Digirtalized Audio

[Juan Jaramillo]

Hi, I'm working in a project in Movie Maker 2 and I'm having a problem with
the audio quality of the final movie.

I have a digital camcorder (Canon Elura 50) and I'm tranfering video to my
PC (P4/2.4Ghz - 512 RAM - 2x80GB) using firewire. I'm using MM2 to capture
the videos in DV-AVI files and the quality is perfect.

But in the next step, when I use the clips in the storyboard something
happens, because when I play the clips in the storyboard the audio sounds a
little digitalized. And when I choose to output my final edited movie (also
DV-AVI file) the audio is not very good.

Thanks

Juan

 

[Jake P]

Hi, I'm working in a project in Movie Maker 2 and I'm having a problem with
the audio quality of the final movie.

I have a digital camcorder (Canon Elura 50) and I'm tranfering video to my
PC (P4/2.4Ghz - 512 RAM - 2x80GB) using firewire. I'm using MM2 to capture
the videos in DV-AVI files and the quality is perfect.

But in the next step, when I use the clips in the storyboard something
happens, because when I play the clips in the storyboard the audio sounds a
little digitalized. And when I choose to output my final edited movie (also
DV-AVI file) the audio is not very good.

Thanks

Juan

Hi Juan

It sounds to me like your camera is set to record 12-bit sound rather than
16-bit sound. If possible set your camera to record 16-bit sound. MM2's
conversion of 12-bit sound results in 'tinny' sound artefacts in your
project.

Jake

 

[Juancho]

Jake, your right,my camera setting was in 12-bit mode. I'm going to try new
recordings using 16 bit audio in the camcorder.

Do you know of any software that I can use to change my 12 bit old
recordings to 16 bit? Or do you have any suggestions to bypass this problem
with my 12 bit recordings?

Thanks again,

Juan

 

[Jake P]

I'm not really up to speed with audio software, so I couldn't recommend one
to you (my other editing package makes a great job of resampling the 12-bit
audio I accidentally recorded), but others here should be able to step in
and advise of freeware/shareware/inexpensive utilities that will do the job.

Jake

 

[John Kelly]

Hi Jake,

I have never used it myself but have seen many people recommend the
following for audio...

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

This is what is said on the above website....

Audacity 1.2.0 is a new stable version of the free Audacity sound editor.
This release features major improvements over version 1.0, including new
effects, improved audio quality, and an updated user interface.

Best Wishes.....John Kelly
www.the-kellys.org
www.the-kellys.co.uk

 

[Jake P]

Hi John

Now that looks like a *good* piece of software. If as much care has been
taken on the software itself as the interface then it should be excellent.
And it's open source, which is a great bonus IMHO!

Jake

 

[Juancho]

Jake, what editing package are you using?

Juan

I'm not really up to speed with audio software, so I couldn't recommend one
to you (my other editing package makes a great job of resampling the 12-bit
audio I accidentally recorded), but others here should be able to step in
and advise of freeware/shareware/inexpensive utilities that will do the job.

Jake

 

[Jake P]

Adobe Premiere.

Jake

Jake, what editing package are you using?

Juan