importantly, a plugin to separate music into up to for "stems" that include vocals, drums, bass and everything else. You can use it on non-music files and get vocal extractions too. For your purpose, the 2-stem option is probably best since it will separate vocals from everything else. The plugins are AI, but the engine is local and can use GPU or CPU for processing.

EDIT: no you can't run it on older crappy hardware

[–] • 2 pts

Thanks for this! I never knew these plugins existed.

[–] • 1 pt

Thanks for this! I never knew these plugins existed.

They are great. I use them frequently when studying the structure of songs and breaking down drums and bass lines. You can even do some interesting remixes of songs by muting some parts to make a more basic version with interesting results.

[–] • 1 pt

Yeah, not gonna run on this machine.

[–] • 1 pt

Yeah, not gonna run on this machine.

Time to upgrade the PDP-11 man.

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I think I need a newer version, but this machine won't run it.

In that case, you could give Tenacity a try. It's based off Audacity.

[–] • 0 pt

It looks like it's mostly older versions of Audacity at the moment.