Heres the story, I did some audio recording with my computer mic of my fans set on high speed, when the noise gets fed into the computer Via the mic (duhh) it sounds like a loud generator or something, and has a really cool sound to it. Theres a few thing I want to do with the audio, like cut out bits of the mic moving, eliminate some of the fuzzy noise you get with recording with a computer mic, etc. Basically, just cleaning up the audio. Right now, I''m using Goldwave for all this editing, the only problem is, I have almost entirely no idea how to use it to get the results I want. In fact, I get the idea that my entire setup is wrong, so if some of you could suggest a good technique for recording my computer fans with a computer mic properly, that would be of great help. Also, is there a specific program that would be good for me to use thats powerful but not old (goldwave) and confusing? And how should I be recording the audio? What format and what bitrate? And last but not least, my hardware specs: Soundcard: Soundblaster Audigy (Gold I think) with 5.1, digital out, and a few other goodies like a firewire port. Mic: Really shitty mic I got with Armored Fist 3 Thanks to anyone who can provide help.

-Check the cable, make sure it''s not touching the base unit of the PC (This is the hum you can hear).

-See the menu in Effects> filter > noise reduction. Check the two filters in Goldwave and apply them.

-A better program would be Cool Edit or Sound Forge. There''s a free prog called Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/) which has what you''re looking for - noise reduction. Check it out and see the help file. Ask if you need help reducing it.

I''ve an article containing most of the above here-
http://www.samods.com/index.php?cmd=article&aid=3

Hope that helps. 8)

Steinberg Wavelab is absolutely fantastic, if you somehow can get your hands on it..