Editing out an audio waveform

[emilyk38823977]

I have two people speaking in one audio track of a video.  One is asking interview questions, the other answering.  I want to completely eliminate the interviewer asking questions -their waveform and just leave the person's voice answering the questions.  Is this possible? How?  I'm going nuts.

[Peru Bob]

Keyframe the audio volume or just cut the audio out of the track and add a piece of the "silence" in the rest of the track to make the background noise sound natural.

This will only work, of course, if they are not speaking at the same time.

[emilyk38823977]

HI Peru Bob,

Thanks for taking the time to answer. Still not sure I explained it proper or, I don’t understand your suggestion.

I’ll use the below image as an example. I have two people speaking in audio 1 and the top wave is the one I want to keep. That person is explaining how to do something. The bottom are just questions and responses. Is it possible to easily cut out the bottom wave? I don’t want to cut out the entire track. I have reduced the audio middle line and they did not help. I don’t know if I can mix out the bottom wave either.

Suggestions?

[Peru Bob]

emilyk38823977  wrote

I’ll use the below image as an example.

I see no image.

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[emilyk38823977]

This is just an example of audio 1 where there are two tracks. This is not from my film. Both people are talking at the same time.

[Peru Bob]

emilyk38823977  wrote

This is just an example of audio 1 where there are two tracks.

I still don't see an image.

Is your audio of each person on its own track?

Please post a screen shot of your timeline in Expert Mode.

[emilyk38823977]

No, the audio of both are on the same track and they are at times both speaking together.

[Peru Bob]

emilyk38823977  wrote

No, the audio of both are on the same track and they are at times both speaking together.

In that case, it will be nearly impossible to do in Premiere Elements.  Even an experienced audio engineer using expensive professional software will have an extremely difficult time with that.

[emilyk38823977]

Thank you for your help.

[Peru Bob]

You're welcome.