Noise cancelling (Linux Mint)

[Perfect Lynk]

Hey, what do you use for noise cancelling. When online gaming, making videos, streaming etc? Do you use anything to block out the background noise like keyboard strokes.

Thanks

[lsdninja]

The mute function :P

[Perfect Lynk]

Originally posted by catbox:

pulseeffects, easyeffects (pipewire) has gating and other LSP tools like compressors etc
pulse by itself has some RNN filter but im not sure how really effective it is

I tried pulseeffects and it didn't do a good job, really didn't change much. I'll take a look at easy effects. To bad OBS doesn't work outside the software. It does a good job at NC.

[Perfect Lynk]

Originally posted by lsdninja:

The mute function :P

I mean you win and you're right but it doesn't always work.

[Cray]

Not strictly a software answer, my apologies if it's unsuitable, but some alternative/partial solutions that are cheap and relatively easy:

Wrap the audio cable (fully around it) in tin foil from the end of the desk all the way down to the cabinet, and fasten some of the foil to the cabinet to put them at equal electric potential. It often takes away a lot of annoying noise for free. Lots of cables aren't very well shielded from interference by nearby cables, and sometimes the PC cabinet and power connection aren't well grounded and add annoying hum and hiss. This can mute a lot of that completely.

Tinfoil wrap is what I did to bring my mic audio from snowstorm to just a little fuzzy. Costs a penny, easy to do, does some of the heavy lifting (especially if there's lots of cables back there, they add EMI noise, especially to analog mics).

Position the audio cable as far away from the other cables as is practical, or bring it over them at right angles ("crossed wires don't talk"), as perfectly parallel cables have maximum interference.

If you have people near you who can do basic electronics, you could also ask them to make a simple high-pass or band-block filter for you.

Probably too much bother for most people, but it's worth a shot if you're interested since it can completely eliminate some things with practically zero latency, no software involved, and the circuit (the basic version at least) is passive and requires no power, just becomes an extra step audio plug/cable between the mic and the PC.

A basic one that eliminates power grid hum and rumbling can be made for pennies with a soldering iron. Eases the job of the software too.

[Perfect Lynk]

Originally posted by Cray:

Not strictly a software answer, my apologies if it's unsuitable, but some alternative/partial solutions that are cheap and relatively easy:

Wrap the audio cable (fully around it) in tin foil from the end of the desk all the way down to the cabinet, and fasten some of the foil to the cabinet to put them at equal electric potential. It often takes away a lot of annoying noise for free. Lots of cables aren't very well shielded from interference by nearby cables, and sometimes the PC cabinet and power connection aren't well grounded and add annoying hum and hiss. This can mute a lot of that completely.

Tinfoil wrap is what I did to bring my mic audio from snowstorm to just a little fuzzy. Costs a penny, easy to do, does some of the heavy lifting (especially if there's lots of cables back there, they add EMI noise, especially to analog mics).

Position the audio cable as far away from the other cables as is practical, or bring it over them at right angles ("crossed wires don't talk"), as perfectly parallel cables have maximum interference.

If you have people near you who can do basic electronics, you could also ask them to make a simple high-pass or band-block filter for you.

Probably too much bother for most people, but it's worth a shot if you're interested since it can completely eliminate some things with practically zero latency, no software involved, and the circuit (the basic version at least) is passive and requires no power, just becomes an extra step audio plug/cable between the mic and the PC.

A basic one that eliminates power grid hum and rumbling can be made for pennies with a soldering iron. Eases the job of the software too.

Thanks. That was an interesting read.

[Dworfkin]

EasyEffects with 2 effects on mic