re: remove wind

sonicboom wrote on 2/12/2003, 11:43 AM

i am trying like crazy to remove wind from a project i shot outside
it was cold, so we didn't do a lot of takes--2 to be exact
anyway, the wind is loud and it wooshes over the person talking
i know, i know--i should buy a mic..my next purchase!!
i tried noise reduction and paragraohic eq
any suggestions are greatly appreciated
thnx in advance
sbsb

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MyST wrote on 2/12/2003, 11:45 AM

How about removing the vocal track altogether, and having the people do an overdub? If you could get a long enough section of just the wind and edit that into a loop, you could then insert that along with the overdub(at a reduced volume of course) and the overdub wouldn't be as obvious.

M

Former user wrote on 2/12/2003, 11:56 AM

Might be a long shot, but if it was a stereo track, try inverting the phase on one track. Might cancel some wind, but it might cancel the voice as well.

Dave T2

sonicboom wrote on 2/12/2003, 12:14 PM

thanks for the ideas
i must have this done for today so i don't have time for a voice overif anyone else has any ideas how i can reduce the wind noise i would really appreciate it
thanks
sbsb

MyST wrote on 2/12/2003, 12:27 PM

If you ran your audio in a media player that shows the volume at different frequencies(ie:Winamp), you could then try to lower the frequencies that are associated with the wind. You'd also see the frequencies associated with the voices, so you could increase those.
Forgive me if this is too basic. I'm just a hobbyist, but I'm trying to help. :)

M

earthrisers wrote on 2/12/2003, 12:49 PM

SoFo's Noise Reduction package is designed just for such situations -- but it's kind of expensive.
Also, depending on what frequencies are present in the wind-sound, you might lose some (or all?) of your vocals as well.
If you can send me a WAV file selection from your soundtrack, I can try running it through Noise Reduction, to see what kind of results there would be; no point you investing in it if it won't get the result you need. If you want to do that, get a selection that includes at least a couple of seconds of ONLY the wind sound; otherwise Noise Reduction won't be of much help. Also, make the selection short enough that the WAV file is under 2Megabytes, or else my e-mail provider won't pass it through to me.
Ernie
ernietamminga@yahoo.com

sonicboom wrote on 2/12/2003, 1:34 PM

thanks everyone for your response
i really appreciate it
earthrisers--i bought sound forge & noise reduction 6 months ago-- and i love it---but the wind blows very loudly right on the vocals---i really appreciate your offer to help me out--thnx :)
that's why this forum rocks--everyone helps everyone
i am going to print to tape now---next--i am going to search this forum for a microphone
thanks all- again i appreciate the input and offers
i will have to live with the fact that this video will not win an Oscar :)
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