Wind Noise - Dropping Base

tadpole wrote on 8/25/2003, 3:11 PM
Shot some interviews where subject was hooked up with lapel mic.
Monitored the sound with a pair of, well rather nice $50, headphones.

Was concerned about wind noise that day - moved subject till i couldn't hear wind through head phones.

Well.. loaded up the footage on my system and wind noise is horrible playing back through my Altec Lansing Speakers (60watt sub)..

I know nada about track compressors / sound gates etc... and what i have seen on this forum is that there is not much you can do to fix wind rumble.

However, if i turn the base way down on my speakers.. it sounds much better.

How would i go about 'turning down the base' on an audio track?

thanks

Comments

Chienworks wrote on 8/25/2003, 3:29 PM
In either the track header or in each individual audio clip, you'll see a little rectangle with two knobs sticking out either side. Click on this to bring up the Effects plugin screen. Probably the simplest effect for your purposes is Graphic EQ. Double-click on this effect and then click OK. You'll now see a quite normal looking panel with 10 sliders for different frequency ranges. Adjust these as necessary; you can even adjust them while the video is playing so you can hear the result in real time. Most of the wind rumble is probably in the 28, 56, and 113Hz ranges, and most of the whistle is above 3.6k. Fortunately, voices tend to fall pretty much in the middle so removing the outer frequencies won't affect them much.
tadpole wrote on 8/25/2003, 6:00 PM
You da man!
Didn't totally get rid of it, but SO much better
thanks for tip!
farss wrote on 8/25/2003, 6:03 PM
I believe it also helps with speech to put a SMALL boost at around the 1KHz mark, only a few Db makes it just have a little more punch.
TorS wrote on 8/26/2003, 3:04 AM
You might also try the paragraphic EQ. It has different presets, one of which removes low rumble below 80 Hz. Once added, it lets you adjust the 80 Hz up or down as you wish.
Tor