Ok, I made three clips of different sounds that I tried and worked with. 1. The first clip, to my opinion, was set to a normal sound. However, I had to clean that background noise. It was too loud, I think. The shotgun Azden mic was mounted onto my camera. The camera was about 2 meters away from the person.
http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=KI_gZd4wAIw&sharing_token=BBiPa_6jlQVpK4CpszZNYw 2. This clip of the same person. I set the mic (same one) volume very low, but when listening, I can tell that it's too low and when increasing the sound, I get, of course, the background noise again. This time, the mic was closer on a separate tripod. About a meter closer to the person. http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=dKJMtZFx_ho&sharing_token=h8BHzM5lL-C5IedM7Ln3RA 3. Third is the worst. After I figured out what contributed to the noise, I'm not so angry at my mic anymore. To give you some background: the room was empty, it's more like a conference room, with no windows, no curtains, just several pictures and mirrors on the walls. Behind the walls was a kitchen. The conf room is in the back of a small cafe. The mic was mounted on my camera (same mic). And the camera was about 1 1/2 meters away from the person. I didn't manage to clean the background noise so I just worked with EQ and it somewhat helped. I event suggested the person to refilm, but he didn't care about the sound too much as long as he could tell the difference that the background noise was reasonably lower. http://www.youtube.com/watch_private?v=kRFEBnwIz9s&sharing_token=qCiNoRTJ_iOogWHuCrwUig I assume you all have Youtube accounts as I made just private sharing links. Looking forward to your feedback and some advice. Hope the clips help. Thanks :) Loreta --- In [email protected], David Jones <david.jo...@...> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 9:39 AM, loretabirkus <loretabir...@...> wrote: > > > > Hi..I know..I was asking tons of questions about sound/hum noise, etc. At > > least I figured out that it's not my camera that makes that hum/static > > noise, and it all depends on the environment I'm filming. > > > > My questions would be: > > > > 1. Besides recording 10-15 sec of the natural ambient sound and trying to > > clean it during editing, is there any way to record it with minimum of it > > during filming? Do you have any secrets? Do you prepare the room somehow so > > that the voice could bounce back softly? None of my shot guns have been > > able to perform to the highest noise elimination level. > > > > I try to place a mic as close to the speaker as possible (usually on a > > separate tripod, don't have a boom pole yet) and adjust the volume level so > > that it doesn't pass further than -6-8 db. But I still get that quiet > > natural background noise. > > What do you do in this case? Do you just leave it or do you clean it? > > > > 2. Which type of lavaliere mic would you recommend: wireless or cabled one? > > What brand? Which ones are best in terms of noise cancellation? I'm kinda > > glad I didn't buy anything, now that they're changing the rules for the 700 > > mHz frequency type mics. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Loreta > > Loreta > You really have to post an example of this sound "noise" problem, that > is the only way people can provide informed comment. > > AFAIK lapel mics to not have noise cancellation, they are just > electret mic inserts that rely on the signal to noise ratio afforded > by having the mic close to the noise source. > > Dave. >
