Residual Audio from camera

[BjR]

I must have something wrong with my digital camera. When I make a movie and play it back there's a persistant and irregular clicking sound that's in the cameras soundtrack recording. When I play it back in the movie I'm making/editing in Premiere Elements 4 the clicking is still there. How can I eliminate that clicking?

Thanks
BjR

[ATR]

BjR

Since you appear to use YouTube, I am surprised that you missed the following Noise Removal video from there:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nwwje8jUTcE

Have you already checked out that Audacity program that was suggested for noise removal? What version of Premiere Elements are you using?

ATR

[ATR]

BjR

Please forget about the question on what version of Premiere Elements is involved. You clearly have stated Premiere Elements 4.

ATR

[BjR]

Thanks for the link. I didn't do a Youtube search for Noise reduction. I just did a search for Premiere Elements and scrolled through relevant topics to what I was wanting to do.

[ATR]

I have never experienced the audio noises that you described, so I have not tried the two possible remedies suggested below. Have you checked with the camera manufacturer re: possible fixes within the camera?

I still go with my first suggestion of using the Audacity software after you watch that YouTube video for which I have supplied a link. But, if you have not already, you may want to explore Premiere Elements 4/Effects/Audio Effects/DeNoiser and see if that has any impact on your specific issue.

Please let us know the outcome.

ATR

[ATR]

BjR

I just came across the following topic over at the Premiere Elements User to User Forum at Adobe. It might be something of interest:

http://www.adobeforums.com/webx/.59b5baba

ATR

[BjR]

Just getting back to this topic.......
I looked at the links you described. The link to the forum topic above had some good info and I tried what it suggested and that was to go to: Effects > Audio Effects > Edit Effects > Volume and I moved the slider to -00dB. I did that that to each clip in my movie and it worked in all of them except one clip which it doesn't seem to want to eliminate the noise. Even though the slider indicates there are no dB's I still have this weird noise. It's not a hum and it has somehow miraculously morphed into something other than the crisp clicking that it was originally and I don't know how it got there. I did however, reverse the direction of the way the clip played and slowed the scene down to 15% speed and now the original crisp clicking noises now sound like a slow psycedelic "whaa whooo whitttt whraaa wheeep" kinda thing. Perhaps like an electric guitar pedal can distort sounds with a six year old plucking random strings.
Any guesses what to try next. The Audacity link on Youtube seems a little intimidating to my comfort level with transfering and exporting files. I'm fearful I'll lose it or screw it up somehow. Can I just do the one clip from the movie or do I have to do the whole movie?

BjR

[ATR]

BjR

What I have cited previously are the only ways that I can think of to attack your issue. I will think about this some more. But, for now....

Are you referring to taking one clip instead of your whole movie into Audacity? I have not looked at that YouTube video in a while, but will recheck it and comment further later.

I did want to clear up point that you brought up in your last post. You mentioned 0.0 dB. When you see that in these programs, that does not mean that there is no sound. The 0.0 dB is the sound level at which the video was recorded. When you progress further and further into the minus numbers, you lower the sound to finally no sound at something like - infinity dB. When you progress further and further into the positive number passed 0.0 dB, you increase the sound to a max of + 6 dB.

To be continued,

ATR
(that was great news that you solved the problem for most of your audio..keep up the good work)

[BjR]

I tried the audacity and immediatly hit a wall. One of the first things Bill Whosywahtsit from the youtube link had you do is " hit :file > Render as" and render just the audio track. I'm using Premier 4 and he's using Sony Vegas and we don't have a "Render as" option in the Premier menu. So I emailed him asked him if he knew the equivalent in Premier and he didn't so I'm stuck without the audacity option. I might just try adding the audio and increase the volume to cover it up in that section.
I'm open to other ideas though too.

Thanks
BjR

[ATR]

BjR

Sometime today I will try to get to taking another look at the YouTube video which details removing noise from video clip using the Audacity software. Let us see if he is just talking about bringing the audio into Audacity without the video. I do not remember the details of what he did, so I need to check those details out.

To be continued....with details....

ATR

[ATR]

BjR

OK these are the details I would like you to follow up on:

1. Open a new project in Premiere Elements 4 and bring your video with noise onto the Timeline. All that the YouTube video is telling you to do is to export just the audio portion in the Audio Interchange File Format (.aiff).

2. With your audio highlighted on the Timeline, go File Menu/Export/Audio. The "Export Audio" dialog should open. Look to the bottom right of that dialog where its says Save, Cancel, Settings, and click on Settings.

3. Now an "Export Audio Settings" dialog should open. In its General section, set the "File Type:" to Audio Interchange File Format. Leave the "Range:" at Entire Timeline, and click OK.

4. Now you are back at the "Export Audio" dialog. Read your Summary details. Set the "Save In:" to Desktop. Click "Save".

5. Now you will find a copy of the .aiff in the Media Panel of Premiere Elements 4 as well as a copy of this .aiff on the Desktop save location. Close out of Premiere Elements and open Audacity.

6. When Audacity is opened, go to Project/Import Audio and continue with the procedure described for audio noise removal using Audacity.

7. If you run into any problem from "6" on, just post your question. I will be watching for your progress.

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[BjR]

OK.....ran the audacity program to remove the clicking sound and although I followed the instructions on the vid accurately the sound was still there. But, in a slip of the thumb I right clicked the mouse and it opened up a menu and there was an option to delete audio. so I highlighted the problem clip and right clicked on it and deleted the audio and that worked.
BjR

[ATR]

BjR

Great news.

Exploration and experimentation are great tools. Keep up the good work.

ATR

[heartcrosschevy]

Very "new" at this type of thing with computers so please bare with me.

Am I in the right place to ask general "questions for dummies" type things? If not could someone please direct me to such a place.

Thanks for you help!

Chevy man learning to create movies

[ATR]

If you are asking questions about Premiere Elements and/or the integration of Photoshop Elements with Premiere Elements, I think that you are in the right place.

But, we do not use the "D...." word here. I am just another Photoshop Elements/Premiere Elements like yourself. We all went through and are still navigating that Adobe learning curve. So, ask the smallest or the largest question, and we will respond with "what works for me" and/or "from what I have read". Try to give as much detail as possible to expedite the path to resolution of the issue.

And, if we fail to communicate the first time around, we will try another approach. My favorite words are "Stick-to-it-tiveness" and "Success", so let us see what we can do together to make those words meaningful in your projects.

ATR

[ATR]

Add on....

Do start your own thread so that your topic does not get hidden at the bottom of another long thread.

ATR