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Need help with background sounds
Hi, I’ve been browsing over the forums and I couldn’t find a useful solution to my problem so I hope someone can hlep out…
I’m working on some event report filmed in a club where we did a lot of interviews. Although these interviews were conducted with a microphone, it still caught a litte bit more background noise than I thought and listening back, the voices are a little overpowered at times by the background.Now, though I know editing and my way around PPro, I know nothing of audio and all the presets and effects that are hanging around there. Is there any way I can somewhat reduce the background sounds and get the voices of the interviewees a little bit clearer? Big thanks in advance!
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3 Replies
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if it is all on one channel, then you will just have to use EQ to get rid of the offending frequencies (low or high) but you will of course affect the primary audio. In these cases, it is common to use a music bed to draw attention away from the background noise, but when the background noise changes, it becomes noticeable again.
Did you use a lav and shotgun on the camera? If so, make sure you isolate only the track you are using. Fill left and fill right are two audio effects that may help if you have two tracks, currently playing as a stereo pair.
Mike COhen
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Thanks for the info! I’ll try to play with the EQ settings and see what comes out. I hope it works I’ll post as soon as I know more!
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Yes – check the tracks first to make sure you aren’t hearing the camera mic mixed in with your other mic.
EQ will help a bit – provided the noise is NOT at the same frequency as the sound you want to keep.
If you have Soundbooth, you can use that to sample the background noise and then try to eliminate it – it works pretty good sometimes.
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