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Laying down some vocals?
Starting your own podcast?
Here’s how to remove noise from a messy audio track in Audacity quickly and easily.
This is the second part in our series covering how to edit audio and create music using your PC.
It’s just like selecting anything else, really.
Next, go to Effect > Noise Removal.
Now, choose the portion of the track you want to remove noise from.
For me, it was everything, so I hit CTRL+A to select all.
Again, go to Effect > Noise Removal.
By moving the slider for noise reduction, you’re telling Audacity how much to filter out.
Higher values will be more aggressive removal, while lower values will be more subtle.
you could leave the other two sliders alone, and hit OK when you’re done.
If you reduce by too much, the track will noticeably sound a little off.
It’s best to be more subtle, that way the audio still sounds natural.
Here’s what it looks like before and after the effect is processed:
Enjoy your noise-free audio.
