Mic Question, Recording Outside in a loud construction filled Toronto?!?

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LuckyTaoBob

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I know that there is that awesome and massive article on mics, but I couldn't find anything in my search.

I need a microphone that I can plug in my video camera so that I can speak and will be picked up, but the sound of guys driving piles 100 yards away won't be picked up. I have wind suppression on my camera, but that does nothing for the sound of heavy machinery.

I am really hoping that this is something I don't have to do in post production!

To answer the obvious question, no, this is not something that I can do somewhere else.

Any help is seriously appreciated, I think I may just not know the proper name for
 
Ya I know, but I was really hoping to skip that step, they are 1 minute videos and there are a lot of them.

Unless of course you know of a program that can remove background noise in batches, which would be just as good.
 
The latest version of Audacity can really help you! Just do some Noise Reduction with the portion in the video having the most background noise. Try out these steps:
  1. Import your audio in Audacity
  2. Select the portion with silence
  3. Go to Effects
  4. Noise Reduction (In the latest version of Audacity)
  5. Click on select Noise Profile
  6. Now select the whole footage
  7. Go to Noise Reduction
  8. Make the Noise Reduction(db) between 14-20
  9. Make sure you have selected Reduce
  10. Click on Ok and then your Done!
  11. If you still hear background noise then Do the same steps again and make the Noise Reduction to 10
:woohoo!:You're Background Noise is now off !!
 
You guys really have no idea what noise removal actually does, yeah? lol

Noise removal will handle ambient noise only. The sound of a fan, the constant muffle drone of a distant highway, a washing machine, etc. It will not handle individualized noise like banging on a construction site. Noise removal in any audio editing program will do absolutely nothing to help what the OP is asking about.

OP, the best advice you'll find here will be to look for a shotgun microphone. All mics have a different "pick up" pattern, that being where they accept audio. A shotgun mic is one that is designed to only accept audio from a very narrow range directly in front of the mic. The most common shotgun mics that people use around here are made by RODE, and that's primarily because they're relatively inexpensive. Then, just make sure you're recording without pointing your mic towards the construction site.
 
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