fcp 5 audio filters/soundtrack pro fix?

evolvnyc

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I admit I have very little experience with fixing sound (mainly because I've always captured it well enough) but I am doing an editing favor for a friend's website and I've never used soundtrack pro, so I opened the manual and went at it for four hours, and I'm still perplexed. I realized in stead of playing with every different effect blindly, I would ask you all since I am sure this is a common problem:
Most of the sound is good enough, from a lav placed properly. At some point, the lav became disconnected and all the audio she has from this segment is the on-camera mic from the hvx. The interview was in a glass walled, tile floored room and the sound is horrible and bounces all over the place. Does anyone have reccomendations for "cleaning up" sound captured with the on-cam mic? Favourite filters? I know it will never be "good" but it should be "better." I scoffed at her sugestion that I spend $99 on "Sound Soap" I replied "I have soundtrack pro!" proudly... if I couuld only learn audio editing so I could use it, but does anyone know what may be the equivelant functions of "Sound Soap" in Sountrack Pro? Thanks!
 
Here's what you do. In FCP, highlight the sound clip in your Timeline you need to clean up. Right click (cnt+click) and from the pop-up menu go to Send To. Choose SoundTrack Pro Audio File Project. It will promt you for a name followed by "(send)". That "(send)" indicates it's the file you sent to STP. This makes a seperate file so you don't mess with your original. Non-destructive editing, gotta love it!

Now, in STP, go through the file. Find a spot that has only the background noise. Highlight that little section. Go to Process > Set Noise Print. Then deselect your section. Then go to Process > Reduce Noise...

Then just Save, Quit. Back in FCP you'll have the new cleaned up sound file in your Browser automatically, PLUS it will have already replaced your original audio file in your Timeline.

Apple Pro Training Series: Sound Track Pro

Get it, great book.
 
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