How do you fix wind sounds in a video using Adobe?

[tylerb1914]

I have a sample video I made of a baseball game that I'm eager to show to potential sponsors. I recorded the game outside of course and it turned out very well and I'm proud of it except one thing however the wind that day was pretty strong and really destroyed the audio. Sometimes on the video it sounds like blazing flames. Is there something in the audio effects in Adobe that I can do that will make this sound even a little better? Now I know to always record with a dead cat cover on your digital microphone to prevent this but unfortunately I didn't do that then and I could wait and film another game but I don't want to wait till I can record a game and editing it all before I send this off that could be weeks from now I want to get this out there. I understand that it probably can't be fixed entirely but any help that can make this more listenable? Thank you so much!

[Peru Bob · Accepted solution]

Short answer: Almost impossible to do.

Slightly longer answer:  Try using Audition to clean it up.

Best answer: 

I could wait and film another game

It might actually be quicker.

[Stan Jones]

Wind is tough. I found that getting good results meant getting the umpire to wear a wireless microphone!

I also placed a directional wireless near the backstop pointed into the field.

Makes the footage a lot better.

In some of those setups, I wired the play by play guy.

[BartonGarrett256]

Amen to all the responses, you are seeking the holy grail. Write if you find it. 

Life's best learned lessons are the painful ones. 

It's like when you tell the doctor "it hurts when I do this".

And he says, "ah, that's easy, don't do that".

[R Neil Haugen]

Using wind protectors ... the fuzzy/sock things ... over all microphones in breezy conditions is simply a must. There are very good ones available, but even they can do only so much. Still, if you don't have them on the mics in the recording stage, you've got nearly unusable sound.

Neil

[Andrew_S]

About the only thing you can do is to use a high-pass filter in the range 125 - 200 Hz to take the low frequencies out.

Its best to use the correct microphone for windy conditions. Rode had a video showing (NTG2?) as a bare mic, then plus foam and furry then in a basket plus furry and you could hear the wind noise reducing at each stage.

For a basket I mean something like this;

http://rycote.com/microphone-windshield-shock-mount/modular-windshield-kit/

[SAFEHARBOR11]

Audio correction is a weak area for me, so perhaps I'm duplicating what Andrew recommended, but I happened upon this fix quite by accident when fixing outdoor wedding audio.

Edit the sound in Adobe Audition. Apply a multi-band graphic equalizer, and starting at the left side (while audio is playing) bring each slider all the way down one at a time until you remove as much of the wind noise as possible without ruining the parts you want to keep. I got some surprisingly good results with this method - audio I thought was totally ruined came out pretty decent!

Thanks

Jeff Pulera

Safe Harbor Computers

[HeshyGold]

I'm going to try that Adobe Audition.  However, the easiest thing to do is get rid of the sound completely and add a song you like as musical interlude.  From a creative standpoint, this can add a potentially entertaining quality to the video.  

[SAFEHARBOR11]

I just taped some snowmobile races last week and had pretty bad wind noise rumbling throughout the footage. Lowered first 3 sliders on left of Graphic Equalizer in Audition and it completely removed all wind noise, this does work.

Thanks

Jeff