• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Shootin with Sony PD-170, Audio buzz Removal with FCP/Soundtrack.

  Posted by Rob Gee on January 2, 2006 at 3:40 am

  Hi, I shot interior documentary footage with this camera and an external Schoeps MK41 mic, going through a mixer, and into the XLR sockets on the camera. My sound guy didn’t hear any hisss or buzz (he was monitoring through his mixer), but I hear it clearly in post. I was not also monitoring through the camera, as I now realize I should have. It may have been the audio flaw in the Sony camera that I’ve heard about.

  Is there something I can do in FCP to remove the buzz and keep as much of my subject’s voice range as possible? He has a nice deep bass voice, if that helps. Thanks very much. – Rob

  David Bogie replied 20 years, 8 months ago 5 Members · 4 Replies
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  January 2, 2006 at 3:50 am

  If you have an earlier version than FCP 5, you need to use other software to remove this noise effectively.

  This is the kind of “continuous” noise that a program like Bias “SoundSoap” can help remove.

  https://www.kenstone.net/fcp_homepage/review_soundsoap.html

  Bias has recently released “SoundSoap 2”

  https://www.bias-inc.com/products/soundsoap/

  SoundSoap was retailing for about $50 (up to $80 just before the new “2” release).
  SoundSoap 2 is priced at about $100.

  If you have FCP5, there is a similar supplied filter that can do the job similar to SoundSoap.
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  Steve Connor

  January 2, 2006 at 9:07 am

  Soundtrack can do a remarkably good job of removing noise if it’s at a constant pitch, you should be able to maintain the bass tone of the voice as well – try it!

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  Ed Dooley

  January 2, 2006 at 1:33 pm

  And for a quick fix with one constant frequency you can use the 3 band EQ. Isolate the offending frequency
  by scrolling the freq bar up and down while the audio is playing and
  set it to -20db. If it’s mostly on one frequency, it shouldn’t hurt the overall audio. I just did it with a noisy lav,
  the buzz was at 8,940. I kept the band narrow and lowered that freq to -20, and it was a quick fix right in FCP.
  Ed
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  David Bogie

  January 2, 2006 at 9:57 pm

  Soundtrack Pro will do this job easily and quickly. It takes a bit of practice but study the seciton in the manual for PROCESSING. What you’re going to do is tell STP what you want filtered out by selecting a small portion of room tone. Then you apply that process to the entire clip. It’s scary magic.

  bogiesan

  This is my standard sigfile so do not take it personally: “For crying out loud, read the freakin’ manual.”

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