Steve Laramie
Veteran
How hard is it to get an AC in the background of you shot out of it or atleast dimmed so you can hear the voices more? We have room tone atleast but we want to lower the ac so we have crisper voices.
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Batutta
Major Contributor
Man, Cedar is like CSI sh*t. I saw it used once to clean up the worst audio buzz you ever heard on a John Legend performance and made it sparkling new. Soundtrack Pro is so-so. The noise print feature always makes the track end up sounding like a digitally processed tin can. Better off using a parametric equalizer.
Steve Laramie
Veteran
so how do I do it in soundtrack pro?
Batutta
Major Contributor
Import your clip. Highlight a small area of your clip that has just the noise. Select Process>Noise Reduction> Set noise print. Now highlight the entire clip. Select Process>Noise Reduction>Reduce noise. A window will pop up. Press play and move the noise reduction slider until the sound disappears.
Steve Laramie
Veteran
Wow! this works incredibly well thanks allot.
Michael T
Well-known member
You should remove the noise using three or four passes instead of just one pass. You can achieve a much better sounding result if you don't try to do it in just one pass. There are other tools in STP that can help as well so take your time to learn them and see how they can be applied.
Good luck.
Good luck.
Brad S.
Well-known member
Michael is absolutely correct. I once heard the analogy that noise reduction should be like a thousand small pirana bites rather than one large shark bite. Also using multiple different tools rather than just relying on a noise reduction plug-in helps in that each tool does its own thing.
bentramer81
Well-known member
quick question
quick question
After you have this like you want it, does it automatically save this way in Final Cut Pro, or do you have to export it back or something? and if so, does it automatically line it back up in the time line or do you have to delete the old audio file and insert this new one in it's place?
quick question
After you have this like you want it, does it automatically save this way in Final Cut Pro, or do you have to export it back or something? and if so, does it automatically line it back up in the time line or do you have to delete the old audio file and insert this new one in it's place?
Batutta
Major Contributor
You can send it to Soundtrack from the final cut timeline, and it makes a reference file that updates with the changes, BUT I kind of advise against doing that as I've had strange things happen while doing this, especially if you ever manage your project. Safer to export an aif, work on it in Soundtrack Pro, export it and bring the audio file into final cut.
j1clark@ucsd.edu
Veteran
I don't have FCP, so no STP... but is there any shift in time because of the processing relative to the video trak, by exporting and subsequent reimportation the audio as an aif?
