Soundbooth and Footage editing Question

[richke]

Hello,

Just finished up a shoot and now I am editing the footage. I am noticing a hum in some of the shots and not the others. This happened because during setup I heard the fridge in the house(we were shooting in kitchen/dining room) and thought "I should unplug this." Talked with a couple of people at the shoot and we thought it wouldn;t be an issue. So what we have a some shots clear as a bell goodness and others with the fridge buzzing in the back.

I have Premeire Pro CS5 and Soundbooth CS5.

I have done plenty of video editing but this is the first time we used a non-cam mic and so this is the first time I am noticing the difference. I have found some spots online on how to fix these issues but have not have good results. Does anyone have any good practical tips to get this hum removed or at least toned down without making the voices sound like robots?

thanks,
Rich

 

[Noiz2]

you can try a harmonic filter, might be called a "hum remover". You probably wont be able to remove all of it because it's not just a simple hum and it will change over time, but you should be able to reduce it. You also might try noise reduction if you can get your hands on a quality one. Rx by iZotope might help a lot but the sale is over so your looking at around $350.

 

[richke]

thanks...I don;t need anything that expensive...I will just try to reduce it. This all could've been avoided if I just wouldnt have been lazy and unplugged the fridge...lesson learned I found where I can redduce the hum's decibles...down to like -20...that should help quite a bit...in theory

 

[richke]

oh and I will check for the harmonic filter.