Removing Camera Wirring Sound From Recorded Video

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I use my MiniDV camcorder to record all kinds of videos, and the video quality is great, but the audio always records the camera itself's working noise along with what it's supposed to record. Is there any way I can remove this sound after capturing the video to computer? It's too low pitched to be taken away by the generic noise reduction schemes, and if I use the EQ, it takes away some aspects of the audio which is not good because I record a lot of concerts.

 

[Matthias99]

because I record a lot of concerts.

Which is illegal. But I digress.

What you would need, I presume, is something that works like noise cancellation headphones (by looking for constant frequency noise and then adding in an inverse waveform to get rid of it). However, that's probably what your "noise reduction" is doing, and, indeed, it's not so good for low-frequency noise.

Well -- what can I say? It's a camcorder, not a professional video camera or an audio recorder. Most people don't demand high-fidelity audio with their home movies. I doubt there's a whole lot you can do about it.

 

[Viper96720]

Get a better video camera. Good ones you can't hear the whir on the recordings.

 

[rbV5]

Originally posted by: Matthias99

because I record a lot of concerts.

Which is illegal. .

I've recorded a few of my daughters concerts, pretty sure its not illegal.

Does your camcorder support aux microphone? I've heard users with some cannon dv models use an aux microphone to get rid of the noise.

 

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Originally posted by: Matthias99

because I record a lot of concerts.

Which is illegal. But I digress.

Not all concerts are ones which are illegal to record, especially ones I play in, which are the only ones I record.

Does your camcorder support aux microphone? I've heard users with some cannon dv models use an aux microphone to get rid of the noise.

Thanks, it does have support, I'll have to get my hands on a mic somehow...

 

[Matthias99]

Sorry, you're right. I shouldn't have assumed you were trying to bootleg copyrighted material (given the ubiquity of this sort of thing, I hope you'll understand). Obviously, recording your kids' piano recital or making a private use recording of a concert you're playing in is not illegal, although widely distributing either one might be.

A high-quality external mic is probably a good bet for making cleaner recordings in the first place. The problem with newer camcorders is that they're very small and actually have decently sensitive microphones, so now you can actually hear the camera working.