WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.609 --> 00:00:03.442 Let's take a look 2 00:00:03.442 --> 00:00:06.231 at how I would remove the background noise 3 00:00:06.231 --> 00:00:08.398 and make this sound better. 4 00:00:08.398 --> 00:00:10.932 Now, I will say this was a very tough clip 5 00:00:10.932 --> 00:00:14.276 because we had that bad noise from the background 6 00:00:14.276 --> 00:00:18.276 from the freeway that really is all frequencies. 7 00:00:18.276 --> 00:00:21.256 It's high frequencies, low frequencies, mid frequencies, 8 00:00:21.256 --> 00:00:23.867 and what that means is that the same frequencies 9 00:00:23.867 --> 00:00:26.905 as my voice are happening in the background 10 00:00:26.905 --> 00:00:28.193 and creating this background noise, 11 00:00:28.193 --> 00:00:31.677 and if I remove those, I remove my voice as well, 12 00:00:31.677 --> 00:00:35.538 so it's a bit tricky, but let me show you what I did. 13 00:00:35.538 --> 00:00:38.413 First, let me just show you what it sounds like after: 14 00:00:38.413 --> 00:00:41.400 Hey, this is Phil in my backyard 15 00:00:41.400 --> 00:00:42.727 And before: 16 00:00:42.727 --> 00:00:45.278 Hey, this is Phil in my backyard 17 00:00:45.278 --> 00:00:46.840 I used the EQ tool, 18 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:49.241 and that's all I needed to make this sound better. 19 00:00:49.241 --> 00:00:50.769 And one word of advice 20 00:00:50.769 --> 00:00:53.918 is to use headphones while you're editing. 21 00:00:53.918 --> 00:00:55.717 So, let me just play through this, 22 00:00:55.717 --> 00:00:57.933 I'm gonna delete this EQ and start from scratch. 23 00:00:57.933 --> 00:00:59.553 And in this practise lesson 24 00:00:59.553 --> 00:01:01.970 So, one tip is to find a spot 25 00:01:03.806 --> 00:01:06.862 where you just see the background noise. 26 00:01:06.862 --> 00:01:09.446 So let's go here, I got this clip on my timeline, 27 00:01:09.446 --> 00:01:12.139 I can see right here I'm not talking, 28 00:01:12.139 --> 00:01:14.588 so I'm actually going to put an end point here, 29 00:01:14.588 --> 00:01:16.740 and then go right before I start talking 30 00:01:16.740 --> 00:01:18.466 and put an out point. 31 00:01:18.466 --> 00:01:20.741 Then I'm going to turn on loop play, 32 00:01:20.741 --> 00:01:22.142 this is something that we haven't seen 33 00:01:22.142 --> 00:01:23.165 and it's right here. 34 00:01:23.165 --> 00:01:25.015 If you don't see this loop play button, 35 00:01:25.015 --> 00:01:26.918 click this little plus button 36 00:01:26.918 --> 00:01:30.585 and then just click and drag the loop option button 37 00:01:30.585 --> 00:01:32.608 down here into this toolbar. 38 00:01:32.608 --> 00:01:34.450 And you see there's lots of other tools here 39 00:01:34.450 --> 00:01:36.752 that you can play around with. 40 00:01:36.752 --> 00:01:37.833 Make sure that's highlighted, 41 00:01:37.833 --> 00:01:41.097 and now if you click play it loops through this clip 42 00:01:41.097 --> 00:01:42.593 just where I have the in and out points. 43 00:01:42.593 --> 00:01:45.001 My face looks ridiculous but that's OK, 44 00:01:45.001 --> 00:01:46.089 I'm gonna deal with that 45 00:01:46.089 --> 00:01:49.969 while I add the EQ effect to this clip. 46 00:01:49.969 --> 00:01:51.856 So search for EQ and add it, 47 00:01:51.856 --> 00:01:55.128 then click under Custom Setup, Edit. 48 00:01:55.128 --> 00:01:58.339 OK, I'm gonna block my face cuz that is just annoying. 49 00:01:58.339 --> 00:02:01.482 What we wanna do is actually use the EQ tool 50 00:02:01.482 --> 00:02:05.246 to figure out where the noise is coming from. 51 00:02:05.246 --> 00:02:07.522 Right now, we're just listening to the background noise, 52 00:02:07.522 --> 00:02:10.123 so if I click on Mid2, 53 00:02:10.123 --> 00:02:12.703 and then I basically drag this up, 54 00:02:12.703 --> 00:02:16.870 what I can hear if I sweep to the left or to the right, 55 00:02:17.719 --> 00:02:20.719 I can kinda hear where it's loudest, 56 00:02:21.608 --> 00:02:24.678 where the most of the frequencies are. 57 00:02:24.678 --> 00:02:26.792 Down here at the left there's not that many. 58 00:02:26.792 --> 00:02:29.715 Over here on the right there's not that many either, 59 00:02:29.715 --> 00:02:33.632 but as I get in this range, 1000 to 2000, 3000, 60 00:02:36.779 --> 00:02:41.145 that seems to be the hot spot of where the big noise is. 61 00:02:41.145 --> 00:02:43.547 And so by knowing that 62 00:02:43.547 --> 00:02:45.206 I can then just take this point 63 00:02:45.206 --> 00:02:47.623 and drop it down all the way. 64 00:02:48.731 --> 00:02:50.006 And that sounds a lot better, 65 00:02:50.006 --> 00:02:53.068 it's cutting out a lot of that background noise. 66 00:02:53.068 --> 00:02:56.115 Then if I uncheck loop play 67 00:02:56.115 --> 00:02:57.631 and play through this. 68 00:02:57.631 --> 00:02:58.952 audio of this video 69 00:02:58.952 --> 00:03:00.651 I can just smooth this out 70 00:03:00.651 --> 00:03:03.151 by extending the curve like so 71 00:03:05.208 --> 00:03:07.267 so that it doesn't sound as robotic. 72 00:03:07.267 --> 00:03:09.799 shotgun microphone plugged into my Canon 70D 73 00:03:09.799 --> 00:03:12.149 I can turn this on and off to hear what it sounds like 74 00:03:12.149 --> 00:03:14.385 by checking the toggle on and off button here. 75 00:03:14.385 --> 00:03:16.576 probably about a mile away there's a freeway 76 00:03:16.576 --> 00:03:20.189 So one thing we wanna do is use this output slider 77 00:03:20.189 --> 00:03:21.679 to increase the output. 78 00:03:21.679 --> 00:03:23.235 and you can probably hear 79 00:03:23.235 --> 00:03:25.933 So we don't lose any of the actual volume. 80 00:03:25.933 --> 00:03:27.712 Even though we're getting rid of some sounds, 81 00:03:27.712 --> 00:03:29.932 we wanna make sure that my voice is still the same level. 82 00:03:29.932 --> 00:03:31.320 in the audio too 83 00:03:31.320 --> 00:03:33.021 The other thing I'm going to do 84 00:03:33.021 --> 00:03:36.156 is check the Low and the High buttons 85 00:03:36.156 --> 00:03:37.656 and make it a cut. 86 00:03:38.767 --> 00:03:42.830 Then I'm gonna change the low from 50 hertz to 200 87 00:03:42.830 --> 00:03:45.254 and the high from 10,000 to 88 00:03:45.254 --> 00:03:49.109 I'm gonna go a little bit further than normal, to 4500. 89 00:03:49.109 --> 00:03:51.084 just sitting in my back yard I actually built this 90 00:03:51.084 --> 00:03:54.044 So that's cutting all the frequencies above 4500 91 00:03:54.044 --> 00:03:56.040 and below 200. 92 00:03:56.040 --> 00:03:57.657 So if I exit outta here, 93 00:03:57.657 --> 00:03:58.584 this weekend 94 00:03:58.584 --> 00:04:00.617 that's one of my hobbies that I've been doing lately 95 00:04:00.617 --> 00:04:02.626 so take this audio and try to 96 00:04:02.626 --> 00:04:05.014 And turn on and off the EQ effect, 97 00:04:05.014 --> 00:04:08.190 you can kinda hear back and forth what it sounds like. 98 00:04:08.190 --> 00:04:09.983 And while it's not perfect, 99 00:04:09.983 --> 00:04:13.424 and it's just because the situation wasn't perfect, 100 00:04:13.424 --> 00:04:14.793 it is better. 101 00:04:14.793 --> 00:04:18.467 So hopefully you were able to get something similar to that 102 00:04:18.467 --> 00:04:20.486 with your own practise. 103 00:04:20.486 --> 00:04:22.061 If you have any questions please let me know, 104 00:04:22.061 --> 00:04:23.446 or if you have any other ways 105 00:04:23.446 --> 00:04:26.655 that you were actually able to make this video even better, 106 00:04:26.655 --> 00:04:27.781 please let me know. 107 00:04:27.781 --> 00:04:30.705 I would be happy to see what different effects 108 00:04:30.705 --> 00:04:32.529 or different settings you used yourself.