Using Audio tools in VP8

steveandbelinda wrote on 6/29/2009, 12:00 AM
I know that there is a way of editing audio in Vegas, but I forget. I did a wedding that I want to get some noise out of. I have the sound of high heels on tile floor, that I want to get rid of. How do I erase it, or drop the db's to a minus range? I have Adobe Soundbooth that I just added as my editor in the audio tab in Vegas, but I am not sure I can fool with the audio now or not. I did a 2 camera project using Excalibur 5.5. I have already assigned the camera switches, and ran multi-cam. Not sure whether I now just render to mpeg2, and then mess with the audio or not.

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newhope wrote on 6/29/2009, 9:47 PM
Deal with the audio BEFORE rendering.

High heels aren't a sound that can easily be isolated, except with plug-in software like Izotope RX Spectral tool.... though this does cost almost as much as Vegas

If you right click on your audio track in Vegas and Add Volume envelope you can then adjust the audio levels (or dBs) by clicking on the volume enveloped and adding a keyframe point where you can reduce or increase level.

To split an audio (and or video) event place the playhead where you want to split it and press 'S' if the audio and video are linked (grouped) it will cut through both but you can right click on either and select 'Ungroup' so that you can cut one without cutting the other. Care needs to be taken with ungrouped audio and video that you maintain sync because you can slide them out of sync easily in this mode.

here endeth the lesson for today...no we aren't a religious organisation LOL

New Hope Media
Geoff_Wood wrote on 6/30/2009, 12:04 AM
"I know that there is a way of editing audio in Vegas, but I forget"
- read the manual, the help, or the online tutorials ! ;-)

As 'Newhope' says, you will have to notch out the high-heels with a Volume Envelope. Before rendering.

But I fear the result is going to be less than fantastic because what you are wanting to do is pretty near impossible to do to a high quality level, especially if the clicks are on top of other material you wish to keep.

Doing it manually with Audition's spectral editing may help, but would be VERY tedious.

geoff
steveandbelinda wrote on 6/30/2009, 8:49 AM
I see nothing in the manual, that goes into detail about audio editing. Only thing mentioned is audio envelopes, which I already know about. I have Adobe Soundbooth CS3, and did set it up as my outside audio editor for Vegas, but when you select an event and then go to Soundbooth, it pulls in the video and audio, and when I am done messing with the audio, I am not sure to save in Soundbooth or not. Not sure whether saving it in Soundbooth changes the audio in Vegas at the event level only, or if it creates a new file, (meaning that I would have to delete the current one in Vegas and replace it with the one that was just saved in SB) Haven't used SB much to know.
Geoff_Wood wrote on 6/30/2009, 2:19 PM
How about Sony Online Tutorial ?

Or in the Help Using Vegas Software | Track Editing | Adjust Audio Track Controls. When inserting 'plugins', specific info on those is available with each's internal Help.

If the 'simp0le' track envelope approach is not good enough, then an external audio editor may allow more specific editing than available in Vegas.

But Ias I said, the source media sounds like it may be compromised to the point where no satisfactory result is possible - at best a 'compromised' result. Vegas is great, exteernal audio editor vary bewteen good and great, but what you want may be beyond what is possible.

Good luck.

geoff