Audio Hall Echo Filter

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Audio Hall Echo Filter

I filmed a video with three onboard unmanned video cameras (no touching or handling sounds) in a small Chapel with old wood floors. The sound is hollow with a lot of reverberation and of course when people are walking on the floor sounds like an eerie horror movie. Although I'm not sure that the foot clanks can be removed, I'd be surprised if one of the experienced editors here hasn't solved this problem. If necessary, I could export a sample and upload it but I'm sure y'all get the idea. Even though I'm a professional, this was my last sons wedding and I didn't hire someone to do the work. I know it was stupid, but nonetheless, here I am and trying to fix it up and new to FCPX.

Any help in this would be extremely helpful. :-)

iMac with Retina 5K display, OS X El Capitan (10.11.2), 4.0GHz, 256 SSD, 32GB, M395X, FCPX

Posted on Jan 20, 2016 12:40 PM

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Answer 1

Russ H

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Jan 20, 2016 5:18 PM in response to Penn-Ohio

This is a tough challenge. Trythis product, which is sort of the gold standard. It's expensive, but there is a trial version that will give you a sense of how fixable it is.

Good luck,

Russ

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Penn-Ohio Author

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Jan 20, 2016 5:30 PM in response to Russ H

Russ H wrote:

This is a tough challenge. Trythis product, which is sort of the gold standard. . . .

I tried the link but it didn't work. Says that something is wrong. Can you describe the product and its price?

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Answer 3

Russ H

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Jan 20, 2016 5:37 PM in response to Penn-Ohio

No idea why. Trythis link.

Russ

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Answer 4

Penn-Ohio Author

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Jan 20, 2016 6:06 PM in response to Russ H

Russ H wrote:

No idea why. Trythis link.

Russ

:-) Same thing.

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Answer 5

Russ H

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Jan 20, 2016 6:15 PM in response to Penn-Ohio

Trying to link you to Izotope's Rx5 product.

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Answer 6

Meg The Dog

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Jan 20, 2016 8:38 PM in response to Russ H

Here's the link:

https://www.izotope.com/en/products/audio-repair/rx/

Russ: for some reason when you look at the link you are posting there is some extra characters on the end.

MtD

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Answer 7

Jan 20, 2016 9:33 PM in response to Penn-Ohio

Penn-Ohio wrote:

… The sound is hollow with a lot of reverberation …

you're looking for the counterpart of reverb, aka de-verb.

… which, btmk, was invented just a few years ago (by some German engineer …), you'd find many older posts of mine on this board where I tell people "absolutely impossible!!" .... 😉

aside 'The Beast' RX5, Rush is suggesting, there's a plugin avail,

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/spl_de-verb.html

which is demoed here:

https://youtu.be/US6BML3gm70

… for me: plain magic! How can some algorithm know, this is signal, this is noise???

same here, free trial, 60$ for that awesomeness of engineering is a steal ....

No trivia task - test it!

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Russ H

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Jan 21, 2016 5:16 AM in response to Meg The Dog

MtD, Not sure where that comes from, but thanks.

Russ

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Answer 9

Russ H

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Jan 21, 2016 5:22 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

Karsten, A $59 alternative is great to know about. Awesome.

Russ

edit: just noticed that 10.11 is not yet supported.

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Penn-Ohio Author

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Jan 21, 2016 6:03 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

Karsten Schlüter wrote:

. . . you're looking for the counterpart of reverb, aka de-verb. . . . aside 'The Beast' RX5, Rush is suggesting, there's a plugin avail,

https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/spl_de-verb.html

which is demoed here:

https://youtu.be/US6BML3gm70

… for me: plain magic! How can some algorithm know, this is signal, this is noise???

same here, free trial, 60$ for that awesomeness of engineering is a steal ....

No trivia task - test it!

I will definitely check that out. Sounds like the ticket and will let ya know. Except will have to look into what Russ H wrote about FCPX 10.11. If that's the latest, that's the one I have. I most always try to keep my software current to get the most out of bug fixes and the latest performance enhancements.

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Answer 11

Jan 21, 2016 9:58 PM in response to Russ H

Russ H wrote:

…

edit: just noticed that 10.11 is not yet supported.

ooops haven't seen that! Good to know.

AU-plugins in general seem to have issues with the latest, several OS and FCPX updates ...

I was just 'blinded' by the demo ....

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Answer 12

Penn-Ohio Author

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Jan 22, 2016 8:09 AM in response to Karsten Schlüter

Karsten Schlüter wrote:

Russ H wrote:

…

edit: just noticed that 10.11 is not yet supported.

ooops haven't seen that! Good to know.

AU-plugins in general seem to have issues with the latest, several OS and FCPX updates ...

I was just 'blinded' by the demo ....

By 10.11 y'all mean OS X right? I have OS X 10.11.2. and FCPX 10.2.2. which means that this plug-in won't work right?

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