Help with "buzz" voice

1. Fitzhufilms
   Member

   
   I just shot an interview and when I returned home I found that the audio from my lav mic was horrible. Apparently the setting was too high and there is a "buzz" in the gentlemen's voice, at least on the louder portions. It's not so noticeable when he speaks more quitely. (Don't ask why I didn't catch this before I left the interview) It sounds like its playing through a pair of busted speakers. I have Adobe Audition 1.5. I can remove some of it through hiss reductions and noise reductions but it leaves the voice a little hollow. Does anyone have any experience in this that could help me out. Thanks in advance.

   Posted 5 years ago #

2. compusolver
   Member

   
   Audition is as close as you're likely to get to a "magic wand", and it sounds like you've already done all that can be done. Part of the buz is apparently in the same range as the speaker's voice, hence the change in tone.
   
   Swallow hard, call your subject and setup another shoot. Consider it a lesson learned. Not only should you wear a good set of headphones, but if possible, you should play back at least part of your interview (better yet - the whole thing) before leaving.
   
   Depending on the situation, it may be possible to have someone with a similar voice to listen to your recording (headphones) while he watches the video and trys to re-narrate while synching with the lips on the video.

   Posted 5 years ago #

3. Mortalis
   Member

   
   Any audio editing/ recording software will be of use. Suggests to try FlexiMusic Wave Editor. Completely removing unwanted background noise is not possible but can be removed to some extend. Play your recordings in the software. Use "Noise Reduction” command to reduce the unwanted background noise. To improve or equalize the volume of recording, from the menu choose the "Volume" in which, select the "Simple Compress/ expand" option to opt the percentage of the volume for the entire recording.

   Posted 5 years ago #

4. compusolver
   Member

   
   Mortalis, thanks for mentioning a program I wasn't familiar with. Its always good to keep up with what's available.
   
   As for whether or not you can completely remove background noise - well, actually you sometimes can. It all depends on how close the unwanted noise is to the audio you want to keep - frequency-wise. If its within the range of wanted audio, you'll start to hear the narrator's voice (for instance) begin to get tinny or otherwise altered as you increase the noise reduction. If there is enough distance between the frequency ranges, you can completely eliminate a noise without unduly affecting your "good audio".

   Posted 5 years ago #

5. Johnboy
   Member

   
   sounds like your levels were too high, you will probably have to redo the shoot.
   
   John

   Posted 5 years ago #

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