On Fri, 23 Feb 2001 13:21:52 -0900, "Bruce L. Nelson" wrote:

>I'm new to the editing game and have a DVRaptor Card and Adobe Premiere
>5.1c.
>
>I took the raw footage with a Canon-ZR-10. I'm quite happy with the camera
>but it does tend to be noisy, and all the "quiet" footage has a low, audible
>hum or buzz in the background.
>
>I've messed around trying filters to get rid of it, but it seems that
>anything I do to reduce the hum also reduces the volume of the whole clip.
>
>Any ideas on this, or am I just going to have to live with it?

Other than using an external mic off-camera, the cheapest
solution is the noise-reduction module in Cool Edit (it
used to be free as part of the Cool Edit 96 trial version,
dunno now [see www.syntrillium.com]), but even the
full-version of Cool Edit 2000 is cheap (around $100?).
The noise-reduction module is easy to use (see the "help"
file for preferred settings - use the ones for highest
quality), and very effective with not only steady-state
noise (what it is designed for), but it can also help
with some irregular noise, with little serious negative
affect on the sound. It is a wonderful product!