Remove wind noise from audio

Cylindrically

Newbie Joined: Feb 16, 2014 19:45 Messages: 34 Offline

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Mar 10, 2014 17:01

Greetings,

I am new and using PD12. I'm finding my way through the basics of editing the visual part. But I know very little about audio editing. Basically I have some sections of wind noise from outdoor shooting. I have both Audio Director and Wave Editor installed. I can see the spikes in the wave form, but I don't know how to remove this noise. I don't see any buttons to remove noise or know how to go about it. I appreciate any guidance or advice anyone might offer.

Thanks in advance.

All vodi

Senior Contributor Location: Canada Joined: Aug 21, 2009 11:24 Messages: 1431 Offline

Mar 10, 2014 18:20

In Waveeditor you can select an effect called "special" which has "noise reduction". in it you will find a wind noise filter. Win 10, i7

Cylindrically

Newbie Joined: Feb 16, 2014 19:45 Messages: 34 Offline

Mar 10, 2014 19:17

Ah, there it is. Thanks much for alerting me to that. Actually I was spending most of my time in Audio Director, thinking it was the more sophisticated editor. I had taken a quick glance at Wave Editor and totally missed what was under Special.

jmone

Senior Contributor Location: Australia Joined: Nov 26, 2010 00:05 Messages: 706 Offline

Mar 10, 2014 20:18

It is obviously best to not get the wind noise in the first place. A few of us use Windcutter, cheap easy and works well. PD 64 Bit-Win10 64 Bit-32GB RAM-80TB HDD
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BarryTheCrab

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Mar 10, 2014 20:30

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Terry SE NSW

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Mar 10, 2014 23:35

A search on YouTube for 'windcutter' will show you how to make an effective device from a sponge and placing it over the microphone with self-adhesive Velcro tape. I've used it and found it to be very effective.

ynotfish

Senior Contributor Location: N.S.W. Australia Joined: May 08, 2009 02:06 Messages: 9977 Offline

Mar 11, 2014 05:09

Hi Cylindrically -

The advantage of AudioDirector is that it can sample the noise, rather than "guessing".

If you have AudioDirector, you'd be better off using that in my view.

Attached is the best I could manage using WaveEditor & AudioDirector on a windy audio clip.

Cheers - Tony

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