Getting rid of Sound Hiss?

[HobokenBob]

What is the best way to get rid of sound hiss?

I captured an old video tape and it has alot of hiss.

Thanks

 

[HobokenBob]

Is there a certain audio level I should capture at? I'm using WinProducer 3 to capture the video tape on Windows XP.

 

[LRSmith]

What you want to do is filter your audio signal to eliminate the frequencies where the hissing is occurring. Premiere has some filtering according to this website:

http://www.animemusicvideos.org/guides/avtech/premierec.html

Otherwise, search online for third party audio filters. Output your audio only to a WAV file. Filter it, import it and replace your original audio with the filtered one.

 

[Preditor123]

Get a copy of Adobe Audition. Great Noise reduction

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

I use a piece of software called Goldwave that is available online. With Goldwave, I can sample a "quiet" bit of the hiss and then tell Goldwave "Make a filter to take out these frequencies and apply that filter to the rest of my sound file."

It's sweet.

Goldwave's pretty cheap, too. I think you can get a copy as try-ware, which will work great for a couple of days.

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Okay, now I'm curious.

Does Premiere (6.5 or Pro) have an audio function whereby you can copy into the clipboard a sample of room tone and then tell Premiere to filter that tone out of an audio clip?

Thanks!


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[Akribie]

No version of Premiere up to Pro 1.5 comes from Adobe with a noise reduction filter.

Goldwave's noise reduction filter works pretty well, but the software doesn't save out to AVI, only audio formats.

More expensive alternatives like Audition or Sound Forge allow the changed audio to be re-saved to AVI, which makes it much more convenient to use with NLE.

I've not tried it, but some versions of Premiere allow use of certain types of third-party audio plug-ins, so it might be possible to add a plug-in to Premiere to get access to noise reduction inside the video edit.

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Yeah, I enjoy using Goldwave.

Usually, I export the audio from the clip, filter it in Goldwave, bring it back in, sync it with the clip, and then export it back to the DV recorder, or I export it as an uncompressed AVI with the revised audio track instead of the old one.

Or, if it's a small project, I just fiddle with the tracks live, but suncing can be a headache.

Thanks for answering that question -- I've been wondering if there was some trick in premiere that I just kept missing.

Cheers,


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door

 

[Akribie]

You might be able to open the original AVI in Goldwave, which saves an export step from Premiere. Have to save as WAV, though, and re-sync/re-link on the timeline.

 

[EdwardMartinIII]

Oh, cool. I'll try that.

Thanks!


Edward

"Cut a hole in the door. Hang a flap. Criminy, why didn't I think of this earlier?!" -- inventor of the cat door