Sound Forge

[MatJimMood]

My camcorder has an internal mic so the sound quality is very poor.
I was wondering what improvements can be made in sound forge and how.

[shakespeareskin]

Well the first thing I would suggest to improve sound is get an external stereo mic (if your camcorder supports a stereo mic) or at least just a standard external mic. second would be to buy or make a boom for it. you'll get the mic a lot closer to the sound source and it'll be out of frame with the boom.

[MatJimMood]

I planned to use a boom mic before I got the camcorder but was stupid enough not to check whether or not it supported an external mic. Its a pretty basic camcorder but I hope to get a better one once I get the money.

What I really want to know or the types of filters in Sound Forge or other sound editing programs that are useful for removing the humm of everything inside the camcorder.

I also have Cool Edit.

[This message has been edited by MatJimMood (edited July 09, 2000).]

[miker]

Unless you have no choice, I would opt for a MONO mic, just record on the left channel.

Do all stereo mixing in post.

[Matt Fielding]

I use Steinburg Wavelab to do the audio processing in post production. There are some really good VST plugins to eliminate hum, clicks etc. I created a string of 5 filters to get rid of unwanted air-conditioning hum. I use Cubase to assemble the final soundtrack.

Find a copy of Wavelab and cubase.

Matt