Fix VHS high pitch or noise background sounds

[JadHC]

Hello,

another topic on fixing VHS sound. I have some tapes with crystal clear sound, and then some other tapes with noise in the background, high pitch or even clicking. It seems it is embedded into tape and I have no idea if there is a way to remove it, please. I have some video editing skills but when it comes to audio, im totally clueless..
im posting two samples:
- first one is tv to dvd recording - as it was live tv, it can no longer be re-recorded. It has high pitch, not sure if this is fixable
- second one is background noise... i tried some apps like goldwave, but the results were horrible, it was impossible to remove noise without making the track sound as if it was underwater... any ideas?

thanks a lot for any help

[Forenzik]

I had good results scrubbing this kind of noise out with Cyberlink Audio Director. I'm sure there's a way to do the same in the freeware Audacity if you extract the audio stream first.

[davexnet]

If you want to demonstrate an issue like this, best not to upload a low bitrate mp3,
the high compresson only adds or disguises the problem

[themaster1]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10FFKl_0GSA
and that's free

high pitch removal:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVqjlM0yj7k