Removing bad mic/audio static from video

Question

I have no idea what caused all the static in this video. I have used the same exact setup for some time and never had anything like this before. (Full disclosure, though: I had a very difficult day this past week and literally punched out my Yeti mic and knocked it across the desk. Hopefully, that was it and the replacement mic I bought is the fix for the future. Otherwise, I'll be on a challenging hunt to figure out what the heck the cause is here.)

Either way, this video was done impromptu with no preparation or notes and the content came out priceless for my purposes. It won't be easy to reshoot it. I don't expect any gurus here know of a way to cleanly remove all this darned static, but I figured it couldn't hurt to ask and if anyone would know how they'd be found here.

Here's the full video with time markers for two samples in the video:

https://evolvedinfluence.com/ei-main-video-7-16-22-orig

And I attached an mp3 file with those two samples from the video. It's prominent in this short samples file at about 1:50 and at the very end.

Thanks so much!

JayNewWeb · Accepted Answer

Ah, good point Steve...and good idea for repair.

(Jay: Steve has far more experience than me.)

I have expert advice that I agree with that says it was interference from the cell phone (etc?) due to physical damage to the shielding.

I found an audio engineering pro on a freelancer forum who was able to clean it up reasonably well with minimal detriment.

Thanks!

Rag and Bone · Answer

This does sound like a cable or connection issue.

I think it's going to be hard to completely eliminate this, but some of it can be fixed using the healing brush in spectral view. Spectral view will allow you to see the static, and at least when there's no dialogue, paint it out.

Make sure you are working on a copy of the file.

Some of this might be removed with the some of the noise reduction effects in Audition, especially the click and pop remover.

Switch to the spectral view and select just the affected area to apply the effect to. Start with minimal settings—mutiple passes are usually better.

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