Amplify sound

[BH]

My recorded video's sound is too soft and it's hardly audible. Anyone knows how to amplify the sound? I tried using the amplifying tool but can't filter out the noise. Anyone who can help? Thanks!

[BrianCee]

The volume of the sound in your video can be increased by a factor of 5 if you use the volume control up in the top left corner of the edit screen, is that not enough ?? - As you will notice though increasing volume means increasing all sound on the video , including unwanted noise, there is a 'remove noise' audio filter available under the audio tab but I don't think that will remove all noise from an amplified track. You may have some success using a specialised sound editing programme but I doubt you will get full satisfaction in UVS alone.

[THoff]

If you are capturing sounds through an analog sound card, make sure you plug the cable into the LINE IN plug and not the MIC plug.

[kebrinton]

I've not done this but wouldn't it help to use an external microphone when videotaping? My travel videos often suffer from noise on the soundtrack because the camcorder mic picks up all sorts of stuff not meant to be on the tape.

[rwindeyer]

I have done just this. I recently invested in a zoom mic for my Sony camcorder. It clips onto the intelligent hotshoe of the camera, and I don't know how, but when you zoom on a subject, it seems as if the mike is zooming in as well. Rather nice.
I have to say that there is still a little noise from the motor - not a lot, and less than the inbuilt mike. I suspect it's slightly less sensitive to wind noise (it has a foam cover) but I haven't tested it much, and it's not a real "news quality" unit. The only way to really eliminate noise would be to go "professional" and have a true separate mike, connected by cable and covered with the lambswool sock.(and have someone holding the boom for you )