How To Remove Noise with Adobe Audition

Learn how to remove annoying hums, buzzes and phone interference from your audio using Adobe Audition!
No matter how you record your audio while shooting your film projects, you may end up with accidental humming or buzzing in the background or, even worse, have the blip-blip-blip of a cell phone receiving or sending an SMS.
But don't fret! Using Adobe Audition, it is fairly simple to remove the offending noise from your audio and in this tutorial I will show you how!
If you want to follow along with this tutorial, you can find the audio file I used here:
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[@djraztah2462]

3 years later, this is the most understandable tutorial on hum and noise remover with high accuracy. Thank you sir!

[@SurfacedStudio]

No worries at all! Thank you for the comment :)

[@conorsmith7295]

I NEED videos on Adobe audition! Please make more!!!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Yours Truly I'm putting it on the list :)

[@potatoheadftw]

We definitely need more adobe audition videos!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+potatoheadftw I've put them on my request list :)

[@potatoheadftw]

+Surfaced Studio Can't wait!

[@valarieknight7990]

Best tutorial on noise removal. Helped me get rid of my fan "hum" which was driving me crazy!!! Thanks!!!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

Awesome! Glad to hear my tutorial helped :)

[@Chribit]

YES PLEASE! :D I really need Adobe Audition Tutorials. Would love to see some here :)

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Chribit It's now on my official request list :) Just not sure when I'll get around to it!

[@Chribit]

Surfaced Studio awesome! thanks :)

[@trapqueen7588]

+Surfaced Studio my AE projects dont have this.

[@SurfacedStudio]

Your AE projects don't have what?

[@PLAYIDO]

+Surfaced Studio Do it! you do the best tutorials!

[@amirkenan1]

That actually worked perfectly almost with little to no quality loss. You are legit.

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you! May not work in all instances, but if your noise is very clearly distinct from your foreground sound it'll work a treat!

[@DJPonchofy]

Thank you for the tutorial! I bought the Adobe Suite and didnt bother downloading Audition until I watched this tutorial. Thanks!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+eragon poncho There's tons of great tools in the Adobe Suite. I'm on Adobe CC myself and discovering more cool stuff each month!

[@kristophine4390]

Please make an absolute basics tutorial! Your absolute basics for Premiere has been so helpful!

[@SurfacedStudio]

It's been on my to-do list forever, just not sure when I might get around to it :)

[@boywithoutaparachute]

THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! I have been banging my head up against the wall with some bad audio from a short film I directed. Using Adaptive or Noise reduction just weren't cutting it. But this is a freakin miracle. THANKS Surfaced Studio!

[@SurfacedStudio]

You are very welcome, glad to hear it worked so well for you :)

[@BillZebubproductions]

Wow - I had not even considered the sound remover. I used noise reduction followed by noise gate. I will try this method. Thanks!

[@klaa22]

Hello Tobias. Yes. . I would really appreciate whatever beginners tutorials on Adobe Audition that you could make. Your teaching style is clear, informative and amusing, making it easy to watch and learn. Thanks.

[@SurfacedStudio]

+RichardR1950 Hi, thanks for the feedback. It's in my backlog, just not sure when I'll get around to it :)

[@mauriciopaiz745]

On Audition CC 2017, for electrical hum, noise reduction worked a lot better than the process on my video. Thanks.

[@vitafilmstudios]

youn are my best teacher for sound thanks man

[@SurfacedStudio]

Not sure how true that is, but I am sure happy to hear you enjoyed this tutorial :D

[@GymsportRo]

Thank you! Please, do more Audition tutorials. All your tutorials are GREAT!

[@SurfacedStudio]

It's one of the many things on my to do list :)

[@mayam6919]

I know this was made 3 years ago. But bro, you are awesome!You just saved me on an animation project for school! Thx a bunch!

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you for the awesome comment! Great to hear the video is still useful :D

[@KAGARAKIS]

the best tutorials as always.....well done tobias!!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+KAGARAKIS Thank you very much!

[@dylanrogersfilm]

Thanks! I love this tool. I would love to see a more in-depth tutorial on it, perhaps explaining the settings in more detail.

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you! I am not sure I am technical enough to really dig into it quite at that level. I do plan to make some other Audition tutorials though when I get a chance

[@dylanrogersfilm]

I look forward to anything you post regarding Audition. I'm having to mix my short film, (learning on the fly). I'm having trouble omitting unwanted Track Panning in the session that is exported from Premiere. The Panning that was applied to a track (as opposed to clip panning) seems tricky to get rid of.

[@vincentdragusseau]

Yes ! I need beginners' courses about Audition ! Thanks !!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Vincent Dragusseau It's on my to-do list :)

[@vincentdragusseau]

+Surfaced Studio Great ! :-)

[@iwayanbaguspurnamasidi7174]

Having some trouble in finding a tutorial that fits my need, I accidentally come across this video. And well I love this!! i certainly agree that you should do more videos on the settings! Great job!

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you very much for the feedback! Very happy to hear that you enjoyed the tutorial!

[@ApexGamerX]

MORE AUDITION PLEASE!!!! awesome video!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+ApexGamerX Thank you, more tutorials will come (sometime in the future)

[@Mikeyavelli]

This was really helpful, thanks. I decided to try audition, since I heard it is better than audacity. But it's another obstacle for me to overcome. But it wouldn't be fun if it was too easy

[@SurfacedStudio]

A challenge is always exciting as long as you can see the peak you're trying to reach. Thank you for the feedback :)

[@drxcreatures]

It's hardly better.

[@AspirationHD]

Thanks for the video Tobias! I have always used Noise Print & Noise Reduction. Now I'm going to give Sound Remover a try.

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Aspiration :) See how you go, I do really like it and use it a fair bit - though I prefer trying to avoid ending up with noise on my audio track to begin with haha

[@AspirationHD]

Surfaced Studio Haha good advice.

[@shivshakthiyoga8639]

simply superb. easiest procedure. thanks to adobe for providing such a wonderful technological advancing. Thank you so much for providing this technique.

[@SurfacedStudio]

You're very welcome :D

[@mousamrajput4037]

wow !!! how easily you teached this technique . yup !!! we need more adobe audition videos !!!! thanks for this and upcoming videos !!!!!!!

[@momaroun6689]

Thank you very much. This is the best tutorials ever

[@momaroun6689]

Sorry, but I don;t have sound remover in the effects option....

[@SurfacedStudio]

Do you have the other one, Noise Reduction?

[@tabishahmedd]

Thanks for This great audition tutorial and also your all tutorials are great and very easy to learn😃

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you for the feedback!

[@vjr7153]

First, I thank you very much for your videos. I love your channel, and really enjoy the way you guys teach, I truly appreciate it! You said you'd be willing to add beginner videos for Adobe Audition. It'd be such a huge help for those of us that are just starting out. Thanks so much!!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

Hi, glad to hear you're enjoying my tutorials :) I do have a beginner tutorial for Audition on my to-do list, just hard to tell when I'll finally get around to it. Things seem to be getting in the way

[@josephkinyoda]

Please make tutorial on sound.I do find your tutorials to be very informative and understandable.

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Tech Mod I've put it on my to-do list :) Just not sure when I'll get around to it

[@HamzaQayyum]

Beginner tutorials for Audition would be awesome =-)

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Hamza Qayyum I've put it on my to-do list :)

[@HamzaQayyum]

Surfaced Studio Thanks!

[@Tomyummmm]

Great tutorial as always!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Mervin Ling Thanks man :)

[@enderBenBen]

Yes! I need more beginners' tutorials of Audition

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Benniesefun ... testing :) It's on my to-do list

[@DipayanGhoshPalmistry]

I really thankful to you... Your this tutorial save my 10hours of work.... Thank you lot..

[@SurfacedStudio]

That's good to hear! Thank you for the comment :)

[@NakshatraRoy]

THE BEST TUTORIAL!!! THNX!!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Nakshatra Roy Thanks for watching!

[@TheSmokeoi]

Please do a beginner tutorial-- these are great!

[@SurfacedStudio]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it! A beginner tutorial has been on my to-do list for a (very) long time. Hope to get around to it someday :)

[@Camaner]

I'd love to get some Adobe Audition tutorials! :)

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Camaner Will put it on my long list :)

[@heidicounsell8571]

Absolutely fantastic! Thanks Tobi, this is brilliant, an easy solution that actually works and explained really well.

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you very much for the awesome comment :D

[@marauderpictures6815]

Another great one. I needed this. Thanks!!!!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Marauder Pictures Glad to hear, thank you!

[@IvanBeles]

Thank you. It was very nice and clear explained.

[@SurfacedStudio]

:D

[@Kiriot22]

I love your tutorials :3

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Kiriot22 Thank you :)

[@amineakdi9047]

youuu aarreee ttthhheee beessttt ... plzzz we need more tutorials about audition (y)

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Amine Akdi thanks man! More tutorials are on the to-do list

[@PublicidadesMatamoros]

the best tutorial on you on this program thank you

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you :)

[@TheArtofMore1]

Yes for more Audition!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+The Art of More Request received :)

[@Arcanumluminarium]

I would love more Adobe Audition Tutorials

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Arcanum Luminarium :) I've put it onto my request list

[@saintdoot]

What are you talking about? This IS magic!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+icantbeliveifly :D A little bit of magic at least

[@kientran424]

So many thanks you ! i think this is the best tutorial about reduce noise by Premiere Pro

[@SurfacedStudio]

This isn't using Premiere Pro... but thank you :D

[@kientran424]

+Surfaced Studio Audition :), sorry because i wrote that comment after read a Premeier Pro book

[@TheHydrae]

Great tutorial, thanks so much!

[@SurfacedStudio]

No worries!

[@Ken4yK]

I think audio for youtube creators (I think more there are more of them, then filmmakers anyway) is more important. Fact that content with bad video quality but good sound is slightly better then with bad sound and good vid. I hope I will get support with this comment)

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Миша Штуцберг Bad audio can ruin any video out there so it always pays to watch out to get a good sounding audio track in the end :)

[@wingwing4609]

all the video that I watching dude :-) only your video I learn a lot from the beginning . your so much awesome. !!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Wing Wing Thanks man! Glad you're enjoying my videos!

[@TheBalooStudio]

Hey Tobi! That was an awesome tutorial! I just got a project recently, where I had the same problems. But with your help, it's gone. Thank you again! :)

[@SurfacedStudio]

+TheBalooStudio Thanks for the feedback, that is great to hear!

[@waynewrz]

Great tutorial man. This worked great to save some video I shot this week!!! thanks.

[@SurfacedStudio]

No worries :)

[@waynewrz]

Liked it better than other denoiser, though later in the clip it did make me sound like I had a lisp (which was a tradeoff I thought worth it).

[@Dontcopit]

Awesome. Will try it on a couple of videos I made whilst on my warship during exercises. Radar is not so good on the audio on older camcorders, nor the video for that matter, so thanx heaps mate.

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Risk Rarius No worries :) Happy to hear it seems to have helped!

[@ibrahimloukili8494]

keep it coming with these Audition tutorials ;)

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Ibrahim Loukili There'll be more coming - sometime in the future :)

[@MaherRamadangz94]

Thank you Amazing explanation

[@SurfacedStudio]

You're welcome, glad you liked it!

[@anthonymcleanvideo]

Thank you! Very helpful!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Anthony McLean :) Not a problem

[@josecardenas7819]

Thank you saved my life.

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Jose Cardenas :)

[@darrylplants9454]

I appreciate everything you do.

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you very much for the feedback!

[@danvalor1]

Bloody brilliant!! Thank you.

[@SurfacedStudio]

No problem at all!

[@NakshatraRoy]

THNX For The AWESOME Tutorial!!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Nakshatra Roy No worries, thanks for watching!

[@hellomihai]

brilliant! removed a ton of peaks from my gopro footage!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Hello Mihai BAM! :) Glad to hear the video helped!

[@rochelledumandan8970]

you are so helfull man god bless you love from india

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you for the comment!

[@GLC20111]

Thank you so much!! really great videos and yes, more adobe audition videos would be great!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Green Daniel No worries. It's all in my backlog now, just not sure when it'll happen :)

[@GENWALREVIEW]

Thankyou so much bro! it worked! finally

[@MevaraMevlana]

thanks for your knowledge

[@SurfacedStudio]

You're welcome :D

[@pokeflinchhax9827]

Nice video, I hope you make more Adobe Audition tutorials soon.

[@SurfacedStudio]

+PokeFlinchHax Lots of cool tutorials to create (for all sorts of good tools). It's now officially on my radar

[@jangbaldeh2441]

Great Tutorial ...........

[@SurfacedStudio]

+jang baldeh Thank you

[@Raptorman0909]

Thanks, very helpful...

[@SurfacedStudio]

:D

[@romariorufino6719]

Your video is very helpful.. thank you so much

[@SurfacedStudio]

Glad you think so!

[@sharifsircar]

Great job on the video!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Sharif Sircar Thank you!

[@breackdancer]

Great Tutorial👍🏼 I use an older version of audition, cs6. Can you make a (beginners) tutorial on that?

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you for the comment :) Unfortunately I am on the latest version now as I'm subscribed to the Adobe Creative Cloud - and I won't be able to get access to the older versions any more

[@kirstenmorley3112]

Thank you so much for this!! this is exactly what i needed!! it helped so much!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

Great to hear, thank you for the comment!

[@SowaMovie]

Thanks man!!! This tutorial help me a lot!!!!!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

You're welcome! :D

[@Stefangasa]

All through, i found it out that the best effect you will have if you use both, noise reduction and sound remover. I realize that by looking at frequency display and comparing the images. It didnt have the least effect on the speech that i was recording. Thank me later.

[@kevinevans651]

GREAT Video... Thanks for sharing

[@SurfacedStudio]

No worries :)

[@emadeljoker4363]

nice work . keep it up . and another thing ..please can you make a toutrial about removing background music from songs

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Emad Eljoker Hi, there is no simple way to 'remove background music from songs'. Have a look into things like multi band compression, frequency analysis (and extraction) and other audio effects. It's not an easy process and depends on every single song and what you are trying to achieve

[@rajendarchauhan4013]

Thanks for the information

[@SurfacedStudio]

You’re welcome!

[@trickortrauma6149]

Yes please. Beginner tutorial would be nice

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Trickortrauma It's on my to-do list, just not sure when it'll happen :)

[@harshilshah812]

I would really be waiting for audition tutorial!! please start from the beginner's....!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Harshil Shah It's on my to-do list now. Just not sure when I'll get around to it :)

[@harshilshah812]

No problem at all, will be waiting!!

[@davemurray2631]

I think the AA tutorial it's a really good idea

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Dave Murray Will put it on my request list :)

[@JCTVFrance]

Cool ! My very first introduction to Abode Audition. Looks interesting to improve the audio quality !!! Thanks once more :-)

[@SurfacedStudio]

+JCTV France Glad you liked it Sebastien, thank you :) I do use Audition a fair bit, mainly for these sort of early clean ups. My final audio I usually do in Cubase as I have much more control over the final mix of all the different audio tracks. But I'm likely going to create a few more tuts for Audition as well :)

[@JCTVFrance]

sounds good :-)

[@T.A_Mnisi]

This video really helped...

[@SurfacedStudio]

That's great to hear, thank you :)

[@aleba163]

So Audition is good for sound editing, what about voice recording? Any software you could recommend? PS: I've been watching all your tutorials non-stop for the last couple of weeks. Definitely the best channel for adobe tutorials. Keep it up!

[@SavlaKaivanDeepak]

4000 viewer!!! Thanks for making!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Kaivan Savla Thank you!

[@indotherapy4535]

yup me too.. I want to learn more from you !!

[@SurfacedStudio]

:)

[@michajoosse4252]

Are you going to do a video about the new Adobe After Effects CC? There are many new things things to learn to us.

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Area Awesome Depends a bit on whether I have the time for it :) Haven't been too impressed with CC 2015 so far, been having lots of technical / bug issues

[@bestchannelmisocc]

thank you so much, you save my life! works perfectly!

[@SurfacedStudio]

That's great to hear!

[@johneygd]

Just incredible.

[@SurfacedStudio]

Might not work for all situations, but it's a nifty little feature - and I actually use it a lot to kill background noise :D

[@Vilhelm3989]

I´d love a beginner tutorial for Audition :)

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Vilhelm3989 I've put it onto my request list :)

[@GhulamNabiNeamati]

thanks man its really helped me

[@SurfacedStudio]

Great to hear, thank you :D

[@mskiara18]

I thank Surfaced Studio for creating the video, I hope that the program will assist me more than Audacity with a file that has a loud, buzzing noise.

[@SurfacedStudio]

Glad to hear you found the video helpful!

[@hands6292]

Thank u so much!!! This helped me a lot!!!

[@SurfacedStudio]

Great to hear, thank you for the comment!

[@alexogazzi]

THank you! That was great! More video on Adobe Audition please :)

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Alex Ogazzi Thank you! Will do more tutorials on Audition as well in the future :)

[@fakorte179]

Haha great intro. Just bursted in to laughters.

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Fa Korte :D

[@anastasiaoh3477]

Super helpful, thanx!

[@SurfacedStudio]

Great to hear!

[@hernandezurbina]

Please do the AAu beginners tutorial! :D Cheers!

[@Vilhelm3989]

Hi Tobias, I'd like to have a tutorial for the basics of the time freeze effect, with adding in 3d objects, is that something you could look into, and maybe make a tutorial on? :)

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Vilhelm3989 It's one of those requests on my list in the backlog. There's quite a few tutorials for that out there already, I think final cut king (or vfxbro) has one on their channel that is worth checking out :)

[@Vilhelm3989]

Surfaced Studio okey, thanx. I'll have a look at that :)

[@zapantalambda]

0:32 that face you made is very relatable. :) i like the quality of your audio. how come it doesnt sound boxed? your audio covered a big space. what setting did you tweak? Thanks for the tutorial video btw. very helpful for beginners like me. :)

[@ethanbelton9522]

Thanks for the video! That was a very helpful video on Adobe Audition. I am considering purchasing this software so would you please make a beginners video so I can learn the basics. Thank you Surfaced Studio.

[@SurfacedStudio]

+Azotus Software Hi, glad you enjoyed the video. I've put it on my request list, just never sure when I'll get around to it :)

[@ethanbelton9522]

Thank you for considering my request. :)

[@melbigelow1200]

My older version of CS6 doesn't have this, is there anything close to it on CS6? Great video!

[@erikdimitrov8140]

I also want more tutorials about adobe audition!

[@SurfacedStudio]

+erik dimitrov It's on my to-do list, just not sure when I'll get around to it :)

[@DungVan-dr6ud]

I'm really interested in the way you introduce your channel Surfaced Studio from 1:01 to 1:07. Could you show me how to create an introduction like that. Thanks you very much.

[@SurfacedStudio]

Thank you :) I actually just created a bunch of paint splat layers in Photoshop and then hand animated them in After Effects to come in like that. Added a bit of Twitch (plugin) to it for the noise and the text is done with the Disintegration effects from Video Copilot (they have a tutorial up on their site) :)