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iZotope’s Ozone Analog Modeling Plug-In combines a slew of pro-quality mastering
effects in a single package.
The Ozone plug-in is designed to integrate with more sophisticated audio software than
Audacity. Programs such as Ableton’s LIVE 24-Bit Recording Software ($399.95) or
Mackie’s more affordable Tracktion2 Music Production Software ($149) will handle
Ozone Analog Modeling Plug-In beautifully. Not to despair, however — Audacity does
include several built-in tools with which to master your audio.
Noise Removal
After you’ve got your podcast episode edited and on a single track, you can proceed to
expunge the room noise from your recording. Audacity does include a noise removal tool
that some might find helpful, but to be honest we never did have any success with it.
Whenever we used Audacity’s noise removal feature, even at its lowest setting, it made
the vocals sound kind of metallicy. I really don’t know how else to describe it.
First, let’s take a look at how much room noise we have to deal with. You won’t need to
perform this step, I’m just including the information to show you how much noise we can
take out of the recording. According to Shure Pro Audio
guidelines can be used to predict the intelligibility of speech in sound recordings:
