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[scorsesefan]

Just finished shooting a commercial in a video store that has overhead halogens (yeah, like in your gym class). Dialog is nice and clear, but there is a low hum on the audio track. Editor is going to work on FCP and Pro Tools I think. Is there a way to remove this low hum using these two programs. :dankk2: you in advance.

 

[Christopher Barry]

in PT, you could use this add on plug-in, DINR. a high end studio plug-in $.

 

[scorsesefan]

any cheaper solutions to halogen buzz?

any cheaper solutions to halogen buzz?

how about using music?

 

[vortex677]

Sound Soap look for it it's awesome.

 

[Joshua Provost]

Was the camera plugged in or battery-powered? It might not be the lights at all, but AC hum. Either way, it's pretty trivial to take it out in any sound editor with a Noise Reduction plug-in. If you can find a second or two of sound on the tape with no talking or other noise, just the hum, it can use that as a fingerprint and remove the noise from the whole thing.

 

[scorsesefan]

definately the lights. You could hear them by naked ear. we took thirty seconds or so of room tone, so I guess that should serve as a fingerprint. Thanks for the responses so far and any future ideas.

 

[ryan brown]

we took thirty seconds or so of room tone, so I guess that should serve as a fingerprint.

Good for you... as long as you have that, you can fairly easily take it out. I use soundsoap, it works GREAT for this, and it's as easy as one button the press, but there's many programs that's do it.

 

[scorsesefan]

thanks for all of the suggestions. I'm glad there are some solutions (and relatively easy ones at that).