Audio noise when importing

Importing from VHS to iMovie11 using a digital converter: Director's Cut, I get fine video, but "motor" sounds overlaying the audio. How do I eliminate the noise?

Hi
And the "Motor sound" is from where ?
• VHS-recorder
• on original VHS-tapes
I use a Canopus ADVC-300 (Grass Valley ADVC-300 now a days) - and I do not have this problem.
If it is in the recording - then it will be extremely hard to deal with - near to impossibly.
You can try to separate the audio and try to clean it up in an Audio Editor. I would especially try to use "Sound Soap™ as it can do rather extreme cleaning up.
I got it by buying Roxio Toast™ 10 Pro bundle incl BD-component (now Roxio Toast™ 11 Pro bundle incl BD-component) and found this to be of great valu to me.
• Spin Doctor was great for old LP/EPs
• FotoMagico - for making very nice SlideShows
• Toast™ - to burn and back convert DVDs
and so on
Yours Bengt W

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Audio problem when importing video files.

Hello everyone,
I just started using FCP X a few days ago for a university project and I seem to encounter an audio problem when importing videos in .mp4, .mov format or via the import from camera option.
Indeed I need to import videos in .mp4 and .mov format into FCP X. The import in itself is normal I can see my videos into the events/clips library and if I play them from the library I can hear the sound quite perfectly.
However, when I want to edit my videos and put it in the timeline, there is no audio. As a result I started to think that my videos could be the problem so I tried the option "import from camera" option using the Isight camera of my macbook pro but the same things happened. I could hear the sound from the events/clips library but not from the timeline (I can't see any audiowaves in the timeline).
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Audio Drift when importing VHS Tapes-Do I need a Canopus ADVC 300

Embarking on the daunting task of importing/editting >100 2hr VHS tapes, and want to get the best results for my efforts.
I pop a tape into a VCR connected via S-Video (video) and RCA (audio) cables to a Sony DVMC-DA1 AD converter, and from there to my Mac Pro via Firewire. Use FCE "Capture Now" using NTSC DV Converter setup. Start capture, let it run unattended, and return at my leisure to do some rough editting.
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1. Is there a reasonable way to correct this in FCE?
2. Since my Sony converter is nearing 10 years old, will use of a more recent AD converter such as the Canopus ADVC 300 result in a perfectly synced import?
3. If so, can you comment on the Canopus's purported video noise reduction and image stabilization capabilities? Is it noticable/worthwhile?
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The problem is the audio is not 'locked' to the video, and your old Sony DVMC-DA1 does not appear to support locked audio.
The only way you might deal with this in FCE itself would be to capture shorter clips (say, under 15 minutes each) which would minimize the degree to which the audio drifts out of sync in each clip. (The longer the clip, the greater the drift.)
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I have used the Canopus 100 & 110 extensively and have been very happy with the results. Sometimes, depending on the VHS tape, there is some slight banding at the very bottom of the image but 1) this is +usually not visible+ in the finished movie because it is outside the 'image safe area' and 2) if necessary can be compensated via about a 2%-4% enlargement of the image in FCE (which is not enough to soften the image).
I have not used the Canopus 300 because I never felt the need, as I am happy with my results from the 100 & 110. Users of the 300 have been pretty positive about its built-in TBC and image cleaning capabilities.

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Hi
iMovie'08 to 11 - are far from tools of choice when working with miniDV tape material - as non of them can deliver 100% out to e.g. DVD or whatever You want to do with it.
iMovie up HD6 and FinalCut are far more better.
iMovie up to HD6 - Can import even if TimeBase code info is broken - set to NOT import as individual clips.
If tape is recorded in LP-Mode - Then You got lot's of problem
• You need the Original Camera that made the recording - even same type and No: doesn't help as tolerances are to thin/small.
• Import into iMovie HD6
• as NO individual Clips - set in iMovie pref.
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• DIRECTLY after import - Extract Sound (Advance menu - down) - ELSE Audio get's out of Sync.
Now I use to copy back to tape and CAMERA SET TO SP-Mode ! Just to get a good archive tape !
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