I set my camera up and let it record a class we were in. The sound quality sucks because I was using my video camera and I didn't have an external mike that works with it. So it sounds like he's talking from the bottom of a barrel. Not sure if my magic movie edit pro 2021 plus software can improve on that or not.
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It is highly unlikely that you will be able to make any really successful changes to the audio of your video, sorry.
However, you might like to see what limited "improvement" might be obtained by first, going to the audio mixer, (shortcut M), clicking the FX button and seeing what a combination of the various options can give. Since you say the sound is like the bottom of a barrel I would start with the EQ graph and try reducing the low frequency end (the left hand side of the on-screen graphic). You will certainly have to make some pretty drastic changes - the left-hand end of the graph will have to go down a long way! - but whether the result is anything like "acceptable", only you can judge.
Once you are "happy" with what you have achieved with the various FX settings, you might then wish to access the Audio Cleaning tools (right-click on the audio track on the timeline and select Audio Cleaning from the menu list)) and see what making changes like Hiss or Noise Reduction help you achieve.
Fundamentally, you need to be prepared to spend a great deal of time experimenting. Even those of us who are fortunate enough to also have very sophisticated Noise reduction tools at our disposal (check out iZotope RX8 Advanced, if you're interested) would be very hesitant to tackle the audio on footage like you appear to have!
Moral of the story: trying to fix problems like these "after" the event is effectively impossible. Try and find an external mic which will work with your video camera.
HTH
Jeff
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Hi William.
I have to agree with Jeff if your description of the audio is accurate as that would mean the sound on the file has repetitive, short tailed, reverb of almost equal sound levels to the main sound source with a little bit of colour added to each subsequent reverb tail which will be impossible to remove and personally I doubt even adjusting the frequency response of the audio in something like a graphic equalizer will reap much benefit as the reverb tails will be at roughly the same frequencies. You may be able to make the sound more penetrating and easier to listen to but not much more. Even if you used a noise gate to remove noise below a certain threshold of volume it would interfere with next preceding sound making it sound 'clipped'. If the volume needs to be increased to begin with then you also raise the noise floor along with it so that won't help either.
Ray.
Hi,
Take a look at the Accusonus ERA Reverb Remover. Accusonus has some good tools but it's a subscription.
If you sign up for their newsletter, you get a couple of tools free. I got the DeEsser and the VoiceLeveller.
John CB
EDIT: Here is a video tutorial showing how a couple of other tools work.
Acon DeVerberate can be tried for free.
And, SPL De-Verb Plus is less expensive and a trial version.
@William-Kaufman Hi, sorry i can't add to what has been said above, I sometimes have to try to fix the audio when filming with my phone & GoPro because of the room i'm in or because of wind or tools i'm using but it's not easy to get it right, as Jeff says Stereo FX has some tools & presets that might help,
Right click on the audio track on the timeline, click Audio cleaning, this box will appear 👍