Audio Noise Reduction in Soundtrack Pro

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Sam McGuire

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A "how to guide" for removing audio noise in Final Cut and Soundtrack Pro. In this video tutorial Sam McGuire demonstrates how to use many of the noise reduction tools found in FCP and Soundtrack.

This tutorial is also available as a podcast.

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Re: Audio Noise Reduction in Soundtrack Pro
by Nathan Walters

Great tutorial! I hate cleaning up audio, but this made it a bit more clear to me. Thanks a ton!

Re: Audio Noise Reduction in Soundtrack Pro
by Scott Lloyd Shelly

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Re: Audio Noise Reduction in Soundtrack Pro
by Jayasri Hart

Thanks, Sam. Here's the link to the .aiff upload:

1060_cellphoneinterference12.aif.zip

I can send an .omf if this doesn't work. Pat DeFilippo asked the same question and used the Compressor/Limiter Audio Filter to take the edge off, but her audio may not have been as generally noisy as mine. She would also be interested in what you find.

Looking forward.

Jayasri Hart
HARTFILMS
Los Angeles, USA

Re: Audio Noise Reduction in Soundtrack Pro
by Sam McGuire

That is a difficult issue these days with cell phones being so prevalent. If you have a specific audio sample I would be glad to create a tutorial showing you the best options... which are limited.

Re: Audio Noise Reduction in Soundtrack Pro
by Jayasri Hart

Thank you, Sam. This is exactly what I was looking for. One "noise" that I am having trouble with is the cellphone signal reception noise that lives in the same bandwidth as the female voice. Any tips on that?

Jayasri Hart
HARTFILMS
Los Angeles, USA

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