Help with sound editing!

Sirious7

Sirious7

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Hello! I am editing some footage from a few interviews i made but I am having some problems with the sound. The recording took place in a very crowded area which makes it difficult to hear what we are saying. Is there any way to edit the sound so we can decrease the background noise? I have already edited one of the interviews and it's up on my channel but i am not sure if i can use the same solution on the other videos.
Please give me a hand here :p
 
Sirious7 said:
Hello! I am editing some footage from a few interviews i made but I am having some problems with the sound. The recording took place in a very crowded area which makes it difficult to hear what we are saying. Is there any way to edit the sound so we can decrease the background noise? I have already edited one of the interviews and it's up on my channel but i am not sure if i can use the same solution on the other videos.
Please give me a hand here :p
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Hi dude,

I come from doing Media Short film Production Degree.

So i thought i would give you my tips and tricks. I'm not a mad a** technical person tho so.

If your going to be doing a series of this, your best bet to record interviews is to try and find a non public place due to all the talking and stuff. Once recorded it is super hard to edit a single audio file this to get rid of background noise. Also make sure it isn't windy (microphone is away from the wind direction)

Just search on Google and try the various methods if you can. (I use to know myself but i haven't use Final cut Pro, in so long and don't have it on personal computer.)

Top ways to reduce background noise on audio

Other ways to improve your sound:

Buy a cheap microphone that can go on to person shirt. (I don know how much theses cost tho)

I'm sure you can rent them as well.

Its really up to you, if your going to make allot of interviews or not.
 
Thanks man! Yeah i am going to get a lot better gear for next time but this was in such a short notice. I will have to edit it all somehow.
 
Search on youtube "How to remove sound in audio". There are multiple tutorials, and depending on the kind of sound, you might be able to muffle the other voices without hurting the intended target's voice, but you would have to play around with that.
 
Hi Sirious,

I've served as an audio engineer in my past and I second Curiosityo's post. Isolating a sound source is an extremely difficult task (it's known as the Cocktail Party Problem). You cannot "clear out the background" unfortunately without severely degrading your interview's quality. However, I do have another suggestion for you: add captions. This can be done with most video editing software packages and it'll immensely improve the clarity of the video (even if it doesn't improve its sound ... ).

Best,
Assaf
 
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