OT: Camcorder mike "crackling"

DVDeviations wrote on 9/27/2004, 7:54 PM
If there is "crackling" sound on a tape, is there something wrong with the user's camcorder? Can it be fixed? What causes this?

I transferred a MiniDV tape for someone, the tape was about 1.5 hours. One the last 15 minutes (different location than the rest), there was a "crackling" noise, which I reduced a little with Noise Reduction Tool....

This is not my camcorder, so I don't have a lot of details, but was wondering if this is something "easy" to fix, or should the user consider a new camcorder?

Thanks,
Colleen

Comments

farss wrote on 9/27/2004, 8:17 PM
IF they've fitted 1.5 hours onto a MiniDV tape then it's likely they've recorded in LP so anything is possible.
Other question is, were they using an external mic?
It could have been almost anything, RF interference, something rubbing against the mics etc.
Without knowing the type of camcorder really hard to say.

Bob.
Spot|DSE wrote on 9/27/2004, 8:31 PM
Could also be mic overload/distortion. That's what I'd first guess. Internal or external, this can fairly easily occur.
DVDeviations wrote on 9/28/2004, 3:59 PM
Thanks for the replies. I will see if she is recording in LP mode. No, she is not using an external mic. This is just a "regular" camcorder user.

thanks again
epirb wrote on 9/28/2004, 5:45 PM
Another poss.....
if they were using the external lcd screen, and twisting/rotating it. I had this happen to me,using someone elses cam. you could not hear it externaly while moving it, but the plastic swivel would create a crackling and was picked up by the internal mic., could hear it real well on tape even when moving it slightly.
Real pain in the A$$ to get rid of.. but after looking at the wave file you could see the destinctive spikes.
I dont have NR (booo hooo hooo) but ended up "0" volume-ing each crackle in S.F.
Another reason to Never use the Built in mic's
Steve Mann wrote on 9/29/2004, 12:23 AM
Tape speed makes absolutely no difference. It's the same digital data.
farss wrote on 9/29/2004, 12:50 AM
While that's correct if you play it back in another device that cannot track it properly then you can get dropouts. I'll admit though bad audio would be the least noticable problem if that happens.

Bob.