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  • Any tips on how to remove or reduce the sound of a stomach rumbling?

    Posted by Josh Fitzgerald on March 15, 2012 at 12:23 pm

    Hi All

    We filmed an interview yesterday to find that one of the guys has a 2-4 second stomach rumble, whilst he speaks.

    Just wondering if anybody knows any techniques on how to remove or reduce this sound?

    Thankyou in advance

    Josh

    T. Payton replied 14 years, 1 month ago 6 Members · 7 Replies
  • 7 Replies
  • Jason Jenkins

    March 15, 2012 at 4:41 pm

    1. Cut out that part of the interview.

    2. Add background music to help mask the noise.

    Jason Jenkins
    Flowmotion Media
    Video production… with style!

    Check out my Mormon.org profile.

  • Jeremy Garchow

    March 15, 2012 at 5:33 pm

    3. Feed them lunch.

    😉

  • Jason Jenkins

    March 15, 2012 at 5:51 pm

    [Jeremy Garchow] ” 3. Feed them lunch.”

    Hahaha! Best advice yet! Myself? I just had second breakfast and I’m looking forward to elevensies.

    Jason Jenkins
    Flowmotion Media
    Video production… with style!

    Check out my Mormon.org profile.

  • Petter Stahre

    March 15, 2012 at 6:22 pm

    Maybee iZotope RX 2 can help? I’m about to buy it myself since I can’t get Soundsoap to fit my workflow.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2hFpil2x8T0&feature=player_embedded

    The graphical way to reduce unwanted noise looks awesome, but I don’t know if you can isolate the particular noise in your case.

    // Petter

  • T. Payton

    March 16, 2012 at 7:36 pm

    This should be doable. Do you have Soundtrack Pro? If so you can use the spectral view of that portion of the audio and it will let you know which frequencies to target. Or you can try the Channel EQ and choose Analyze to see what is happening. Hopefully It should be much lower than what we need to understand normal speech, which is about 1.5-2K.

    Once you find the frequency of the stomach rumble, do you best to reduce those with an EQ Filter.

    If you want, post that portion of the audio here on the Cow and I’ll figure out how to fix it for you.

    ——
    T. Payton
    OneCreative, Albuquerque

  • Michael Cox

    March 17, 2012 at 3:38 pm

    Tom, regarding Soundtrack Pro–I would like to install it, but I’m uncertain about any conflicts it may have with FCPX–are there any to be aware of? And also, do I need QMaster and Quartermaster if I’m working on my own and not using any distributed media, if not, can I delete both (or one, or…)?

    Michael Cox

  • T. Payton

    March 19, 2012 at 4:01 pm

    You don’t have to use SoundTrack Pro, you just need to isolate the frequencies of the stomach rumble. STP has a really cool spectral view that lets you view frequencies in sound easily. However, you can find out what is happening with your rumble by using the analysis in Channel EQ filter. LIke this:

    In this case above you can see that between say 60hz and 520hz there is a loud rumble (not stomach but a machine) that could be lowered with a EQ filter.

    With that said I am more than happy to help you with this so you don’t have to be burdened by it. The difficult thing is that it might not be possible to completely eliminate the grumble, but just minimize it.

    You can email me directly at tpayton and then the little at sign and then me dot com.

    ——
    T. Payton
    OneCreative, Albuquerque

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