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[Klaus Christo]

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Can someone recommend a good program to remove the wind noise on my video please

[sjj1805]

Removing unwanted noise is difficult and often impossible but....
try this FREE program

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Export your sound as an audio file, run it through Audacity and then import back into Video Studio. Don't forget to mute the original sound track.
Regards
Steve J

[DVDDoug]

Yeah, Steve is right.

Noise reduction can make a good recording into an excellent recording, but if the noise is bad, the cure might be worse than the disease.

You might try Audacity's equalizer to cut-down the low frequencies as well as its noise reduction filter. (I'm assuming it has an equalizer... I don't use it.)

There is good reason why recording studios are soundproof. And, most movie dialog is re-recorded in the studio. "Live" news reporters have microphones with wind-socks, and they hold the mic close to their mouth so that they can drown-out most background noise. Still, some noise usually comes-through.

[s.burnley]

A long time ago I read a tip that has been successful for me ever since. Make a baffle from the material this is used to make cuddly toys. It has a mesh backing and then artificial fur. You can get the material in many colours but I have used either white or black.

If you have a protruding mike then you can make a sock to go over it. If you have a built-in mike, like on my Sony TRV 355, then you need a little more ingenuity. What I did was to use sticky velro. I cut a shape out of it that would fit the camera body right round the mike and stuck it on the camera. Then my wife sowed the furry material to the other piece of the velcro which can then be attached to the camcorder very easily.

It is really effective.

You do get one or two friends asking why your camcorder has a moustache but I can live with that!

Stuart

[Klaus Christo]

thanks stuart and steve for the advice.
I have a panasonic gs400, its a really great camera but it picks up wind noise when you really didn't think there was any wind. I could use the plug in mike which I might make a sock for, just have to remember to use it, because as I said it picks up wind noise even though there is only a slight breeze blowing. It also has windnoise reduction setting in the camera which I must remember to use. But now I must try and get rid of the wind noise in this video clip, another big learning curve getting this audacity program to help.

[David Latta]

Hi Kaz,

I also have the Panasonic GS400 and what a great camera it is. I don't use the camera mic at all now, instead I have the Rode VideoMic which is fitted with the Rode "DeadCat" furry thing for use outside. I find this does the job quite well even in the windy conditions which we get here on the south coast of South Australia. The camera Mic is useless in windy conditions.

I have also played around with Audacity to remove a 50Khz hum when running the camera off mains power and using the Rode. I was pleased with the result. This hum by the way does not occur when running the camera off battery power and using the Rode.

David

[Klaus Christo]

hey David. Sounds great but what the heck is this 'Rode' thingo can you buy it?? Please give me more info, thanks a lot.

Kaz

[Bomoh]

http://www.rode.com.au/?pagename=Produc ... t=VideoMic


There you are Ozzy............... right in your backyard

Excellent mics.