[videoblogging] Re: avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-28 Thread loretabirkus
Thanks everyone for advice. Yes, the hum sound is steady and it's through the whole filming (silent and voice), but it's just the level of volume of it that bothered me. I usually film 5-10 sec of quiet room ambient sound so that I can use it for cleaning the sound during editing, but this

Re: [videoblogging] Re: avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-28 Thread Jay dedman
I have a question about lavaliere. For interviews, is it better to use this type of mic.? Does it pick up less ambient sound. What about if I film outside with it..what noises does it pick up? If I filmed outside with a lavaliere and if it didn't pick up enough outside noise, maybe it

Re: [videoblogging] Re: avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-28 Thread David Jones
On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:03 AM, loretabirkus loretabir...@yahoo.com wrote: Yes, the hum sound is steady and it's through the whole filming (silent and voice), but it's just the level of volume of it that bothered me. I usually film 5-10 sec of quiet room ambient sound so that I can use it

Re: [videoblogging] Re: avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-28 Thread Jay dedman
I've been practicing a lot with the camera over these past days to try to figure out where the problem may be and I think that it's camera that makes this noise. I tried mic mounted on it, further from it-on a tripod..it still gave that hum sound. Even when the mic was off, I could

[videoblogging] Re: avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-26 Thread loretabirkus
Ruoert, I've filmed inside so far. But in this one particular location the hum sound is extremely big. I do have good earphones and I hear the sound in them as well. I haven't tried with the tape off, but I suspect that it's the camcorder mechanism in addition to the environment sound. I will

[videoblogging] Re: avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-26 Thread loretabirkus
I meant Rupert. sorry for mistyping your name! --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, loretabirkus loretabir...@... wrote: Ruoert, I've filmed inside so far. But in this one particular location the hum sound is extremely big. I do have good earphones and I hear the sound in them as well.

Re: [videoblogging] Re: avoiding/cleaning hum noise

2010-01-26 Thread David Jones
On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 5:58 AM, loretabirkus loretabir...@yahoo.com wrote: Ruoert, I've filmed inside so far. But in this one particular location the hum sound is extremely big. I do have good earphones and I hear the sound in them as well. I haven't tried with the tape off, but I suspect