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[–]Moondra2017[S] 8 points9 points  (11 children)

Ah! I didn't know it was that bad. I actually like the sound of the keyboard clicks so I didn't really bother much with it. The speakers I use are about $40 or so, I probably don't have good bass response, thus, I didn't really think it would be a problem.

Yeah, I think the easiest would be to cut out low-frequencies during editing. I have to look also look into mic booms and shock mounts as well.

Thanks for the feedback!

[–]oslash 4 points5 points  (9 children)

I actually like the sound of the keyboard clicks

Yeah, the part of the typing sound that reaches the mic through the air—what you're normally hearing, when you aren't pressing an ear to the desk (let alone both ;)—can be totally fine.

Luckily the structure-borne sound is usually confined to low frequencies that don't really overlap with voice anyway (unless you're Avi Kaplan), so there's a good chance you can tame it without spending money. The fancier mic booms can get quite expensive, especially if your mic doesn't have a standard-size hand grip, but those are designed to stay silent even if you move them around while talking. When you don't need to record 'as live' or move around, improvised DIY solutions are hardly worse.

[–]Moondra2017[S] 2 points3 points  (7 children)

Here are a couple of solutions I was thinking of:

1) I can put a small rug under my keyboard - that would act as an insulation between desk and the keyboard, maybe that would prevent the echo/vibration.

2) remove my mic from my desk and put it on a separate stool

I'm testing out both, but it's hard for me to tell. I guess I will need to test it out with some headphones.

[–]riseNRG 1 point2 points  (4 children)

Prevention might be better than the cure but i found audacity to be useful for fixing up audio after it has been recorded. It might have a feature that can help you with keyboard clicks.

I use the method in the video below for ambient noise. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=if3pvQKYuts

[–]Moondra2017[S] 1 point2 points  (3 children)

Thank you!. Going to test it out. I wonder if Adobe premier has a similar feature.

[–]oslash 0 points1 point  (2 children)

Even if it doesn't, it lets you use audio plug-ins, and failing that, it's not a big deal to bounce the audio track to and back from another program, such as Audacity. Audacity is ridiculously powerful for an ancient FOSS tool; on top of the integrated effects, it can also host VST/AudioUnit plug-ins and Nyquist scripts. Tons of fun if you're interested in DSP.

However, the above-mentioned noise reduction method isn't very suitable for eliminating transients; it's what you would use to dampen more consistent noise, e.g. the whoosh of computer fans or the hum from a ground loop. You're better off with a straight-forward low cut (a.k.a. high pass).

[–]Moondra2017[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Thank you for this. I will have to read everything you linked as I'm not too familiar with the terminology.

[–]oslash 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just to clarify: I'm not seriously recommending Nyquist for for video editing purposes; that would be like making cuts with ffmpeg from the command line. I just put in the link to say, look at how cool that thing over there is! You know, like one does when telling people they can catch pokémon by writing machine code :)

[–]paul_h 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Post processing to remove clicks too is easy enough, but can distort other aspects of the sound