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Hey guys, so recently I recorded some interviews in not the ideal location. As such the audio I have has background noise ranging from a waterfall making noise to small chatter of other people. I have tried to clean up the audio and get rid of the aditional unwanted noise but so far no luck. Either I can't get rid of the noises or it ends up making the person getting interviewed sound bad. The waterfall part is what is really making my audio unusable. Does anyone have any suggestions or advice?

I agree that Audition is probably the best tool for Audio "noise removal," but this article has a few other options: http://forums.adobe.com/message/2860521#2860521
"Noise" can be tough, as it can be broad spectrum, and have many of the same frequencies as the human voice. With that situation, it becomes nearly impossible to "fix," but one might be able to attenuate that noise some.
I would also experiment with Jerry K's suggestion - noise reduction/removal is often a series of experiments with critical listening.
Good luck,
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