Remove background noise

1. 1Choose the recording or video.
2. 2Pick how much noise to remove, and whether to make the voice clearer and the loudness even.
3. 3Press "Hear 10 seconds first" and switch between Before and After. When it sounds right, press "Clean up sound".

It learns the steady sound under the voice and turns it down: fans, air conditioning, computer hum, traffic rumble, the hiss of a cheap microphone. That is the noise in most home and office recordings.

It can't take out other people talking, music, a dog barking or a door: those change all the time and sound too much like the voice you want to keep. Strong removal on a very noisy file can make a voice sound thin or watery; Light is the safer start.

• Clearer voice: cuts low rumble, gently evens out loud and soft words, and adds a little presence so speech is easier to follow.
• Even loudness: sets the whole file to −16 LUFS, the level of most podcasts, with no clipping.