if you were trying to improve the audio capture using your Osmo pocket without
using the external mic adapter and mic then be Brusfri noise reducer app
might be just what you need the Osmo pocket is an exceptional camera and I
use mine all the time but the audio capture like many devices around this
size isn't that great at all although on the Osmo pocket it's actually a lot
better than other small cameras this video shows you how to improve that
further using the Bruce free noise reducer and also shows you situations
where you might need to use and sync an external mic instead hi I'm Sarb Johal
and welcome to my channel which is all about mobile and 360 video and
photography and how to edit for great results in this video I'm going to be
talking about the Brusfri noise reducer app and showing you exactly how
you can use it in your workflow and just a quick note it's only available on iOS
for mobile devices although you can get a plugin for desktops - this tutorial is
about using the app on iOS and make sure to stick around at the end of the video
where I can tell you how to sync external audio quickly and easily to the
video you capture if you decide that the internal mic really isn't up to the job
and you need a better audio track and while you're watching make sure to let
me know your best tips for capturing better audio on your Osmo pocket it's
always interesting to hear about the experience of others and your tips and
suggestions may help others make improvements on the audio captured on
their Osmo pocket okay let's jump into it the iOS app from Brusfri is
described as an advanced audio noise reducer with a simple and
straightforward interface and I think that's a pretty fair description it
seems to be very well-suited for cleaning up noisy audio recordings while
retaining sound quality and unlike many other noise reducers on the market Bruce
free says that it doesn't mess with audio phasing to suppress noise which is
a technique used that often comes with side effects that you could hear pretty
clearly instead they say that multiple fine-tuned gates are used to silence
unwanted noise whatever that means so that's what they say
how do you use it and what effect does it have on
sound let me walk you through when you first open up Brusfri you see the
main interface screen with the ear in the center you press this when you come
across a section of audio that has the part that you'd like to suppress or
remove from the recording leaving cleaner audio the different tweaks and
settings for how this is achieved can be accessed by swiping left and right swipe
left and you find the screen labeled expanders this seems to refer to the
threshold of which noise reduction kicks in with a lower value meaning more noise
reduction applied swipe right past the learn screen and you see the filter
screen including age high and hpf edge controls the intensity of reduction with
a lower value giving a smoother reduction effect not as harsh as it
could otherwise be high seems to boost high frequencies and hpf reduces lower
frequencies if we swipe back to the main screen the way Brusfri works is that
you find a section of audio that has the part that you'd like to suppress or
remove from the recording to leave that cleaner sound this seems to be need to
be at least a second or two long for it to work well and that needs to be
relatively clean background audio uncontaminated by what you want to leave
behind once you find that section of audio press the ear and the Apple learns
that section of audio and then uses its algorithms to remove or suppress that
particular audio you can have multiple passes at that process and Bruce free
can relearn on each pass until you're happy with the results making the
necessary tweaks with the other settings that I've already covered once you're
happy with the results you can export this audio in different formats in
different codecs WAV AIFF and mp4 and at different bit depths - that way you can
replace the audio in whatever media you're using with this new cleaned up
audio video mp3 whatever it is that you're doing and export it directly into
different apps on your iOS device - it's actually pretty simple to use and well
integrated alright so how does it perform I've recorded two samples here
for you to make a judgment for yourself the first one is in an echo e carport
with some background wind noise so you can see how it performs with a constant
background noise check it out now Here I am with the Osmo pocket in a not quite
so windy environment let's try 1 2 3 4 5 and now let's apply Brusfri 1 2 3 4 5
how does that sound I think that did in an astonishingly good job of cleaning up
the audio nicely and my voice sounds pretty rich and most of that echo that
you heard before has gone ok what about a really noisy and challenging windy
environment now I warn you now this is a pretty noisy recording so if you're
listening to this quite loud or in headphones you might just want to turn
it down a little now ok ready here we go
now unfortunately the noise reduction in this case from Brusfri makes my voice
sound even tinnier than when there was no sound reduction though you can't hear me
a little better it's a really challenging test though and actually
when you've got no alternative I guess it's better than nothing and it at least
sounds understandable ok its recommendations and summary time just
before I tell you about what you need to know about using an external mic and how
syncing that to your captured video can be done really easily if you're looking
for a way to improve the sound captured by your Osmo pocket using a simple app
that's really well integrated into the iOS system and means that you can
replace the audio in your video with a cleaned up version really easily then
you should definitely consider the Bruce free noise reducer app in situations
with a moderate background noise where you can get a good clean sample of the
noise you want to reduce then it produces excellent results with the Osmo
pocket however with noisier environments such as high winds these
not much that Bruce free can do to improve your sound very much
the results are understandable with the Osmo pocket but the quality of the voice
falls off a lot in my test in some it's a great app that's well worth the $14.99
us that you pay on the App Store it's very very good
but it can't perform miracles hey what did you think about Brusfri from what
you saw in my video be sure to leave me a comment below and check out the links
in the Pend comment below to see the other devices I've tested Brusfri on
you might be surprised at some of the results so here's the tip if you're
looking to sync your sound captured by an external mic with your video and
replacing the audio captured by yours my pocket
and you have access to Adobe Premiere Pro check out my card link above here
now for a very easy way to sync your replace a sync and replace your
soundtrack in just a few easy clicks I've heard that you can do this in other
software packages like the venturi resolve so you might want to check that
out too I'll leave a link in the description to this video hey I hope you
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