SKIDAATL
Level 1
(0 points)
Q: 2-channel audio sounds hissy and low; Each channel by itself sounds good... what?
Hello everyone. I have been having a problem with the quality of my captured audio for a while now. I am not an audio guru at all, so it is hard for me to even explain. So, please bear with me:
My issue is that I import my footage into FCP 7 as HDV 1080i60 with both audio channels active and linked together as a stereo mix. As I play the video in the timeline, the audio has a hiss in the background, and the persons voice that I interviewed sounds like he was "holding his nose shut"(for lack of a better word) while talking throughout the entire interview. If I delete one of the channels, it sounds great... but it is now mono, and it doesn't have the full quality that my lavalier (stereo) microphone supports.
Here is a pic of what the waveform looks like:
Here are the spec's for the audio (thanks to Invisor.app):
ID : 2
Format : PCM
Format settings, Endianness : Little
Format settings, Sign : Signed
Codec ID : sowt
Duration : 5mn 39s 204ms
Source duration : 5mn 39s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 1 536 Kbps
Channel(s) : 2 channels
Channel positions : Front: L R
Sampling rate : 48.0 KHz
Bit depth : 16 bits
Stream size : 65.1 MB (5.8%)
Source stream size : 62.2 MiB (6%)
Now, both channels sound great by themselves, but when joined together create the hissing and high pitched sound I mentioned earlier. Can anyone tell me what is going on? Thank you for the support!!
Adam
Message was edited by: SKIDAATL
Final Cut Pro 7, OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
Shane Ross
Level 8
(42,999 points)
When you start editing, either only add one to the timeline, and make it mono...or add both and make them mono. Typically when I deal with talking heads, I will use only one channel. Unless I have a wireless mic on one, and a boom on the other...I'll add both, but mute one (the one that sounds worse)...but have both just in case some sound affects the main audio, then I switch to the other.
