Clearing background noise from a video can be accomplished using an audio editing program such as Audacity, Sonar or Peak Pro. These programs will automatically isolate noise and remove it from the video, helping to clarify the sound and improve the audio quality. While this process will not remove all of the background noise, it is effective in removing the majority of the sound. Results will vary depending on how the frequencies of the background noise interfere with the spoken audio and music. In most cases, the background noise will be outside the range of music and dialogue, making it possible to isolate and remove background noise.
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Open your video with a native video editing program on your computer. Possible programs include Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere, and on the Macintosh you can use iMovie.
Use the 'File' menu to 'Export' the file as an audio track. Select either 'WAV' or 'MP3' as the destination format. WAV files are higher-quality files, but they also take up more disk space.
Drag the audio file into your audio editing program. This will import the audio and prepare it for processing.
Select the 'Effect' menu and choose 'Remove Noise' from the drop-down menu. Highlight three seconds of the audio that consists of noise only, select 'Get Noise Profile' and then click 'OK.' Choose the 'Remove Noise' option again and press 'OK.' This will remove noise from your audio file.
Save the audio file to your desktop. Remove the original audio track from your video editing program by selecting the audio track and pressing 'Delete' or 'Backspace.' Drag the new audio file into the video editing program and 'Export' the file as a video file of your choice.
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Does anyone have any suggestion on removing or reducing the background noise in video recordings? Whenever I use my digital camera to shoot quick videos, I get this sound (probably because the microphone is hyper sensitive and so it picks up lot of unwanted noise) in the background. I am sure there should be some way to get rid of such sounds...
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I use Apple's Final Cut Pro Studio and Soundtrack Pro. Here's a great tutorial on how to do it: Surgical Noise removal.
Since you're a Windows user, I can't help you as much with audio editing. Most audio programs, including Audacity, include noise gates though, so you can use it for something. Unfortunately, surgical removal is relatively unique.
If you really cannot deal with that, buy Pro Tools. I hate it, but it has what you're looking for.
This is for the PC - I think the best program for editing audio is Adobe Audition.
There are so many different approaches to removing unwanted noise. A few easy filters you can apply without too much trouble are the Noise Reduction Category under the Effects Tab. There you have:
- Click/Pop Eliminator
Basically, you find your noise floor and or you selectively profile the noise and then apply the filter. You can preview first, in order to see what it sounds like. I believe if the noise is -45 dB or below then you may have a serious problem, which means it may cost more to get rid of than its worth.
If you're looking for more advanced techniques, we can show you but it takes time, the manual and some training - remember this is more of an art, than a science - Good luck!