Working w/ VHS tapes sound quality

Hello
I transferred a VHS tape to DV and started to work w/ it in FCE but the sound quality is awful! There is a fluttering /static sound in the background. Any suggestions?
Thanks
A L

Many suggestions, how much time and money do you have?
What kind of audio track is on your VHS tapes (of course there is more than one, HIFi, which sounds bad and Linear, which sounds worse) If it is linear it will be awful but if it is HiFi (the most misused word around in video) it may be possible to improve it.
The methods are mainly analog, take your player & tape to a specialist to have the tape alignment set to match as closely as possible the mechanical path in your player. Clean the player, obtain a Dolby 'S' system (rent that, it's expensive) and use the noise reduction paths onboard. Look for software (Google) designed for this purpose.
It is very difficult to make anything other than 'minor' changes to elderly magnetic media, and at it's best the system has mediocre quality.
One other thing you'll need, patience

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