Re: [videoblogging] avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-27 Thread Michael Sean Kaminsky
i had a problem like this once and i ended up using some room tone and adding the hum beneath my 'non hum' segments. it depends how bad it is - but often if something is steady people won't even notice it. it's the contrasts between sound and silence that are a killer...:) for future shoots

[videoblogging] avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-26 Thread loretabirkus
Hello again, I would like to know how you manage to record a sound with minimum hum in a room environment. I have a good microphone that I use for my filming, but I always get a huge hum sound if I film inside. I used Audacity to eliminate the background noise, but sometimes it doesn't work

Re: [videoblogging] avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-26 Thread David Jones
On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:38 PM, loretabirkus loretabir...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello again, I would like to know how you manage to record a sound with minimum hum in a room environment. I have a good microphone that I use for my filming, but I always get a huge hum sound if I film inside. I

Re: [videoblogging] avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-26 Thread Jay dedman
I would like to know how you manage to record a sound with minimum hum in a room environment. I have a good microphone that I use for my filming, but I always get a huge hum sound if I film inside. What camera do you use, or where do you place your mic? Some cameras are notorious for their

Re: [videoblogging] avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-26 Thread Rupert Howe
Do you get a hum wherever you film inside, or particularly in one location? Lots of household/office appliances that we can't hear or filter out make a big hum when recorded - air con, computers, fridges, etc. Try being ruthless about shutting everything off when filming. Keep different

Re: [videoblogging] avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-26 Thread Adrian Miles
hi also don't forget the value of an atmos track for these situations. Record the room silent and then lay that beneath everything else. (No room is actually silent and this is standard practice.) On 27/01/2010, at 12:54 AM, Jay dedman wrote: I would like to know how you manage to record

Re: [videoblogging] avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-26 Thread Joly MacFie
Record the room silent and then lay that beneath everything else. (No room is actually silent and this is standard practice.) and invert the phase! -- --- Joly MacFie 917 442 8665 Skype:punkcast WWWhatsup NYC - http://wwwhatsup.com

Re: [videoblogging] avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-26 Thread Rupert Howe
and set to stun! On 27 Jan 2010, at 06:59, Joly MacFie wrote: Record the room silent and then lay that beneath everything else. (No room is actually silent and this is standard practice.) and invert the phase! -- -- Joly