How to Remove Background Noise from Voice Recordings Pt.1 clean up dialog recording how to remove background noise

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Persistent background noise in our voice recordings may not be as noticeable as something like stabbing sibilance or clipped audio that was recorded with levels too high.

However, it can still easily be heard behind our dialogue recordings, robbing them from...

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Remove Mouth Noises in Voice Over or Podcast Audio Pt.5 clean up dialog recording how to listen critically how to remove mouth noises

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We learned how to zoom in and get rid of stubborn, remaining mouth clicks in voice recordings in the previous post.

With the mouth clicks gone from bad spots, we've cleaned things up nicely, but we're not done yet...

Like the left over mouth clicks remaining after our gentle pass through the...

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Remove Mouth Noises in Voice Over or Podcast Audio Pt.4 clean up dialog recording how to remove mouth noises

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In the preceding post, we learned important concepts connected to removing mouth noises, but also related to any type of correcting in iZotope RX.

Along with those concepts in part 3, we learned how to remove mouth noises from an entire recording in part 2 using a gentle, overall pass.

But...

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Remove Mouth Noises in Voice Over or Podcast Audio Pt.3 clean up dialog recording how to listen critically how to remove mouth noises

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In the previous post, we learned how to use the mouth de-click module in iZotope RX to remove mouth sounds from an entire podcast, sermon or voice-over for video.

We talked about doing this by setting up and using a gentle pass with mouth de-click in Part 2. This setting allowed us to...

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Remove Mouth Noises in Voice Over or Podcast Audio Pt.2 clean up dialog recording how to listen critically how to remove mouth noises

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We learned how to recognize different types of mouth noises in our dialogue recordings in the previous post.

We talked about using both our ears and eyes to spot them in Part 1.

That's because first being able to recognize the pesky, sticky sounding clicks is key in allowing us to get rid...

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Remove Mouth Noises in Voice Over or Podcast Audio Pt.1 clean up dialog recording how to listen critically how to remove mouth noises

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Mouth clicks - those pesky watery sounding pops heard during or after a spoken phrase in our voice recordings...

They might also be called mouth pops or smacks and this problem often plagues our voice-over, podcast or sermon audio.

Unfortunately, mouth clicks...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Mastering Step 9 eq dialog start to finish how to listen critically

We've made it to the end of the mastering phase for your podcast, sermon or voice recording for video - the process of finalizing audio before it's released to your listeners.

We already learned how to use EQ to correct any remaining problem spots at the beginning of our mastering...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Mastering Step 8 eq dialog start to finish how to de-ess how to listen critically

So, you've worked through the recording process and editing of your voice recording.

Maybe it's sermon audio from the past week or your podcast.

It's starting to sound really good after you've cleaned things up in the editing phase by dealing with background noise, stopping sibilance and ...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Editing Step 7 eq dialog start to finish how to listen critically

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We've made it to the end of the editing phase learning to use EQ to remove resonances and soothe sibilance.

Now, we'll learn how to get your podcast recording's sound one step closer to a professional sounding voice recording.

So, how do we use an EQ to do broad...

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How to EQ Your Dialogue from Start to Finish: Editing Step 6 eq dialog start to finish how to de-ess

A man using an audio editor, headphones and a microphone.

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Sibilance, those harsh, ear-splitting "S" and "T" sounds in words, is almost always a problem in our dialogue recordings.

It creates a huge barrier to a professional sounding voice recording if our listeners are having to fight through a constant...

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