background noise
noun
: undesired sound that is heard in a radio broadcast, a tape recording, etc.
The recording had a lot of background noise.
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The mics paired with this setup captured my voice well enough but do little to cancel out background noise.
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PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
Studio tries to simulate a professional studio by reducing background noise and reverb.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024
Technology's inability to filter out background noise can affect audio evidence in legal cases, if listeners cannot be completely certain who is talking and what is being said.
—Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, The Week Uk, theweek, 10 Sep. 2024
Sophisticated algorithms strip out background noise and focus on interpreting the body’s faint signals.
—Amit Katwala, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2024
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PCMAG, 27 Sep. 2024
Studio tries to simulate a professional studio by reducing background noise and reverb.
—Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024
Technology's inability to filter out background noise can affect audio evidence in legal cases, if listeners cannot be completely certain who is talking and what is being said.
—Elizabeth Carr-Ellis, The Week Uk, theweek, 10 Sep. 2024
Sophisticated algorithms strip out background noise and focus on interpreting the body’s faint signals.
—Amit Katwala, WIRED, 15 Aug. 2024
See all Example Sentences for background noise
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“Background noise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/background%20noise. Accessed 5 Oct. 2024.
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