Audio--Humming--How to remove
MAMBO_MAN Jul 7, 2008 7:10 AMHi:
I Have Adobe Premier Elements 4.0 (APE4), WINXP-SP-2,
CPU = 2.40GHz, RAM = 1 GIG; 2 HD'S: 20 GIGS & 200 GIGS;
Windows Media Player 11.
I HAVE USED PINNACLE'S INSTANT DVD RECORDER TO TRANSFER
SEGMENTS OF DIFFERENT VHS TAPES TO DVD'S WITH RESULTING
.VOB FILES WHICH I HAVE THEN (IF NECESSARY) CONCATENATED
TO A SINGLE .VOB FILE. THIS FILE WAS THEN EASILY LOADED
INTO APE4 FOR EDITING (ADOBE STATED, AS THE FILE WAS BEING
LOADED, THAT FIRST IT WAS 'INDEXING' & THEN IT WAS 'CON-
FORMING' THE FILE--WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??)
MY PROBLEM NOW IS THAT 2 .VOB FILES SO LOADED INTO APE4
HAVE A CONTINUOUS AUDIO HUM & FAIRLY LOW VOLUME--THESE
FILES ARE PARTS OF CONCERTS I TAPED ABOUT 10-15 YEARS AGO).
IN THE DUMMIES SERIES BOOK ('ADOBE PREMIER ELEMENTS FOR
DUMMIES,' BY KEITH UNDERDAHL, 2005), IT STATES:
"DeNOISER: REMOVES UNWANTED BACKGROUND NOISE DURING
QUIET PARTS OF THE CLIP. THIS EFFECT WORKS KIND OF LIKE
THE DOLBY NOISE REDUCTION FOUND ON AUDIO CASSETTE TAPE
PLAYERS BY REMOVING POPS & HISSES FROM THE AUDIO."
NOTCH: REMOVES SOUND AT A FREQUENCY YOU SPECIFY. USE THE
EFFECT IF THE AUDIO CLIP HAS A CONSTANT HUM CAUSED BY A
NEARBY POWER LINE OR A FLOW IN THE RECORDING DEVICE."
(I DO NOT KNOW THE REASON FOR THE'HUMMING')
LATER ON, IN THE "TEN ADVANCED TECHNIQUES," HE AGAIN
MENTIONS "REMOVING AUDIO HUMS" & STATES:
"..A TOOL THAT MAY HELP YOU REMOVE THAT HUM. THAT TOOL IS
THE NOTCH EFFECT, WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN THE AUDIO EFFECTS
FOLDER IN THE EFFECTS WINDOW. THE NOTCH EFFECT REMOVES ALL
AUDIO AT OR NEAR A GIVEN FREQUENCY WITHIN A CLIP.
HERE'S HOW TO USE IT:
1) CLICK & DRAG THE NOTCH EFFECT TO THE THE HUMMING CLIP,
AND THEN CHOOSE EFFECT CONTROLS TO OPEN THE EFFECTS
CONTROL WINDOW.
2) ADJUST THE CENTER SLIDER UNTIL YOU FIND THE FREQUENCY
THAT IS CAUSING THE HUM.
IF THE HUM COMES FROM A POORLY SHIELDED POWER CORD, ADJUST
THE CENTER SLIDER TO 60 Hz IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT
USES NTSC VIDEO
(DOWN FROM THE DEFAULT SETTING OF 1,495.0 Hz--SEE BELOW??)
3) ADJUST THE Q SLIDER TO BROADEN THE FREQUENCY RANGE OF
THE SOUND THAT IS REMOVED.
BE CAREFUL NOT TO BRAODEN THE RANGE TOO MUCH OR THE AUDIO
QUALITY WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY."
NOW IN THE PREMIER ELEMENTS 4 SOFTWARE--THE RIGHT SIDE OF
THE INTERFACE IN THE EDIT PANEL--HAS A SECTION CALLED 'FX
EFFECTS.'
CLICKING ON THAT OPENS UP A PANEL CHOICE OF EFFECTS
(VIDEO, ETC.)
SELECTION THE AUDIO EFFECTS OPENS UP MULTIPLE AUDIO EFFECTS.
QUESTION:
DO YOU DRAG THE "NOTCH" ICON TO THE CLIP IN THE SCENELINE OR
TIMELINE, AND DO YOU DRAG IT TO THE AUDIO PART OR THE VIDEO
PART OR DOES IT MAKE NO DIFFERENCE??
THERE IS A SECTION ENTITLED "EDIT EFFECTS"
CLICKING ON THAT GETS CHOICES--INCLUDING:
VOLUME, BALANCE & NOTCH.
CLICKING ON NOTCH, OPENS UP A PANEL WHICH HAS THE
FOLLOWING PARTS:
BYPASS:
HAS A PLACE TO CLICK TO ACTIVATE IT
QUESTION:
WHAT DOES 'BYPASS' MEAN IN THIS CONTEXT??
CENTER:
HAS A CENTER SLIDER TO ADJUST FROM - TO +
THE DEFAULT SETTING IS 1,495.0 Hz
QUESTION :
WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER MEAN??
Q:
ALSO WITH A SLIDER TO ADJUST FROM - TO +
THERE IS A DEFAULT SETTING OF "2.6."
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??
CLICKING ON 'VOLUME' OPEN A PANEL
WITH A SLIDER MORE OR LESS IN THE RIGHT-CENTER
AND THE DEFAULT READING IS '0.0 dB.'
AGAIN, WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER MEAN??
I OBVIOUSLY NEED HELP WITH USING THIS TOOL,
AS WELL AS SOME BASIC FUNDAMENTALS IN AUDIO
NUMBERS AND IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED
I READ THROUGH SOME FORUM THREADS ON HUMMING &
IT WAS STATED SOMEWHERE TO DOWNLOAD "AUDACITY"
WHICH I DID, BUT HAVE NOT YET TRIED TO USE.
ANY HELP WITH THIS, IF I NEED TO USE THIS RATHER
THAN THE ADOBE AUDIO TOOLS, WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU.
I Have Adobe Premier Elements 4.0 (APE4), WINXP-SP-2,
CPU = 2.40GHz, RAM = 1 GIG; 2 HD'S: 20 GIGS & 200 GIGS;
Windows Media Player 11.
I HAVE USED PINNACLE'S INSTANT DVD RECORDER TO TRANSFER
SEGMENTS OF DIFFERENT VHS TAPES TO DVD'S WITH RESULTING
.VOB FILES WHICH I HAVE THEN (IF NECESSARY) CONCATENATED
TO A SINGLE .VOB FILE. THIS FILE WAS THEN EASILY LOADED
INTO APE4 FOR EDITING (ADOBE STATED, AS THE FILE WAS BEING
LOADED, THAT FIRST IT WAS 'INDEXING' & THEN IT WAS 'CON-
FORMING' THE FILE--WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??)
MY PROBLEM NOW IS THAT 2 .VOB FILES SO LOADED INTO APE4
HAVE A CONTINUOUS AUDIO HUM & FAIRLY LOW VOLUME--THESE
FILES ARE PARTS OF CONCERTS I TAPED ABOUT 10-15 YEARS AGO).
IN THE DUMMIES SERIES BOOK ('ADOBE PREMIER ELEMENTS FOR
DUMMIES,' BY KEITH UNDERDAHL, 2005), IT STATES:
"DeNOISER: REMOVES UNWANTED BACKGROUND NOISE DURING
QUIET PARTS OF THE CLIP. THIS EFFECT WORKS KIND OF LIKE
THE DOLBY NOISE REDUCTION FOUND ON AUDIO CASSETTE TAPE
PLAYERS BY REMOVING POPS & HISSES FROM THE AUDIO."
NOTCH: REMOVES SOUND AT A FREQUENCY YOU SPECIFY. USE THE
EFFECT IF THE AUDIO CLIP HAS A CONSTANT HUM CAUSED BY A
NEARBY POWER LINE OR A FLOW IN THE RECORDING DEVICE."
(I DO NOT KNOW THE REASON FOR THE'HUMMING')
LATER ON, IN THE "TEN ADVANCED TECHNIQUES," HE AGAIN
MENTIONS "REMOVING AUDIO HUMS" & STATES:
"..A TOOL THAT MAY HELP YOU REMOVE THAT HUM. THAT TOOL IS
THE NOTCH EFFECT, WHICH CAN BE FOUND IN THE AUDIO EFFECTS
FOLDER IN THE EFFECTS WINDOW. THE NOTCH EFFECT REMOVES ALL
AUDIO AT OR NEAR A GIVEN FREQUENCY WITHIN A CLIP.
HERE'S HOW TO USE IT:
1) CLICK & DRAG THE NOTCH EFFECT TO THE THE HUMMING CLIP,
AND THEN CHOOSE EFFECT CONTROLS TO OPEN THE EFFECTS
CONTROL WINDOW.
2) ADJUST THE CENTER SLIDER UNTIL YOU FIND THE FREQUENCY
THAT IS CAUSING THE HUM.
IF THE HUM COMES FROM A POORLY SHIELDED POWER CORD, ADJUST
THE CENTER SLIDER TO 60 Hz IF YOU LIVE IN AN AREA THAT
USES NTSC VIDEO
(DOWN FROM THE DEFAULT SETTING OF 1,495.0 Hz--SEE BELOW??)
3) ADJUST THE Q SLIDER TO BROADEN THE FREQUENCY RANGE OF
THE SOUND THAT IS REMOVED.
BE CAREFUL NOT TO BRAODEN THE RANGE TOO MUCH OR THE AUDIO
QUALITY WILL DIMINISH CONSIDERABLY."
NOW IN THE PREMIER ELEMENTS 4 SOFTWARE--THE RIGHT SIDE OF
THE INTERFACE IN THE EDIT PANEL--HAS A SECTION CALLED 'FX
EFFECTS.'
CLICKING ON THAT OPENS UP A PANEL CHOICE OF EFFECTS
(VIDEO, ETC.)
SELECTION THE AUDIO EFFECTS OPENS UP MULTIPLE AUDIO EFFECTS.
QUESTION:
DO YOU DRAG THE "NOTCH" ICON TO THE CLIP IN THE SCENELINE OR
TIMELINE, AND DO YOU DRAG IT TO THE AUDIO PART OR THE VIDEO
PART OR DOES IT MAKE NO DIFFERENCE??
THERE IS A SECTION ENTITLED "EDIT EFFECTS"
CLICKING ON THAT GETS CHOICES--INCLUDING:
VOLUME, BALANCE & NOTCH.
CLICKING ON NOTCH, OPENS UP A PANEL WHICH HAS THE
FOLLOWING PARTS:
BYPASS:
HAS A PLACE TO CLICK TO ACTIVATE IT
QUESTION:
WHAT DOES 'BYPASS' MEAN IN THIS CONTEXT??
CENTER:
HAS A CENTER SLIDER TO ADJUST FROM - TO +
THE DEFAULT SETTING IS 1,495.0 Hz
QUESTION :
WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER MEAN??
Q:
ALSO WITH A SLIDER TO ADJUST FROM - TO +
THERE IS A DEFAULT SETTING OF "2.6."
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN??
CLICKING ON 'VOLUME' OPEN A PANEL
WITH A SLIDER MORE OR LESS IN THE RIGHT-CENTER
AND THE DEFAULT READING IS '0.0 dB.'
AGAIN, WHAT DOES THAT NUMBER MEAN??
I OBVIOUSLY NEED HELP WITH USING THIS TOOL,
AS WELL AS SOME BASIC FUNDAMENTALS IN AUDIO
NUMBERS AND IT WOULD BE APPRECIATED
I READ THROUGH SOME FORUM THREADS ON HUMMING &
IT WAS STATED SOMEWHERE TO DOWNLOAD "AUDACITY"
WHICH I DID, BUT HAVE NOT YET TRIED TO USE.
ANY HELP WITH THIS, IF I NEED TO USE THIS RATHER
THAN THE ADOBE AUDIO TOOLS, WOULD BE APPRECIATED.
THANK YOU.


