[GUIDE] Cleaning songs - Audacity

[Conservative,]

is guide is simply to help you clean any songs you can't find the clean version of

1. Open audacity - click here for free (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/) download & drag the song you want to clean into it.

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2. Listen to the song & work out where the swearing is. Sometimes writing down the rough time helps.

3. Go to the first time it swears, and highlight a small area of roughly where it swears. Listen to it, and narrow the highlighted area down until it is only the swear that you can hear when you play. Then, making sure the song is paused/stopped and the swear is highlighted, go to effects > reverse. This reverses the sound so it sounds like "fsfhdsfhsd". You can alternatively use "wahwah" or another effect if you prefer. Play around until you find your favourite if you wish.

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4. Repeat stage 3 for every swear.

5. Listen to the song to make sure you've got all the swears...

6. Once you're sure all the swears are gone save, then click EXPORT. Then select MP3...you may have to download an add-on, which should be found if you google it (soz don't have a link lol).

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7. Drag and drop into SAM/iTunes etc.

Hope this helps

[wiktoria]

fnx for this already knew how to do it +rep for your effort though

[Conservative,]

fnx for this already knew how to do it +rep for your effort though

Ta :) It's in the DJ forum as well anyway ;P Just put it out there for the public :)

[Richie]

It sounds silly reversed but whatever your into.

[Conservative,]

It sounds silly reversed but whatever your into.

I prefer reversed compared to bleep etc. You can just delete it but that ruins the beat, I forgot to say you can add in a beep or wahwah or whatever floats your boat, but personally I prefer reversed.

[Judas]

here is a link to lame (the mp3 encoder) that you use for audacity to export mp3s http://lame.sourceforge.net/

also am i having crazy de ja vu or did you post this like ageeeees ago as well ?

[wiktoria]

here is a link to lame (the mp3 encoder) that you use for audacity to export mp3s http://lame.sourceforge.net/

also am i having crazy de ja vu or did you post this like ageeeees ago as well ?

He posted it in the staff forums and I'm sure it was hxl staff forums...how did you see it? Unless, you used to be a dj.

[Richie]

I prefer reversed compared to bleep etc. You can just delete it but that ruins the beat, I forgot to say you can add in a beep or wahwah or whatever floats your boat, but personally I prefer reversed.

That's why you use your brain and get an instrumental to play under it, match the beats up, silence the swearing, that way it doesn't bleep or skip lol.

[Judas]

He posted it in the staff forums and I'm sure it was hxl staff forums...how did you see it? Unless, you used to be a dj.

i dunno i just swear i've seen it before but maybe i'm just having some crazy deja vu

[Chris]

Nice guide, I'm sure this is going to help a few people. +REP! :)