BrokenPine Posted April 27, 2014 Share Posted April 27, 2014 I have a huge problem on my hands. My crew and I were hired to film a commercial for a large company last week and we came out and filmed it all in three days. We had to travel a lot to get from one location to another throughout each day and often didn't get back to the hotel until after 1 AM and would have to leave by 4 that same morning, so we had little time to sleep or review footage. After it was all said and done and we had finally returned home after the last day of filming, I started to upload footage to begin editing. That's when I noticed the most horrific problem I have ever had in my years of filming. The audio taken while filming the interview was completely screwed up. I don't understand what happened. I filmed this particular project with a Sony a77 and a Sony a99 because they fit the commercial type well and I was recording the audio using a Sennheiser wireless mic attached to a Beachtek DXA-SLR Pro HDSLR Audio Adapter that was connected to my a77. I have never had issues with it before. I had the decibles set well and had headphones plugged into the audio adapter, so I was monitoring the sound the whole time and everything sounded great. But when I went to play back the clips, the audio had the loudest whine you have ever heard and you could barely hear the person talking. It couldn't have been the batteries beause they were relatively new and even if they weren't, there is no way in my opinion that I could have heard everything through my headphones if the batteries were bad. I just don't get it. Fortunately, I had a Rode shotgun mic recording on my a99, but even it isn't the greatest right now because for whatever reason, the audio has a ton of hiss in it. Could somebody please help me fix this? I can't just drive hours to go back and tell them that I screwed up the interviews and need to redo it. This is my first time with this new client and so far they have been impressed with everything. To do that would make me look realy bad and give a terrible first impression. What happened and can we do anything about it? And if not, is there a way to at least get the shotgun mic to sound much better without the loud hiss? I have recorded off of these SLRs before and never had this problem, so I am baffled and desperate to fix this issue. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pablogrollan Posted April 28, 2014 Share Posted April 28, 2014 Glad to try to help you. It would be easier if you uploaded a clip of the messed up audio and the same clip from the shotgun mic -that way we could see which one is easier to fix, removing the hiss or boosting the shotgun-. In the past I've used programs as Izotope to fix problems that were a real challenge, so who knows... Small tip: always monitor the recording device. Any other monitoring on any stage of the sound "chain" is useless since you don't know what's actually being recorded. Could it have been cable noise/connector noise from the Beachtek to the A99? If you post a Wetransfer link or a Google Drive link for example, I'll try my best... Aussie Ash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HurtinMinorKey Posted April 29, 2014 Share Posted April 29, 2014 If it's a consistent whine there should be a straightforward solution. Most noise reduction program's allow you to take a sample that includes only the background noise (it doesn't need to be that long) and it will take it right out. http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/noisereduction ^ this is overpriced but you should be able to find the older versions for free on the internets (if you are on PC). They are just as good. Also, A version of it may come bundled free with SoundForge which is now available on MAC. SoundForge is fucking awesome, btw. Adobe Audition (which you get with creative cloud) also has a version of noise reduction that uses the same technique http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/easy_noise-nuking_with_sound_forge_9 ^ This describes the process. Either way it will probably take some finagling. But i've used Sony Noise reduction and SoundForge to save takes for lead vocals that sounded like absolute crap because of terrible background noise. If you want to upload the audio (or small portion of it) i'd be willing to take a crack at it. Aussie Ash 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fuzzynormal Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Could somebody please help me fix this? Bet you won't ever forget to monitor/check your audio in the future, eh? Seems like a bad hard-wire connection. We've all been there. Audio mistakes...they'll kill ya. Upload a clip and I think you'll get some help. Also, consider iZotope audio plug-ins (RX3) for doctoring awful audio. They've saved my hide on occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
P4INKiller Posted April 30, 2014 Share Posted April 30, 2014 Upload all of your broken audio somewhere and PM me the link, I'll go through it in my spare time and let you know if it's salvageable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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