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Advice on audio/video editing program

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Rich'[ard]

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helloooo there,
not sure if this is more of a software question, but i'll give it a shot in the audio section anyway:santa:

i've recently been trying to upload some music on youtube covering songs i like.
i used to record on a Sony video camera, and seeing as my mum took it to use on her trip back to China, i've recorded my latest video with a Canon 550D.
i like the video quality, but using the SLR's mic produces this loud background noise and that's what i want to get rid of. and maybe it's my playing itself, but it makes the piano sound really sharp and piercing lol.

here's the video if anyone wants to watch :)
Jason Mraz - I Won't Give Up piano cover

if you did watch, can you hear the massive background noise at the very start?!
would i need a proper/separate microphone or some sort of equipment to fix this, or can it be done by software?
if software, what type of program should i be looking for?

thanks for any suggestions! :)
 
Sony's Soundforge with the Noise Reduction plugin would do it (it basically takes a snap shot of that noisey section and filters that noise from the entire recording). Neither are cheap, and I'm not sure if they're even available for free/trial. You would likely need to separate the audio from the video track, make the corrections, then recombine them (or sync them manually in the video editting app after). It's not something straight forward, at least from the bit of video editting I've done over the years. Adobe's Permier and Soundbooth make this relatively easy since they can be used in conjunction in the CS package, doing editting on the fly from within Premiere. But that's very expensive.

Ideally you would want to record the video and audio separately, with the audio captured using a high quality mic. None of the microphones included with point and shoot cameras are any good.

If you want easy to use video editting I've been pleased with Windows Live Movie Maker.
 
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You could fade the beginning of the audio in (I know Windows Movie Maker has that option) and have it come up to full volume just as you start playing. The recording itself isn't bad for what you used (P&S).
 
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