Audio quality of the video?

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I need to stop caring too much.
Hey, does anyone here know of a good and easy to use program that would help me get rid of or at least reduce the horrible audio quality my Olympus camera produces? The background noise, I mean.
If you watch any of my videos on my channel that I've made with this camera, you'll see how bad the quality is. To be honest, I think this is why I experience a lot of clicking out - no one wants to watch a bad quality video, I understand, I wouldn't watch a video like that either.
I read that the camera could be picking up sounds from working devices such as a computer so I turned my computer off, but that made absolutely no difference.
If it was up to me, I would definitely go and buy a good camera right now, but I have my whole family saving up to buy me a laptop. A good HD camera and a laptop - two things I need equally much. But if you're poor like me, you can't get both and my family finds a laptop to be a lot more important right now.
So I just thought maybe there's a program that could help me with this issue. The image quality would still be bad, and there's nothing I can do about it, but if I could make the sound alright that would already be a plus.
 
Software can only do so much. Raw audio is determined by the equipment, and it sounds like your Olympus camera produces less than desirable results.

There is software that helps with scanning and reducing background ambiance, but it could/would result in a "robotic" vocal tone. You don't want that.

You'll eventually get your new equipment, just be patient for now. I could help, but I can't promise much improvement.
 
You can use audacity to remove noise, but it can only do so much, as can your hardware. Your best bet is to reduce the amount of noise in the background BEFORE you start recording. That means...
1) Turn off the A/C and ceiling fans until you're done. Try to close the doors and block noise from refrigerator compressors, traffic noise etc. You'll have to create your own TODO list before you record.
2) In the video in your signature, you are holding a piece of paper and it creates a crackling/crunching noise as you move around. Try to be aware of the noises your own body makes and eliminate those.
3) Lastly, you sound like a soft spoken person, so you'll have to train yourself to speak loudly and clearly. The louder your volume is above the noise, the less distortion there will be when the noise is removed.
 
You can use audacity to remove noise, but it can only do so much, as can your hardware. Your best bet is to reduce the amount of noise in the background BEFORE you start recording. That means...
1) Turn off the A/C and ceiling fans until you're done. Try to close the doors and block noise from refrigerator compressors, traffic noise etc. You'll have to create your own TODO list before you record.
2) In the video in your signature, you are holding a piece of paper and it creates a crackling/crunching noise as you move around. Try to be aware of the noises your own body makes and eliminate those.
3) Lastly, you sound like a soft spoken person, so you'll have to train yourself to speak loudly and clearly. The louder your volume is above the noise, the less distortion there will be when the noise is removed.

ViciousCritic is absolutely right. Always listen to you background noise and try as much of it our as you can
 
You can use audacity to remove noise, but it can only do so much, as can your hardware. Your best bet is to reduce the amount of noise in the background BEFORE you start recording. That means...
1) Turn off the A/C and ceiling fans until you're done. Try to close the doors and block noise from refrigerator compressors, traffic noise etc. You'll have to create your own TODO list before you record.
2) In the video in your signature, you are holding a piece of paper and it creates a crackling/crunching noise as you move around. Try to be aware of the noises your own body makes and eliminate those.
3) Lastly, you sound like a soft spoken person, so you'll have to train yourself to speak loudly and clearly. The louder your volume is above the noise, the less distortion there will be when the noise is removed.
I'll keep that in mind.
However, it's weird to hear I'm soft spoken, because I talk so loudly when recording that when I'm done, my throat kind of hurts...
 
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