Adjusting Audio volume in Disk Menu in PRE 10

[Titus]

Hi,
I'm new to this forum and to Premiere Elements. I bought Steve's book (The Muvipix Guide to PRE 10) hoping to find an answer to a question that I've got, but no joy so I'll ask it here and hope that someone can point me in the right direction.
I've just created my first DVD and have used the standard Premiere Elements 10 menu templates. The main menu comes with it's own audio track and I can't work out how to reduce the volume (or get rid of it for that matter).

While I'm asking an audio question can I ask another. What's the best way to cancel wind noise. I know I should do it at the camera, but my Panasonic X800 doesn't let you do it in auto so I'm trying to find a way when I edit.

Many thanks
Tim

BTW Steve - your book isn't available in the UK. Amazon had to ship it from the States.

[Chuck Engels]

Hi Titus, Welcome to Muvipix - I'm sure you've come to the right place

To reduce the volume of the menu audio you actually need to edit the audio file in a program like Audacity (free program).
Open the file in Audacity, lower the volume, save the file with a new name, then use that file in your project.
You can browse for any audio clip on your computer to be used as the menu audio, I'm sure that's in Steve's book

You can also make the audio changes in Premiere Elements, but it is actually easier in a program like Audacity IMO.

In Premiere Elements you can add the audio clip to the timeline, set the work area bar over just that portion of audio, reduce the volume of the audio clip, go to the share tab and then share Audio / Work area bar only, then save the clip. How to share is also in Steve's book

As far as wind noise goes it is almost impossible to get rid of during editing. best thing you can do is to use an external mic with a wind screen of some kind. Some noises can be eliminated or reduced with an audio editing program, Audacity or Adobe Audition, but wind noise is always a tough one that really needs to be eliminated at the time of recording, not after.

It is to your advantage to download and learn how to use Audacity, it is a great free program and comes in really handy

[Dave McElderry]

Welcome Tim!

Or the easy way to not have any menu audio at all is to just set the duration to zero (it will actually read 00;00;00;01).

[Titus]

Hi Chuck,
I think that my problem is that I don't seem to be able to get at the audio clip that goes with the menu. If I could I would be able to do something with it (either in PRE or Audacity).
Tim

[Bob]

The audio is stored in the DVD template folder. I have Premiere Elements 7 and the "DVD Templates" folder is located at "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Adobe Premiere Elements 7.0\DVD Templates" on my Windows 7 65-bit system. I expect that Premiere Elements 10 would be similar.

The DVD Templates folder contains folders for each of the template categories. Each of those folders contains a folder for each of the templates within that category. All you need to do is find the folder for the template you used. Audio can be either a standalone sound file, or it can be a video file containing audio. If the folder containing the template is prefixed with (A), it will contain a sound file. If it is prefixed with (AV) it will contain a video with sound.

I would recommend that you copy the file and modify the copy.

[RJ Johnston]

For reducing wind noise, you can get rid of the loud low frequencies using the Equalization effect in Audacity. Reduce the volume of all the frequencies below 200Hz. That shouldn't affect speech very much. There's a preset named "Bass Cut" for the "Select Curve" choices, but that cuts up to 300Hz. You can adjust the point so it cuts up to only 200Hz or so. You can then attempt to lower volume to other frequencies, but that's not so easy because you usually cut frequencies in the range that makes speech intelligible, maybe on up to 4000 - 5000Hz.

[Titus]

Dave,
Can you give me simple instructions for setting the duration to zero.
I don't care how simple the instructions are. I'd rather get them right!
Thanks
Tim

[Dave McElderry]

Dave,
Can you give me simple instructions for setting the duration to zero.
I don't care how simple the instructions are. I'd rather get them right!
Thanks
Tim

Sure Tim. After you apply the theme you'll be presented with an options pane on the right side. Or you can just click on the monitor pane containing the theme and that will also reveal the options menu. Just click and drag the duration to the left. You can watch the numbers change. Or you can click on it and type in the numbers, but I find dragging to be easier.

Audio Duration.jpg

[Chuck Engels]

You can also use the Browse button in the image above to change the audio to something else.
You can use MP3, WAV and other audio formatted files. Just browse to the folder where the audio file is located on your computer.