Reducing background noise for speech in video clips?

[mrapoc]

Is there any software or anything to reduce background noise and optimise the video for the main purpose - to record interviews (their speech not others!)

Its for a college project and some of our interviews are competing with background noise

thanks guys

 

[JN]

Most soundcards come with some form of noise cancellation options for the MIC input that can be enabled via the software. Otherwise you could maybe take a look at Audacity - it might have a filter that can be applied to recordings.

 

[!TIMMY!]

When recording the interviews, try and get hold of (beg, steal, borrow?) a shotgun microphone that will help eliminate background noise, as it records whats in front of it (not whats left and right). Then use software like Audacity as Jim said.

 

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