Editing Audio

[funnyclown11]

i got audio from a movie i have that is russian, it has the english in the backround first then someone talking in russia after it like a translator is there a way i can actually edit audio to take this translator voice out and just to have the english?

[AlanHK]

Sounds like a very cheap Russian bootleg.

Are you sure the original soundtrack isn't on the disk?
I think it'd be hard, or impossible, to edit the mixed track.

Depending on the movie, it might be adequate to use subtitles. If it doesn't include these either, check at http://opensubtitles.org/.

[funnyclown11]

I have the audio in a .WAV file and it plays fine on wmp , wmp classic vlc player but how come i cant load it on any of the audio editor tools ? ive tried sound forge,Audacity,WavePad and i have downloaded some huge 50 mb codec pack both video codecs and audio and none of those audio editors will open the file?

[AlanHK]

If it was really a wave file, you could open it with anything.

You can use WMP Classic to "save as" another wave file and try that.

[funnyclown11]

i got it open do u reakon u can give me some tips on how to edit with sound forge, a person that had the same copy of the one i have got rid of the voice talking over the movie so it should be possible it was the exact same one what would be the best way to get rid of this voice.

[guns1inger]

Unless the voice is in only one channel, or the video has two audio tracks, you cannot get rid of it. It's that simple. Your friend did not remove it if it was mixed into the track.

You could try vocalremover, a plugin for SoundForge from AnalogX, but it will either leave the translator there, or remove most of the vocals. It will take out anything recorded evenly in the left and right channels.

Basically, don't download crap

[jman98]

Sounds like a very cheap Russian bootleg.

Actually, it's not. Having spent a lot of time in Ukraine, I know exactly what this is. Back in the old days of the USSR, the Soviet Union would record voice over dubbing for foreign movies. Having heard some of these, I have the impression that a guy was given a script with a Russian translation of the dialog and he reads the dialog in Russian WHILE the movie plays in the foreign language. It's a one take deal and I have a film on DVD where the translator makes a mistake in what he says. Big Hollywood movies no longer have the crappy voice over translation but a proper dubbed Russian soundtrack. However, I do know that this voice over method is still done from time to time. If you are lucky, and usually you aren't, they will at least hire a few different voice actors to read different parts, but more often than not they just have one guy reading every part in the movie, including the female parts. It truly sucks, but the people there grew up with this and they don't complain about it.

I'm sorry but you CANNOT fix this with any audio editor. It's a problem with the source and you CANNOT remove the Russian.

guns1nger - the voice is NOT in one channel. The voice over is in ALL channels. There is NO WAY AT ALL to separate the languages. This is nothing at all like VCD where you have a left channel in Cantonese and a right channel in Mandarin. It is a mono soundtrack where somebody talks live in Russian on top of a playing movie and it's recorded on the fly.

[guns1inger]

I know, but I wanted to give the OP some hope. Nobody here believes it when we say it can't be done.

[AlanHK]

Sounds like a very cheap Russian bootleg.

Actually, it's not. Having spent a lot of time in Ukraine, I know exactly what this is. Back in the old days of the USSR, the Soviet Union would record voice over dubbing for foreign movies.

Well, I've come actross some Russian bootlegs like that. (I buy a lot of second hand DVDs, all kinds of weird stuff turns up.) Fortunately they usually also have the original soundtrack.
They often also have a few different subtitle tracks, but often the English is just random gibberish, or from another movie, or a translation of a translation that has some fleeting amusement value but is otherwise useless. This I suggest finding a subtitle online and mixing that in.

[AlanHK]

a person that had the same copy of the one i have got rid of the voice talking over the movie so it should be possible it was the exact same one what would be the best way to get rid of this voice.

Is there some reason your friend won't loan you his copy?

[jman98]

i got it open do u reakon u can give me some tips on how to edit with sound forge, a person that had the same copy of the one i have got rid of the voice talking over the movie so it should be possible it was the exact same one what would be the best way to get rid of this voice.

It's not possible. Either you misunderstood what happened or your friend lied but it is NOT possible. Try it yourself and you will see that it CANNOT BE DONE! I am just trying to save you time but if you want to waste hours trying this and fail, then be my guest. Ask your friend to help you do this and you will see that it can't be done.