How to Clean Up Voice Recordings for Videos and Podcasts | iZotope RX

Clean, professional voice recordings are important for any content creator to keep viewers engaged and not distracted by any background noise or audio mistakes. Chris Vandeviver shares how to get professional, clear sounding voice recordings for videos, podcasts, streams and more with RX 9-now running natively on the M1 chip for Apple silicon computers.
Learn how to clean up plosives with RX De-plosive, remove mouth sounds like clicks and pops with RX Mouth De-click, and reduce background noise in your audio recordings like air conditioners and fans with RX Spectral Editor.
Get your copy of RX 9: izo.to/3u9GZkc
Chris Vandeviver is a mix engineer and producer behind the popular KZbin channel ‪@WhyLogicProRules‬. Every week Chris shows users how to get the most of Apple's Logic Pro DAW. Download free mix templates, guides and more: izo.to/3LELYPI
0:00 Intro
1:22 Importing files for repair
2:00 Understanding the spectrogram
4:32 Removing plosives
9:48 Removing mouth clicks
14:14 Eliminating environmental noise
20:16 The Module Chain
21:40 Audio Random Access
22:36 Outro
#iZotope #RX #audio
MusicBed SyncID: MB01RMAHN2UZVOC

[@davidasher22]

Look who it is! Chris V. has been my Logic Pro instructor since I switched over to Logic and the M1 architecture. Glad to see you hanging with the Izotope crew.

[@WhyLogicProRules]

Thanks so much, and good to hear from you over here on Izotope's channel David! Stoked to help out any way I can :)

[@VocalVoltage]

Woooooo!!!!!!! This Rx's Spectral De Noisier Is The Beast!!!!!!! It Removes All The Noise Without Compressing The Vocals Or Compromise In The Audio Quality. Which No Other Plugins Could Achieve So Far!!!!!!!! Salute!!!!!!!!!!!

[@smoogles.5534]

finally what i wanted been dying for Izotope to tackle more voice over stuff

[@joshuanichols7059]

Im new to RX and the module chain is exactly what i needed. Before watching this video i was doing this manually but now i see how valuable the module chain will be moving forward with cleaning dialogue especially when i have specific voices i clean on a regular basis. i can see creating presets for the same voice on different microphones. This is the long way of saying thank you!

[@corinachan8533]

One of the best tutorial videos on audio editing I've come across. Thank you so much.

[@danielpicard3994]

Thanks Chris for the video. I do voice overs on a regular basis and consider RX a game changer. I defined it as my external editor within Logic and use a similar method as yours with a customized module chain. The advanced version is a must if you work on dialogue editing. Such a powerful set of tools!

[@krzysztof_kwiecien]

No w końcu jakiś rozsądny i konkretny film o VO w RX :) Super!

[@tyler_puryear]

As someone who uses RX 9 and does video tutorial voice overs, this is substantially good advice to adhere to! I love the software! Great guide Chris!

[@ohitstheo2677]

Love this video. This really guided me on how to use the software. Worth staying up til 3AM !

[@RekhaKaula]

Nice, quick, clear ... Chris Vandeviver Rules!

[@enlightenedpowernerd]

Great video Chris, clearly explained 👍

[@Brian-Hansen]

I have just recently discovered RX 10 and I am in love

[@robinwatson4282]

Very nice, competent demonstration of the software and how to use it. Thanks.

[@dezdurham]

Great tutorial! Thanks bro

[@lukaseichinger2332]

Awesome Video, great Explanation!!! Thank you 👍🏻

[@MrAchris10]

Thanks for doing this!

[@juliusway]

This just saved my guitar track! Thanks!

[@mikesquibb]

Excellent video

[@ThijmenCodes]

Incredible, thank you.

[@IndustryPets]

Nice! Thanks

[@NathanMaingard]

Phenomenal, thank you!

[@GoutamSingh]

ex[really amazing.... thanks sir 🤗

[@violamoonshape4428]

Excellent!

[@austinwitthuhn5155]

Great video.

[@akmaldinnoor2096]

thank you Sir.. so clearly

[@wadewilliams1892]

excellent video

[@rene.rodriguez]

Excellent walkthrough. How long does it typically take you to clean up a video? Thanks in advance.

[@graveyardshowpodcast]

This is an awesome tutorial. Cannot recommend it enough! ~ Caretaker

[@punknugget561]

Great video! I'm a bit stuck. I have a RODECaster Pro 2 unit with my mic attached to it. I can record audio using any app (Adobe Audition, Adobe Premiere, Apple Keynote, etc), but can't seem to get any audio when using RX 9 to record. I went into RX 9 prefs and selected the correct input device (RODE Connect System), but when I press record it's just blank. Any reason why? Is there something else in the prefs that I need to select besides what I did? Let me know what you can please, thank you.

[@nickvick76]

After you create a custom module chain in the RX editor, can you import it as a single plugin into logic pro?

[@paulg3388]

What an amazingly helpful Video, thank you. I have just purchased RX 10 Standard after thinking about it probably too long, and this Video made it so simple to sort out my first Podcasts. I have a couple of questions if you don't mind. I use a Rodecaster Pro 2, which outputs the file for Buzzsprout in an MP3 and sets is to LUF-16 as part of the output. Will my LUF change when I edit in RX or will it stay the same? and secondly I notice some of the nice rich bass that the Rodecaster puts on my voice, disappears after following this editing. Would you recommend I bring this back in RX or output to Logic and do it there? I am very new to Podcasting .. so thanks for any help here ! I obviously want to get it right from the start :)

[@dafingaz]

Nice!

[@chriscaldwellvoiceovers]

Great!

[@PendelSteven]

21:40 Not just in Logic Pro though! In fact ARA was developed by Presonus and Celemony for Studio One in use with Melodyne. I mean, it's thanks to Presonus and Celemony that they opened ARA to other developers that it works so (finally, years after Studio One) Logic Pro can do it.

[@WhyLogicProRules]

Absolutely correct! My note regarding ARA must not have been clear. RX9's implementation of ARA for the Spectral Editor and Music Rebalance is currently only available in Logic Pro, according to Izotope's website. So I was just pointing out that at this point in time Logic users can enjoy the extra benefits of ARA.

[@TheBillABCTV]

iZotope, Inc I have rx7 Standard version, I think version 10 is the latest version. Can you please tell me the difference between the Standard version and the Advanced version?

[@garyclement2888]

This is an excellent video- what's the difference between RX9 and RX 10 Elements? Appears you get more in RX9?

[@hypnosecoachinghombach7517]

That was a good tutorial. I like especially that it has a voice over/ podcast perspective. Are you planning further videos on post for podcast / voice over?

[@iZotopeOfficial]

Hey there, check out this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5WnonmXmZunpac

[@hypnosecoachinghombach7517]

@@iZotopeOfficial Are there any tutorials on how to use ozone/neutron/nectar especially for podcasts/ voice overs? Or what the differences are?

[@iZotopeOfficial]

Hey there, here’s a video that you might find helpful. It’s about using Nectar and RX specifically for at home voice-overs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mZvbhKBuZdKihM0

[@petervoglmusic2517]

Don't you ever find artifax from using the module chain? There are times I compare the unprocessed audio to the processed and find problems and then wind up going in and having to surgically fix the file.

[@phadrus]

Waves Clarity works amazingly well.

[@silverlake973]

How to get rid of the white noise when actually speaking into the mic? There is nothing until sound enters the mic from my mouth, then i hear this background white noise - how do we eliminate this completely? I'm new to this - is it my mic?

[@bujachaka2914]

Hii, great Video. Could you please tell me the name of the MusicBed track?

[@johngraham9878]

I have a basic question that's not in the manual or any videos I've seen, including yours on KZbin. If you run De-click on your track, how do you get the track to run with removed clicks when you render that track? I've run De-click on a track and it tells me 156 clicks were removed. Then I render that track, load it back in my DAW, put on another instance of De-click with the same settings and it finds 129 clicks. So what am I doing wrong? I have the plugin version of DeClick, not the standalone so there is no "render" button on the plugin and I'm rendering the track to WAV using my DAW.

[@bananaslip790]

Which versions of RX include the tools you mentioned?....$1200 for the advanced version is a little more than I'm looking to spend

[@christurbiville]

great tutorial, but WOW that gate is way too tight on your mic. If you are new to fixing audio in voice overs, don't make the mistake of using too much to "clean" audio. You can hear his gate killing the beginning and end of words sometimes and the lack of any breath at all, can make a voice over sound like AI or just off to the listener, especially in longer format voice over like a podcast or narration.

[@CandiceMckoy]

I cannot figure out how to get rid of the background noise for a small selection of my audio. I have ran it through spectral subtraction and spectral repair and dirt does not work. It sound like static. Any ideas? Also tried de-hum as well

[@ManchesterMusic]

Can you share your audio here. I can take a look.

[@mamandapanda185]

For countless months I couldn't figure out why my dialogue was distorted and found out today it was from using RX Elements De-Clicker single-band for my brand of mouth noise. Upgrading to RX Standard and using the >>>MOUTH

[@B2R-SR]

How does Spectral De-Noise know what to learn when in a module chain? Isn't that something you would have to manually "learn"? For instance creating a module chain of 2 or 3 Spectral De-Noise modules just to get all the unwanted noise out with multiple passes....

[@PendelSteven]

Hello Chris, interesting last name. Seems to be a bastardised version (probably by French speaking Belgians) of the Dutch name "Van de Vijver": from the pond. I guess the closest English equivalent is simply "Pond": Chris Pond. On the other hand.... Fisher is also a logical equivalent :). Just in case you didn't know this yet. Greetings from the Netherlands!

[@WhyLogicProRules]

Hey Steven, thanks so much for the insight into my own last name! Hah. I actually just learned recently that my grandfather and father each adapted/changed our last name to presumably look less "foreign." Learning something new each day :)

[@ralphtoles8642]

Thanks Chris. This is a great video for setting up RX for VO. I am wondering why compression is not included with RX9? Do you have a general range for EQ for male voices?

[@jurandfantom]

worst thing is, i don't hear anything wrong with raw data in this video and I sit with AudioTechnika ATH-M50x on my ears - and its so confusing especially in parts like 10:18

[@jefjaeger]

I don't need explanations for why noises happen. I was looking for the ways to get them out of the recording.

[@nugrohobudiraharjo8759]

Sir i need your help, when I put audio into izotope rx 10 advanced, the audio can't be heard and edited at all, but when using izotope rx 9 standard the audio can actually come out and can be edited...i dont know how to fix it...thanks

[@marisakalyan332]

how to cleaning by izotop RX 10 applause on songs

[@fletcherbrown728]

CHRIS: Great content and so well presented - UNTIL - the last portion where I think you really rushed through the Logic portion to meet some artificial time constraint you place on the length of the video. I’ll check out your other videos as I am a new Logic user. Thanks for all your hard work.

[@ndguardian]

Just got to say, the history is incredibly useful for when you're a newbie like me and accidentally leave "output clicks only" checked, and then render your audio. Yuck. Would not recommend doing that. OOPS...all clicks.

[@aidarsays]

Unwatchable