How to Get Rid of the Incessant Buzz of Vuvuzelas
Something different about this World Cup? We hear it too.
If you've been watching any of the World Cup soccer games lately, then you'll know what a vuvuzela is, even if you've never seen one in real life. You'll know it by its buzzing sound – the product of an instrument in African culture.
While the host nation's culture should be respected, those watching from home worldwide aren't as appreciative of the constant droning, buzzing noise. Quite frankly, it can take away from a match for those who aren't used to hearing anything other than cheering from the crowds and words from the commentators.
This noisy World Cup phenomenon has presented an opportunity for audio companies such as Waves Audio from Tel Aviv, Israel, who is now selling audio processing tools to filter out the sound of the vuvuzela in real time.
According to the EETimes, the solution comprises of two pieces of plug-in software: WNS Waves Noise Suppressor and the Q10 Paragraphic Equalizer.
Lifehacker has found that most audio editing software, even some home theatre EQ's, can do the job of filtering out the B-flat drone.
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How can I get this to work on my HDTV + Home theatre, I like to watch my sports live..
You know its bad when Yankees Stadium won't let them in...
I didn't know "culture" was a plastic horn produced in China, but I digress, i just watch with mute on.
Nicely done. Lots of free software can do this i am sure. =)
Wouldn't
Wouldn't it be cheaper, and more satisfying, to unleash the British soccer hooligans to beat the snot out of the hornblowers?
I didn't know "culture" was a plastic horn produced in China, but I digress, i just watch with mute on.
Here it is Mr. KnowItAll who thinks everything are made in China. You must have issues if you enjoy watching a football match with mute on, regardless of how annoying the sound of vuvuzelas is.
Here it is Mr. KnowItAll who thinks everything are made in China. You must have issues if you enjoy watching a football match with mute on, regardless of how annoying the sound of vuvuzelas is.
Did I say everything is made in China you ******* dunce? Read it again numbnuts before coming at me, ********.
Mute button > expensive software has nothing to do with "issues", whatever in the hell that means, either, ******.
*Post edited by moderator* Cool it on the language.
Now you've done it. Some tool at the broadcast stations will modify the sound and play a constant brown note in everyone's living room.
How does this article help me remove the droning noise of vuvuzelas? Useless!
PMSL @ "BRITISH SOCCER HOOLIGANS"
Either that, or we could get those "YANKY DOODLE REDNECKS TO SHOOT THEM Y'ALL WITH THEIR SMITH AND WESSONS Y'ALL, UHUH!!!!!"
ahem.
Can I use those active noise-cancelling earphones, will it pick up the vuvuzela and mistake it as 737 turbine humming, thus filtering it out?.
On second thought, even a 737 wouldn´t be as annoying.
It reminds of the film "the Mask" with that "squeeze gently" take. It takes the words "blow me" to a whole new level. That would be the ultimate noise cancelling tool.
Now how about a preset? "Remove Vuvuzela" ready-made plug-ins will sell like hotcakes.
As a South African myself, I guarantee you that the vuvuzella has nothing to do with "culture" - it's not a cultural instrument at all. Personally, I hate it. It's all about making noise - literally. The sole purpose of it is to just make a monotonous noise. But I guess people enjoy doing it in live performances of the World Cup, just because it contributes to the atmosphere. You might say it's just a local way of "having a good time" at a sports event.
The soccer hooligans are English, not British.
@Vixe: I am also a South African and IMHO the vuvuzela is definitely part of our soccer/football culture. I think that it's a matter of personal preference. Some people think that the vuvuzela is annoying, horrible and stupid, I don't. I think that the chanting and singing at the European matches is unintelligible and silly, some people don't.
Ultimately if a person chooses to not experience the fullness of the first *African* World Cup, it's their loss.
-=============() PWAAAAP!!!!
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I don't care about the host countries culture at all. FIFA should have banned Vuvuzela's two weeks ago before the first game started. South African can continue their culture of mindlessly blowing into plastic trumpets when the rest of the world isn't trying to watch.
I'm surprised ESPN hasn't removed this crap from the feed. I've muted every game I've watched so far because of the stupid fucking Vuvezelas.
The vuvuzela was actually part of chinese culture lol
I don't care about the host countries culture at all. FIFA should have banned Vuvuzela's two weeks ago before the first game started. South African can continue their culture of mindlessly blowing into plastic trumpets when the rest of the world isn't trying to watch. I'm surprised ESPN hasn't removed this crap from the feed. I've muted every game I've watched so far because of the stupid fucking Vuvezelas.
Muting doesn't hurt their ratings. You're still watching it.
Of course, every time an African team looses, I notice the Vuvzela tooting dies down during the game. Too funny!
Not sure if the remaining horns still blatting are either the opposition celebrating or just fans who love to "toot their own horn!"
Easy way to drown out the sound is to mute or lower your TV or theater system EQ for the 300Hz range as the vuvuzelas freqency is 325Hz and 465Hz, this basicly what most in-line filters and software do, just more freq spesific than manual EQ adjustments...
Also a South African. Also hate the vuvuzela with a pasion...
http://www.stardock.com/labs/devuvuzelator/
yeah, amazing culture that started in 2001 by plastic company. i mean come ON, how can a plastic horn can be part of a culture!!!! it is made of PLASTIC.
They are simply trying to distract foreign teams go get an advantage. Taking home advantage to a whole new level.
Quit bitching. You know how to shut them up? See how Uruguay did it. Sadly, because networks decided to turn down the crowd on the volume themselves, I couldn't hear the Uruguay side cheering their team on. I'd much rather have the commentators turned off than the crowd, especially that god awful prick Mcnanananananannnan.
He didn't explain how he found those frequencies or why he used the 'Q' setting that he did. This article is only useful for this exact sounds with that exact pitch.
It goes back to the whole give a man a fish vs teaching him to fish saying. This is a skill, not just something you do. I guess if you hate Vuvuzelas that much, you can apply this knowledge.
Instead of presenting "3d" tv-s, Samsung sould have come up with a "Vuvuzela Filter for the World Cup"
yeah, amazing culture that started in 2001 by plastic company. i mean come ON, how can a plastic horn can be part of a culture!!!! it is made of PLASTIC.
Considering true South African democracy (which means for every South African) is only about a year or two older than the manufacture of those horns. So technically, Vuvuzelas go back almost to the beginning
As a South African myself, I guarantee you that the vuvuzella has nothing to do with "culture" - it's not a cultural instrument at all. Personally, I hate it. It's all about making noise - literally. The sole purpose of it is to just make a monotonous noise. But I guess people enjoy doing it in live performances of the World Cup, just because it contributes to the atmosphere. You might say it's just a local way of "having a good time" at a sports event.
There's nothing wrong with having a good time, but everyone on the outside complaining just seem like such a buzz kill...
Thank goodness somebody found a mildly decent way to lower the noise. It would be one thing if they were blowing them during exciting points of the game, but there's NO volume change in those "horns" whatsoever. It's like a swarm of bee's......annoying and completely mindless.
Thank goodness somebody found a mildly decent way to lower the noise. It would be one thing if they were blowing them during exciting points of the game, but there's NO volume change in those "horns" whatsoever. It's like a swarm of bee's......annoying and completely mindless.
Agree. Then again, many of the "musicians" in stadium are likely to be from the same nations that are so unnerved by that sound.
This is kind of silly... He just EQed the vuvuzella out and double passed it. I was expecting some autofilter or multi-band dynamics processor.
I'm also surprised that no one's complaining that this was done in garageband, and garageband is an !!APPLE!! PRODUCT!