Compensating poor acapella quality

[topmo3]

So i got great new jack swing 'pellas but they're like 128 kbps and have vinyl crackle and pop all over them.. is there any way to compensate this? i run ableton

[wub]

You can use a de-esser to remove some of the background noise/pops & clicks, but you'll only be to tidy up what you have. If you want a better quality, you'll need to find the source and rip one yourself.

[topmo3]

ok. de-esser also fux wit the vocals

[GenericNameHere]

Use a bitcrusher.

You don't need to clean up the vocals. Keep 'em derty and unique, make something cool with them: Be creative.

[Aufnahmewindwuschel]

hm yeha noisegate too maybe so you kill of everything quiet or a dunno iuf its the same like a de esser but like a de noise tool dunno its like a noise gate but some of them kill of dif areas too like sides or yeah best would be anyways to try to delete the sides with a eq and see if it gets cleaner and add some wide later. hm or make a chiptune

[Electric_Head]

So you have no clue?
Good advise bud.

[mthrfnk]

hm yeha noisegate too maybe so you kill of everything quiet or a dunno iuf its the same like a de esser but like a de noise tool dunno its like a noise gate but some of them kill of dif areas too like sides or yeah best would be anyways to try to delete the sides with a eq and see if it gets cleaner and add some wide later. hm or make a chiptune

hahaha.

[Gribble]

You can get a demo of Zynaptiq Unveil - this will remove reverb from a vocal.

High pass the lower noise and rumble.

Gating can be useful for taking out noise.

Programs like Audition can sample the noise, create a noise profile then remove it from the entire vocal.

De-click, de-pop and de-noise are useful tools too.

Mid/side eq can also help. Sometimes the voice is stronger in the middle so you can lower the side volume or just use the mid signal.

Don't use a de-esser, it will make the voice sound like it has a lisp if you use it too much. There are better tools for this job!

[Aufnahmewindwuschel]

haha yeh i kinda nowthe shit just not the names lol basically fuck the vocals until you like them

[Aufnahmewindwuschel]

De-click, de-pop and de-noise are useful tools too.

Mid/side eq can also help. Sometimes the voice is stronger in the middle so you can lower the side volume or just use the mid signal.

Don't use a de-esser, it will make the voice sound like it has a lisp if you use it too much. There are better tools for this job!

thats what i ment jsut in english

[mromgwtf]

Boost high frequencies and it'll sound more quality

[Libra]

Waves xcrackle and xnoise does amazing thing to this kind of material

[Augment]

Download the demo for mspectraldynamics and try the noise removal tool in there. U can have it create a noise profile if u have parts where there's only noise and no vocals, then have the noise removed that way

[mistayif]

bitcrush that bitch, add a bit of hp filtering and distort that bitch

[gαммα]

what i usually do to reduce background noise is use a transient shaper and lower the release
i then compress and repeat until the background noise is gone but dont overdo it or it makes the vocals sound too weak