I'd like to find out decent way to remove all the mouth clicks with batch converting. I usually just draw all the peaks with PT pencil tool, but in this case it could take ages to do that. I'm aware of various noise and crackle removal plugins, but I was wondering if any of you have used such for speech. While post production can work miracles in removing mouth noises from recordings, it’s certainly better to eliminate or reduce the snap, crackle, pops, and bubbles from the source. General suggestions for on the spot fixes are as simple as chewing on sugar-free gum (not while recording!) or drinking plenty of room temperature water to help. Sep 01, 2010 Do everything you can to reduce the noise before you record. It's possible to easily reduce it so much, that you won't need to removal the noise afterward. There are probably some of these steps you can implement to get better recordings. If you still need to edit things after you recorded, here's how to remove noise with Audacity.
Using an audio editor, you can REALLY improve your voice over recordings. This article and video shows you how to get rid of saliva noises when recording voice overs. Of course it works for any kind for any kind of vocal recording where your mouth is close to the microphone.
These saliva 'clicks' - along with 'p-pops,' (for how to remove those, see our article How to Fix a 'P-Pop' in Your Audio With Sound Editing Software) are probably the two most common problems we experience when recording vocals.
Just this past week, I was helping a voice-over actor to improve the quality of her recordings. She had just been turned down for a job because, according to the client, there were too many saliva noises in her audio. When I listened to one of her recordings, I knew exactly what the client was hearing.
I struggle with this on my own recordings, so I have experience doing everything I can to prevent that spit noise. But usually I cannot prevent it all, so some saliva noises get recorded.
So If You Can't Prevent The Noises?
Once the noises are already in the recording, the only choice (other than trying to record again...and again) is to use audio editing tools to remove the offending saliva noises. My editing tool of choice for this is equalization (or 'EQ' for short). To brush up on what EQ is, see our article What is Equalization, Usually Called EQ?
It is almost always best to prevent a problem rather than have to fix it later. So here are some things you can do to keep those spit sounds out of your recordings in the first place:
Fixing The Saliva Noises After The Fact
You’ll see in the video below how to do this using a graphic EQ setting in Audacity’s equalization tool.
Remove Noise From Audacity
As promised, here is a video showing you how to do all of this:
There you have it! Another way to clean up your audio pretty easily, as long as you have a good idea what to do, which is what Home Brew Audio is here to do for you:).
This process CAN take awhile though, especially if you have a long recording, such as when doing a podcast or audiobook. There is a great tool out there for taking care of mouth click sounds MUCH faster. It is not free though, like the above solution. But it might well be worth the investment. That tool is actually a set of tools called iZotope RX.
There are several great tools in RX for editing vocals. But the one I use most - when I'm not just using EQ as above - is the Mouth De-Click module (only available in RX Standard or Advanced, not in RX Elements). It is capable of removing saliva noises from an entire section of audio without affecting everything else (as long as you have the right settings). That REALLY speeds things up.
CLICK HERE to find out more about iZotope RX and/or to purchase it.
Audacity Noise Removal Settings
Now go forth and produce better audio!
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When your interview contains an annoying bit of sound (such as a cough or a “click”), what can you do? With Audacity, it is possible to simply remove that snippet of sound.
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