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Beelzebob wrote on 5/4/2004, 10:47 AM
I rendered an AVI again and it sounds and looks beautiful. On my tape, I only notice the noise when singing occurs (I mainly tape renaissance festivals). So I'm still thinking it's the camera. I haven't filmed anything since last year. I've got about 70 hours of taping on my camera, and cleaned it with a 3M kit at 40 hours. Do most of you get your cameras professionally cleaned?

Bob
Steve Grisetti wrote on 5/4/2004, 12:33 PM

Is the singing amplified? Could it be overloading your microphone? (I hope it's not a damaged microphone.)

I'm sure you'd have mentioned if you were using a wireless microphone that would have picked up static, so I won't even ask.

And thanks for reminding me to get my cam professionally cleaned. We're supposed to do that every year or so, aren't we?
Beelzebob wrote on 5/4/2004, 10:05 PM
Gris et al,

Thanks. I'm not sure what's up. The singing is not amplified. I was using a Sennheiser for the first time and concerned about overload, but I think it did okay. I'm going to PTT this latest AVI, and if it still sounds bad, I guess it's the cam.

Best,

Bob
ADinelt wrote on 5/5/2004, 4:50 AM
If you play your original tape directly to TV from your camcorder, do you hear the static?

If not, then it is not likely your camcorder. Take a look at the audio meter to the left of the preview window. When the static occurs, are the meters in the red (top) zone? If so, you could try adjusting the audio volume for that portion of the video clip so the meters are in the green or orange zone.

Hope this helps...
Al
Beelzebob wrote on 5/7/2004, 3:25 PM
Al,

You're dead on, I played it to TV and it's fine. I first tried it through the LCD speaker and that seemed okay, so I was pretty sure you were right. I've been using Pinnacle Studio and this is my first project with Screenblast. It may be due to the mic I used, which is a little on the hot side for consumer video.

Thanks to all,

Bob