Adobe Audition -- Removing generic noises that run through entire clips

[@whatwerewetalkingabout5980]

If anyone is just looking for the Noise Reduction part of this, it begins at 6:29

[@FilmRikProductions]

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[@jacobwatson5512]

Thank you, you are a god

[@jjwhittle8873]

So much waffle. I can't stand these kind of videos. Why not start showing us pictures of your kids as well?

[@jeremysouthard]

The hero we need!

[@LindorPlays]

I shot an interview in a medical room where big equipment fans couldn't be turned off. This video was a huge help, and the clip sounds much better! Thank you :D

[@realstonekicker4371]

It is always a pleasure to watch/listen to the real pros who understand the art of communicating technical information. Thanks for the quality videos.

[@sushinami48]

Nice!! I use Adobe Audition for five years and I didn't know it would be so easy to mute the sound from the room! That simplifies my life a lot, as I produce lots of music and I don't have a studio. Thank's a lot!!

[@Synmotion]

This video is so much more than what its title suggests..very helpful..

[@BUMCSM]

thanks a lot, have always used soundbooth- didn't even realize CS5.5 didn't have soundbooth until i tried to clean up some audio in a premiere project. Very helpful vid and the audio i cleaned up seemed to have much better results than I have ever gotten from soundbooth.

[@AlanFlores]

This is exactly what I was looking for. I was able to remove most of the noise from the audio track I recorded during a wedding I captured earlier. Thanks for the video Jeff :)

[@xGomeztheWolfx]

Very nice tutorial! I've used Audition only a few times, but I decided to do a scary story reading for fun. This helped me out tremendously.

[@JeffSengstack]

You can remove the dialogue if it's centered in the clip. To do that use the Center Channel Extractor effect. If the voices are spread out, using that effect becomes impractical.

[@harisberbic9671]

This must be my lucky day, again infinite thanks Master Jeff!

[@terrywall4591]

Thanks a bunch, Jeff! I'm not surprised by your reply as I thought the waterfall rushing sound covered a pretty wide frequency range. I do subscribe to CC, so I'll check out that Sound Remover effect. I'm also having to contend with a helicopter flying overhead, as the wedding was close to Camp Pendleton, but alas, there's only so much that can be done if it's an outdoor wedding! Thanks again!

[@PhillipSiddiq]

I was looking for a DVD tutorial on Audition. Watching your video really pushed me to purchase one. And low and behold......it's your DVD! Looking forward to learning from it.

[@bradfrankshaw]

Excellent tutorial - I've never used Audition before, but I had a serious background hiss/mic hiss issue in my Premiere Pro file - by the end of this tutorial it was solved! thanks!!

[@JeffSengstack]

+Frank Bradshaw Good to know. You're welcome.

[@JeffSengstack]

I would first try to remove the BG noise a little at at time. Apply the effect several times at light settings. That might reduce the resulting tinniness. To make voices richer -- use an EQ effect to add some bass and mid-tones. Or overdub. Mix two or three versions of the same clip with miniscule offsets in time. Finally, if the BG sound is distinct -- like a hum -- the upcoming version of Audition has a new Sound Remover effect that does wonders with dynamic, foreground sound.

[@ckarczewski]

THANK YOU SOO MUCH FOR YOUR HELP! I go to Columbia College Chicago. They teach Pro Tools but I am switching to Adobe because of your videos. Thanks again I wish you were my teacher.

[@JeffSengstack]

Noise Reduction is a "process" effect, meaning it can be applied only directly to a clip. It can not be used in the Effects rack or in a Multitrack session.

[@JeffSengstack]

Hi Terry. Unfortunately, falling water is a lot like "white" noise in that it includes a full range of frequencies. So removing waterfall noise will likely remove a lot of other audio as well. Your best bet is to use Audition's Noise Reduction effect and capture a noise print of the waterfall when no one is speaking. You'll need to do this as a separate process for each audio source. If you have Audition CC, its new Sound Remover effect might work better.

[@RaymondPetersonTheMoreIvreet]

Thanks. The spectral waveform was something that I avoided. I see it is a helpful tool for good audio.

[@dedskin1]

that's a pretty clear audio to start with

[@pshyclaticvibrationn]

i am from country nepal its very nice to hear you.... you explain very nicely and thank you alots sir thanks alts.

[@teluproductions]

You are amazing and thank you so much for sharing your knowledge of Audition....

[@JeffSengstack]

Wow! You are most welcome.

[@dkmanley54]

Hi Jeff. Used Audition CS6 for the 1st time, helping my son on his school project. You are correct when you exclaimed "Amazing" for removing a background noise throughout an entire clip. The problem the voices are so intermingled with the BG noise that when noise was removed the voices are very watery/tinny as you describe. Is there a tool/process for adding richness back to the voices after the noise removal? Thanks for great tuts, looking forward to watching more. Dave Manley

[@HillaryMeister]

Thank you! This helped me tremendously! Now... I've removed the a/c noise, but the voice is a bit echoey. I'll go look for a tutorial on how to fix that.

[@JeffSengstack]

You're welcome. Good luck with your quest to fix an echoey voice. I don't know of an effect or technique to remove echo. If the voice became echoey as a result of removing the A/C noise, perhaps remove less noise.

Awesome tut! :) I knew it is done this way, but didn't knew how to do it :D

[@adilbasha]

great tutorial. one of the best i've seen! thanks a lot.

[@armallya]

This is excellent, do you have hands on training at Santa Rosa College for part time and evening lecture? is this Santa Rosa California? ·

[@CebuLightsandMusic]

hands down! thanks for your effort! Great video! it helped me improve my videos. thanks

[@jaymovez]

Wow, SO SIMPLE but so effective. Thank you so much I was looking for exactly this to reduce noise!

[@Nathjrb]

Thanks for the tutorial. Maybe I'm being very picky. I don't have a hum as such, more like a very faint hiss from the radio mics. I've removed it best I can but it does seem to distort the voices slightly.... but it's barely noticeable to be honest.

[@HeatherBridge]

Thanks Jeff! I'm a newbie with audition so this helped!

[@JeffSengstack]

You're welcome.

[@JeffSengstack]

Your results using the Center Channel Extractor are not uncommon. As for selecting all the parts of the same color...that can be done, but I don't know that it will work. You can use a selection tool to select a brightly colored region, and then copy/paste that selection to a clip. But colors don't represent voices or specific sounds, they represent volume levels within a frequency range. The louder the sound the brighter the color. Selecting a color, leaves out a whole lot of frequencies.

[@chriswhitten7225]

Great tutorial! You are an excellent teacher :)

[@dkmanley54]

good advice I'll try those. The noise is more of a hiss, an old computer because the kids filmed using a Galaxy S3 but with the screen reversed picking up noise behind the camera ;) Kids.

[@TTPotterUltraPower]

What about removing the main dialogue and just keeping the Background Music (both voice and music in a single track) I have used the spectral editor and I know that the whole thing is the yellow parts. The thing is, there isn't much uniformity in the track, there are small yellow bits all over it, and I need that all so I can keep the sad, dark tone. What do I do?

[@terrywall4591]

Hi, Jeff! Wonder if you could offer a suggestion on how I might remove--or at least minimize--the sound of a waterfall in the background of the spoken word? I was shooting a wedding for a friend and the venue had a waterfall running while the ceremony was in progress. I had 3 audio sources and they all had the waterfall noise in them...BUMMER! I was watching this video but the noises in your example weren't as disruptive as the waterfall sound. What might you recommend? Thanks a bunch!

[@WtbgoldBlogspot]

Do you recommend doing noise removal before or after EQ and loudness?

[@JeffSengstack]

After. Do all editing that will change volume levels first. Then do noise reduction. That way, you avoid amplifying any noise artifacts that you might not have noticed before you changed levels.

[@deniseyahrling3689]

Very, very good tutorial! Thanks a lot!! Saved my audio :)

[@JeffSengstack]

+Denise Yahrling Good to know. You're welcome.

[@gurleenkohli1]

Hi Jeff, Really nice tutorial. I just need to know how can I remove one of the sounds from an audio song ( like an generic noise from background but with lots of other audio musical sounds. Please suggest!!

[@JeffSengstack]

+Gurleen Kohli If you go to the following playlist you'll see two tutorials on noise removal in Audition: kzbin.info/www/bejne/npfTZq2bZb2Hi9E

[@dkmanley54]

i can't figure out how to bring a saved Noise reduction (process) filter I saved into the Effects rack.

[@moreapropos]

This is very helpful and you are 100% correct about that watery metallic sound (that's a perfect description btw). I seem to encounter that side effect often, but how do you get rid of it. In some cases, that sound is worse than the noise, so it sort of makes the whole attempt futile. Sometimes I have been able to decrease by not applying the NR effect so aggressively, but then sometimes there is a trace of noise left. I guess it is not a 100% solution?

[@JeffSengstack]

Your conclusion is correct. Depending on the noise, the noise print used in the Noise Reduction effect can have a wide range and complex set of frequencies. When working with that type of noise, the Noise Reduction effect will have a much harder time making quality sound. In those cases, it comes down to adjusting the amount of noise you want to remove (percent and dB) relative to your perception of the sound quality.

[@TTPotterUltraPower]

Oh I already tried that, it just gives me muffled noises and faint but audible versions of the dialogue which sounds robotic. The dialogue is not centered. What can I do to select all the parts of the same color in the spectral editor? That's the only way...

[@felipecuyumjian]

Hi! Very well explained! How do I copy or apply the noise reduction I`ve just made to other pieces of the same speech? (considering I have imported a project from Premiere with cuts in it) Do I have to apply the reduction to each piece of audio?

[@JeffSengstack]

Once you create a noise print, it remains the current print until you make another one. So, you can open a clip, capture a noise print, use it with Noise Reduction, then simply apply Noise Reduction to each clip, one at a time, without making a new noise print. Or you can import the original full audio clip used in P Pro, do noise reduction on it, save it under a new name, and replace that clip in P Pro. To replace a clip, right-click that clip in the Project Panel and choose Replace Footage.

[@felipecuyumjian]

Wow. Ok, got it. Thank you so much!

[@JeffSengstack]

You're welcome.

[@GreenTribeOfficial]

Thanks for sharing your experience.

[@CorbinChancellorTV]

If you are having trouble capturing a Noise make sure at the top left you're in waveform

[@TTPotterUltraPower]

Ok, but I don't understand what you mean by copy and paste 'into" the clip. Can you elaborate?

[@digantshah4753]

Great tutorial. Thank you for sharing.

[@caleb121693]

If I applied this effect, saved it and closed audition. Then I decided to change my mind and re-edit the clip how can I do that? There's no way for me to reset it

[@JeffSengstack]

You are correct. The process of editing audio clips (as opposed to applying effects in a multitrack session) is "destructive." If you apply one or more edits to a clip and then save that clip using the clip's original file name, you will have changed the original clip. And you can't un-do those edits. So...when editing a clip, use Save As and give that clip a new name like "original-clip-edited.wav."

[@jasonargall]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks.

[@KhakiPance]

can you do this with a snare drum from song?

[@JeffSengstack]

Probably, but a snare drum is not a generic, background sound like those I cover in this video. It's a dynamic foreground sound. In that case, your best bet is to use the Sound Remover effect (Adobe added it to Audition CC, which was released after I did this video). Select a few samples of the snare drum using the Paintbrush Selection Tool (hold down the Shift key to get more than one selection) and choose Effects > Noise Reduction > Learn Sound Model. Use the Time Selection Tool to highlight the portion of the clip you want to fix and then choose Effects > Noise Reduction > Sound Remover. To figure out what the various settings do, click the "i" information button in the upper right corner of the effect dialog box to open your browser to the Help file section on this effect.

[@dhawaljoshi1]

Thanks Jeff. Very helpful.

[@CranmanPhotoCinema]

What about EQing it after noise reduction?

[@JeffSengstack]

Using an Equalizer effect toward the tail end of the workflow is frequently a good idea. I didn't cover it here because the focus was on removing noises.

[@MultiXnet]

Best mode is> turn on EQ 30. and pull down every one after each other. one will work 100%

[@CranmanPhotoCinema]

I have a project where once I do this, my vocals get incredibly tinny. How do I fix that?

[@JeffSengstack]

That is the downside to some noise reduction/removal. If the noise is too close in pitch to the sound you want to retain, heavy reduction can lead to that tinny sound. To remedy that, you can try a couple approaches. The easiest but less desirable method is to simply do less intense noise reduction. Or, working in the spectral frequency view, you can use selection tools to highlight a frequency range that is above the pitch for your voice and use stronger noise reduction on that. And then select the range that includes your vocals and do less intense reduction on that.

[@CranmanPhotoCinema]

Jeff Sengstack What about EQing it after noise reduction, to bring life back to it?

[@honey1761990]

Thanks! Awesome tutorial! :)

[@lauraosborne7326]

So helpful! Thank you :)

[@ivanius5255]

Golden radio voice has a brother?

[@JeffSengstack]

You can copy a selection from one clip and paste it into another clip or into the current clip. Or you can make a selection and copy it to a new clip. For more information on that go to the link I put in the description (KZbin does not permit links in comments).

[@yicrhymeproduction]

hey thank you for your tutorial its work... thank you and god bless

[@evensstlouis8207]

Thank you for your great tutorial, after removing the wind noise in the background I end up having a robot voice.

[@JeffSengstack]

That is a common result. The more noise you remove the more robotic (metallic) the vocals. The only suggestion I can make is to adjust the two sliders in the Noise Reduction effect as you listen to the results, trying to find the best middle ground.

[@Starbuckin]

Thanks alot! You've just made a sub!

[@JezLerman]

Didn't work so well for me - still getting warbling/burbling/tinny/echo sound on voice over. Thanks anyway.

[@lagnomaxim]

Very helpful. Thanx!

[@MrAnomylous]

Good tutorial.. Thanks.

[@JeffSengstack]

+Robert Cunningham Thanks Robert.

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Thanks

[@thatnetworkdude]

Thank you!

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ty very much good video

[@RiZiNGxENIgMa]

Wow thank you so much!

[@JeffSengstack]

You're welcome.

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Amazing

[@JeffSengstack]

Thanks.

[@JeffSengstack]

Funny story. Thanks for letting me know.

[@Lz1Movies]

thank you!!

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You sound like Billy Bob Thorton

[@JeffSengstack]

That's a new one. Other folks say I sound like Jeff Goldblum. In any event, I am neither.

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you spoke too fast, there are people who take English as second language, really hard to follow you.

[@anoshk6587]

Thank you!