Digital music: how to censor words in music files.
how to censor words in music files.
by masic88 - 8/17/06 12:52 PMthat's right. i wanna know how to do Word Masking. i need to know what utilities (free or not) are out there which will enable me to do That.
and i know They exist, because, all of us regularly hear songs in which certain words, or whole Terms, get silenced, while The Music plays on.
so if They get to do It then so should I -- for Personal Enjoyment.
any-and-all help would really be appreciated.
thanks!
I think you'll be dissapointed
by gopherit912 - 8/17/06 1:33 PM In reply to: how to censor words in music files. by masic88I've never heard of any consumer software that could do what you ask. Apart from that I don't think they use software.
Take a song from Disturbed for example, whether you've heard of them or not I don't know. Anyways Their song "Down with the Sickness" has 2 versions, a clean and an unclean version, personally I prefer not to censor my music and just get the unclean version, but my point is they probably re-record the song instead of using software in the studio.
I can't confirm it but as I've said, I have yet to see consumer software, or for that matter, ANY software accomplish the feat you want. Although Perhaps a wave editor (not sure if that is the proper term but no doubt someone will correct me if I am wrong) could help, I have zero experience with them but you basically have to edit the song yourself. I know some good Macintosh Apps because my Friend has one, but I don't know any good ones for the PC.
How about Audacity?
by danthomson - 8/17/06 1:48 PM In reply to: I think you'll be dissapointed by gopherit912The bleeped-out version would most likely be done at the recording studio simply by muting the required section of the vocal track while leaving the other (music etc) tracks playing. My guess is that radio stations get both clean and unclean versions (someone correct me if I'm wrong).
You might have some success with Audacity which is freeware. There are many options for editing sound including cutting certain frequencies. You can even edit right down to the wave form level so you do have quite a lot of scope. You can cut and paste which might be one way of ''dubbing over'' the part that you want to get rid of. Download it and have fun.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/audacity
Good luck!
DT
how about Audacity.
by masic88 - 8/17/06 1:56 PM In reply to: How about Audacity? by danthomsoni might could give That a try, Mr. Thompson.
i think i might have something, there, in eliminating certain Frequencies..
..although, since you've mentioned it, to me, I do remember now that, more often than Not, vocals are recorded seperately from music -- which would afford the opportunity to bleep whatever might be deemed Offensive while keeping the continuity of the music.. ..continuitous.
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for the meantime, i will wait for more answers..
..but, thanks You, daniel, for giving me Hope.
However, if they simply bleep the vocals, you will have
by Kiddpeat - 8/17/06 2:56 PM In reply to: how about Audacity. by masic88a perceptible gap in which voices are not heard. That doesn't seem to make sense.
More likely is that the offending section is snipped out, and editting techniques are used to cover the transition. For example, Another audio section might be used to blend or cover the cut. There are also filters which can be applied.
Sony Sound Forge, the full version, would be able to do this.
Song recording methods make this impossible
by james3mg - 8/17/06 1:56 PM In reply to: I think you'll be dissapointed by gopherit912You're right that it's unlikely there's any third party software capable of this. The closest thing you can do with wave software is to turn off all sound for the half-second you wish to censor.
When studios record CDs, they record each track seperately INTO software - usually several versions of each track, in fact. To produce the CD, they use the software to blend the different tracks together. In the case of a censored song, they will simply silence the singer's track for that half-second. Once it's on the CD however, there's only one 'track' - they've been mixed (disregard stereo and 5.1 sound for this discussion). Trying to take out one track (singer) at that point is like trying to take out some of the baking soda you've mixed into dough - it's pretty tough.
Getting down into the wav file itself COULD do it, but you'd have to do so much adjusting, it'd be almost impossible, and would never sound perfect. As far as I know, there's no way to automate (program)this.
audacity
by nem222 - 8/7/08 7:26 AM In reply to: I think you'll be dissapointed by gopherit912here is one website it free its is good for macbook or windows xp or vista its called audacity or you sony program
Forget everything thats been said
by mrobzo - 8/18/06 1:09 PM In reply to: how to censor words in music files. by masic88And go here.
http://audio-editing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/
I think this is what your talking about.
Audio Editor
by Stan Chambers - 8/20/06 9:06 AM In reply to: Forget everything thats been said by mrobzoThose are some good examples of audio editing software.
I use Goldwave and it does an excellent job. However, I don't see anything in this list that indicates that you can edit vocals after they have been mixed. I've never found a method to accomplish that. You need to have the masters in order to do that. Of course you can delete the objectionable, but your left with a skip in your track.
okay.
by masic88 - 8/20/06 1:58 PM In reply to: Audio Editor by Stan Chamberswell, it looks like i would need to mix my favourite artist's edited Accapella-track and Instrumentals-track to get what I want.
i really don't desire having any Skips in my music..
..i also don't want to pop any vessels in trying to figure how to get what I want.
so..
..i will keep monitoring this discussion, for a little while longer, before i come to A Decision.
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