Removing Saliva Noise From Voice Recordings
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
- Here is how to quickly remove saliva noises from your vocal recordings using EQ (equalization) to edit them out. This is an excerpt from our home recording course, The Newbies Guide To Audio Recording Awesomeness 1: The Free Recording Studio - www.homebrewau... Sometimes when recording voice-overs or singing, you can end up with "clicking" sounds from the saliva in your mouth. This video shows you how remove those sounds with a free audio recording and editing program called "Audacity."
Of course this can be done in pretty much any audio editing software. The BEST way to produce a saliva-free recording is to prevent those noises from being recorded in the first place. And this video gives you some tips on that. But if (for me it's more like "when") they do get recorded, now you have a fast, easy and free way to get rid of them.
However, this method is slow. If you have a long file, like a podcast or audiobook, you'll want a tool that will allow you to apply the effect to large sections of audio at a time. You can't do this with the free method in the video because it would eliminate the high frequencies in all the non-clicky audio. Luckily there is a much faster and easier way to do it in larger chunks of audio. And that is is use the Mouth De-Click tool in iZotope RX Standard - homerecording....
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You just saved me so much work. After years of watching videos suggesting I eat apples, finally someone with a REAL audio fix. Many thanks.
That's awesome. I'm so glad it was helpful. If it is ever in our budget, I recommend also experimenting with RX by iZotope, which has a took designed for this. But I've never had it work for more than maybe 25% of my personal mouth clicks. I've read that others have used the Click/Pop eliminator in Adobe Audition. But again, I've never had good luck with it.
A good preventative measure I've found is to drink water, then wait 30 seconds to 1 minute to record. The waiting after drinking is key for me.
Yes. I always have a glass of water next to me when recording. But it doesn't always work for me to prevent the clicks. But good recommendation. It does help.
I'll have to try this because this is a huge problem for me. I really hate the way it makes my audio sounds.
This is SO helpful! Really love the way you not only talk about the specific problem, but also go the extra mile to explain things like keyboard shortcuts that will make the process more efficient. Thanks so much!
You're welcome! So glad you found it helpful:).
3 years later and this is still a life saver. Thank you so much. Everyday is a bad mouth noise day for me.
Awesome! So glad it is helping you. If/when you have it in your budget, I recomend trying out iZotope's RX7 Standard. It has a click eliminator that saves a huge amount of time. It took me awhile to find the right settings (used one of their own tutorial videos to do that), but once I did, I was able to get rid of these mouth clicks in much larger blocks. You can highlight entire sentences or paragraphs and get rid of all the clicks in there with one click (sorry :-P) of a button. But it's always great to have this as a fallback. You'll always be able to do it.
@@HomebrewAudioRecording Thank you so much! Idk what is going on with my face but it seems to be a thin line between too much saliva and not enough and I can never find the happy medium for more than a minute or 2.
@@PROJECT486 Good plan. Make sure you watch the video tutorial on how to use the mouth declick tool here - ruclips.net/video/_pADGMN7sPQ/видео.html
and me..... seems to be getting worse....
I realize this is a few years old, but you saved me some gray hairs.
Awesome! I'll add that to the mission - "saving you gray hairs!"
Its one thing to do repairs manually, but this is a quick fix for the stubborn ones that are difficult to precision locate.
Wow! What I admire about you @Home Brew Audio are your speedy replies in the comment section. Thats one reliable RUclipsr right there.
Thanks Muhammed!
I know no one will probably read this, but thank you. I have a lot of trouble with mouth clicks, my mouth just seems prone to it no matter what I do. This video saved my audio from being super gross sounding.
So glad it helped! It takes a long time though. So if you have to do it often for longer recordings, and yo happen to have the budget for it, I recommend looking into an editor called iZotope's RX Standard. It has a mouth de-clicker that can remove all the clicks (or most of them) from a longer recording at once. so you wouldn't have to find each one and do the above.
Thank you for the advice! I don't have any budget though, haha. I just make little videos for friendly mostly. But if I ever do get super into video editing, I'll remember your recommendation!
Extremely useful! My podcasts all full of saliva I need to start eliminating them!
So glad it helped! Also, I've had good luck lately using iZotope's RX Standard "De-Click" tool for really speeding this process up - doing whole passages in one pass. If it's in your budget, it might be worth checking out.
I can't tell you how many times I have used this filter. THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Awesome! You're welcome. So glad it helped 😃.
Most useful video I have ever seen on this entire app. Idk how to thank you enough
Wow, that's great! You're welcome. Thanks for the kind words.
Holy shit mate I've been going insane these last few days over my hecking tongue and how it clicks when I change vowels - I've tried everything but it happens 80 % of the takes and that is no way to live a life!
I tried your eq approach and it's amazingly effective I can't believe my luck.
Thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you thank you !!!!!!
You are correct. If 80% of your recording sounds like this, you'll need to do it differently if you don't want to spend hours editing every time. Try preventing them first (you won't eliminate all, but maybe most) by drinking water and maybe tea. I've also tried sour apples and lemon juices (not at the same time - either/or). I even tried brushing my teeth and using Colgate mouthwash. They have all helped to some degree. You can experiment with different foods to eat before recording as well. Also, check out the "de-clicking" effects in editors. Audacity has a VST for this, though I haven't had much luck with it. But RX (Izotope) works pretty well for large sections. The trouble is that it is fairly expensive. So you'll have to decide what is more costly - spending hours de-clicking your audio, or springing for the couple hundred that RX costs. Best of luck either way!
If I make sure to hydrate, I think I'm averaging maybe 2-3 clicks/pops per 30 seconds of recording, and I can bear that, for now at least. The 80 % figure was meant to mean something like 4 out of 5 takes feature at least one click or pop. :P
I've tried the built-in de-clicker in Audacity too but I like your EQ approach much better.
Thanks again!!
@@joelwallenius2877 Aha! Well, that is about what I average as well. Pretty normal for most folks. I sprang for RX and it has helped a lot. If you get their RX Elements during one of their many sales, you can then get RX Standard as an upgrade during one of their next sales where upgrades are discounted. So you can save some money that way.
@@HomebrewAudioRecording I have more time than money so I'll make do without RX - but if that ever changes, I'll know where to start :-]
Big thanks again!
@@joelwallenius2877 Yup. That's exactly where I try to help - where people have more time than money, which is many of us!
Thanks! I will definitely save this video to my tutorials play list!
You're welcome! Glad you liked it.
It's easier to find the clicks if you use Spectrogram view. You can zero right in on each individual one - and even use spectrogram repair to take care of the click. I'm going to try this fix though and see if it's easier than painstakingly selecting each single click.
Thanks for that idea. Yes, that certainly is one way to do it. I think in either case, you'll have to still painstakingly select each click - at least the worst ones. If you eliminate the frequency those clicks live in across the board, you'll remove too much of the high and mid-high frequencies from the audio that doesn't have the clicks, but where those frequencies are needed. So surgical is the way to go for this, I've found.
Have you tried that Audacity plugin called De-Clicker? I found it the other day while looking for ways to get those dang clicks out of my recordings, and that plugin works amazingly well.
I have started using and recommending iZotope RX Standard for their Mouth De-Clicker. Which plugin are you referring to?
@@HomebrewAudioRecording This one: forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=245549#p245549
it worked perfectly. thanks!!
Awesome! So glad it worked for you!
Thank you for this! It really is helping!
You're welcome!
unfortunately the latest build seems to have hidden this preset
The preset for "saliva click" does not exist in Audacity out of the box. You have to create it. But it does work a bit different from in the above video. Newer versions of Audacity have the button that says "Manage" on the bottom left of the Graphic EQ screen. Start by moving the sliders to where you want, then go to Manage, Save Preset, and type "saliva click" (or whatever) into the blank window.
@@HomebrewAudioRecording cool thanks. I made my own preset based on the specs you gave. Normally I only have a couple clicks. This time, dry-mouth from the air in the room even 3 bottles of water didn't help :p
@@XDeminox Accusonus JUST came out with a Mouth De-Clicker tool for their ERA bundle of plugins (which I love). That allows you to take care of mouth clicks in a larger area. the method I described above is fine for short audio files. But it would be ridiculous to try to do that for, say, an audio book. If you want to find out more about the new Mouth De-Clicker, check the ERA bundle out here: www.clkmg.com/HBAudio/accusonus-bundle
This is great! Though, when I tried it, it made my voice sound muffled overall. I lost clarity. What settings would you recommend for female voices?
Oh yes it will if you have much (if any) of the audio around the click selected/highlighted when you apply the EQ. You have to zoom WAAAYYY in and select/highlight JUST the click and THEN apply the EQ. Otherwise, yes. It will muffle the sound of the good audio.
@@HomebrewAudioRecording Oh gotcha! I thought this was an overall quick fix. Was hoping it would be less work than manually removing each click in Adobe Audition with the heal tool. Well, anyway, always great to learn another way of doing this! :)
@@QueenofHearts227 I've heard others say they had good luck with the Click/Pop Remover tool in Adobe Audition. I have not had such luck there though. iZotope RX has a click tool that helps SOME. But it does not get rid of them all. At least I haven't found a way to do that yet. And RX is quite expensive. So this is the only way to do it for the clicks that get recorded. The best thing is to prevent them if possible! Drinking water can help some. I've even tried brushing my teeth and using mint mouthwash, which was helped sometimes. If I ever discover a way to do it quickly in one pass like you mention, I'll make millions :-P. but I'll sure let everyone know!
@@HomebrewAudioRecording Yeah, the Click/pop Remover is pretty good, though it tends to distort my audio in certain places. So, it's just not reliable. If only Noise Reduction would allow for very short selections--that would make the most sense in terms of removing the majority of clicks throughout a whole track. And haha, yes--get to work on discovering that one-pass de-clicker! $$$ ;)
There's a De-Clicker plugin for Audacity that works pretty well in my experience. If you search online for audacity de-clicker, it's the page that also has the De-Esser, on Audacity's forums. It'll do it all in one shot! Works wonders for the mouth clicks and doesn't affect quality a whole ton.
You just copy the .ny files to Audacity's plugins folder, go into Audacity, go into the add/remove plugin manager, and find it, hit enable, then it's in the effects menu.
How do you get rid of the P pops in audacity?
I show how to do that in my post here: www.homebrewaudio.com/how-to-fix-a-p-pop-in-your-audio-with-sound-editing-software/ This is a surgical/1-by-1 method that I highly recommend learning how to do. HOWEVER, that makes it very slow and tedious for long files. So for that - removing lots of p-pops in larger sections of audio - I highly recommend using the Accusonus ERA Plosive Remover - accusonus.com/products/audio-repair/era-plosive-remover?ref=kentheriot&a=119385&c=1 which can be used in Audacity.
Too bad couldn't find link to plosive fix video. Should link in info.
This should help www.homebrewaudio.com/how-to-fix-a-p-pop-in-your-audio-with-sound-editing-software/
@@HomebrewAudioRecording : 👍
Awesome Man. Thanks!
Thanks Jimmy!
this would not work for me, I have mouth clicks every 2 or 3 seconds, easily removable in post with a program but for streaming its impossible
Yeah, it would be tough to get rid of it completely if it's that pervasive AND if it is for live-streaming. Best bet is to prevent as much as you can by experimenting with some drinks before you record. Try water first, either cold or room temperature. If that doesn't do the trick, try something like orange juice or lemonade. I often find eating sour apples or even crackers 5 minutes before recording can cut down on it. If you CAN edit your audio before publishing (podcast or something), you can still use this process for the worst of the clicks. Try speeding up the audio so that it doesn't take as long to find them also. Hopefully between all these suggestions, you can at least minimize the mouth noises. Good luck!
If you think that's loud you would die if you heard my big ole lip smacks
This process - or even better, using the Mouth Declicker from Accusonus to do large sections in a single click - should still work even on your big old lip smacks ;-). My video on the mouth declicker is here: ruclips.net/video/NYnOI4519e4/видео.html
No this is no help in removing spitting sounds from a youtube video while listening on my elcapitan.
The idea is not to remove spitting sounds. It's a sort of "clicky" sound that happens under your tongue when you record your voice sometimes. And this video is not for removing those little clicks from RUclips videos, but from your own audio that you record for your own purposes, which COULD include videos, but also for any spoken-word recordings, specifically for voiceover work where there is not music to mask these little imperfections.
I AM TRYING TO REMOVE SPITTING SOUNDS THEY ARE SO ANNOYING I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE THOSE WHO RECORD VIDEOS DON'T REMOVE THEM. SPITTING, SLURPING, SNIFFING SOUNDS ARE SO DISGUSTING AND IRRITATING TO LISTEN TO I HAVE TO SHUT VIDEO'S OFF TO AVOID THEM..
Can you tell me how to remove those sounds from You Tube videos? I am not interested in recording videos I just want to find someone who can walk me through the process of eliminating them on the videos I LISTEN TO.
It would not be easy. And it sounds like you're describing a lot more types of mouth noises than the very specific one this video is trying to address. In order to do what you're talking about, you'd have to download the RUclips video or otherwise run it's audio through an EQ program. And even if you did that, you'd have to find all the right frequencies for EACH video and try to filter them out. Thye'd almost certainly be different every time. Basically, it's not feasible to try to make everybody else's audio sound better. It's hard enough to make your own audio (not you, but just any one person) clear and clean, much less trying to do it for everyone on RUclips. Sorry, but it's just not possible.
The thing is I am noticing these spitting sounds even on the T.V. lately as though those who are recording do not mute these sounds from the get to. I did not notice them say a year ago nearly as much. When I go online asking for help to mute these sounds their are all kinds of videos talking about how irritating the sounds are and how to fix them as they record them but now one seems to be addressing how to get rid of them once these videos hit the air ways. I know it is not my computer because I have had it for a long time. It's some new change in the way audio is being recorded or broadcast recently.
There must be a way to tone them down at least with out having to lower the sound.
tons of saliva in my audio recordings
Me too. I find that sour/green apple slices 20 minutes before recording can help reduce what gets recorded. Might be worth a try.
I think beer worsens spit noise.
Well carbonated beverages are typically not the best - in my case because it makes me feel like burping during the recording :-P. But the bitterness can (for SOME people) help de-gunk the voice. It's not the 1st choice I'd recommend. But it can work for some. A lot of this is individual.
"bad spit day is a thing". Had one the other day.
I've found using the Spectogram view is a really good way to find them. Then use the "Enable Spectral Selection" option to cut them out.
Yes, that can really help. Which program do you do that with?
Audacity
@@VoxStoica Interesting. I've used spectral view in Adobe Audition and Reaper, but haven't done much with it in Audacity. My "clicks" seem to have a particular look to them once I zoom in far enough. It looks like someone blotched some marker pen on a smooth thin line (best way to describe it :-P). Once I see those while super zoomed in, I have a visual of the target and can EQ or delete as appropriate. I'll check to see if my "blotches" show up well in spectral view. thanks for the tip.
@@HomebrewAudioRecording Yes that's pretty much what they look like. The other advantage with the spectral view is that you can easily mouse drag a spectrum like 4-8khz without needing to open the EQ tool and manually do it (once Spectral selection is enabled).
Oh, Man! Thanks! This was crazy helpful. I've been agonizing over mid-word clicks, trying to excise them at the individual wavelength level -> fail
Awesome!! Glad it worked out so well for you 😀!
This is great. I ended up applying an EQ setting to the entire track (will give the host a heads up a couple hours before recording next time that he should have a big drink of water or make tea) but I was less aggressive about scooping since i was also being less precise. This video pointed me at the right bands to target, and I was able to trial & error my way to a setting that made 100% of the track 50% better, which works out fine for my purposes.
That's great! Yeah, you need to be careful applying this particular EQ to large passages. But it sounds like you knew that and acted accordingly. If you need to do this again, I highly recommend either the Accusonus ERA Bundle, which has an excellent Mouth DeClicker. I use this on the regular. iZotope RX also has that.
Legend
I was sceptical, but this works SO WELL!!!! love it thank you!!!!!
Awesome! So glad to hear that 🙂. Now that you know how to do it, you can always go to it. But for long audio it can take forever to do it this way. So I recommend looking into iZotope RX Standard. You can then highlight longer sections of audio and use the Mouth DeClicker tool. But it doesn't always work. So you can always go back to the above process in that case.
It's not working with me
Thank you..
But I don't have graphic EQ in my copy!
Wich copy of audacity you have?
I have audacity 2.3.2
Audacity has always had Graphic EQ as long as I've had it, which goes back about 10 years. So are you saying when you open Effect, you don't have Equalization as one of your choices? Since it's free, maybe you could try downloading the latest version and checking. One other you might try is Effect and then Add/Remove Plugins and check if Equalization is not enabled. But either way, it SHOULD be there.
Great tutorial, well worth watching! Thanks for your insight!!
Thanks! And you're welcome :-).
Oh My God Realy helpful for me after a long time a got this type of informative video now nobody can hear my saliva clicks anymore and it will help me to save my time from fixing all the clicks manualy
So glad it was helpful!!
Thanks! I need to seriously work on flat out preventing these damn clicks! I'm over hear poppin green apples/peanuts/water/tea at the same time lol!
You're welcome! I highly recommend looking into iZotope RX Standard. It has a tool called Mouth De-Clicker that you can use to remove clicks from whole sections of audio instead of 1 at a time. As for preventing them, I don't know if that's possible for everyone to prevent 100% of them. So having the knowledge for how to edit them out after the fact is helpful.
@@HomebrewAudioRecording Oh good to know! I use Sound Forge 13, I have to see if it has iZotope or if that is 14. Thank you!
omg if you think that loud you must think I haven't swallowed and have been drolling a river for 1000 years
Well potential clients are using headphones to listen to vocals. And if one is all clicky and the other is not, guess who gets the job. It doesn't have to be super loud for normal voiceovers. But when you're trying to get a paying gig, things like that matter.
For those of you in 2021 who don't have an "Equalization" option under "Effect", select "Graphic EQ" instead under the same "Effect" menu
Yes! That is true. Thanks. This is updated in the course.
I'm an audiobook narrator and this is going to help speed up my process I think. I still have a problem with louder clicks, but this will help cut out the smaller ones. Thank you!
You're welcome, Dan. I would recommend - for audiobook narrators - that you look into iZotope RX Standard. They have a "Mouth De-Clicker" that allows you to remove clicks from larger bits of audio all at once. Now THAT is a time saver. Trying to do it surgically like the above for a multi-hour recording would take quite a long time indeed. I've done it :-). Still though, it's good to know how to do it surgically in cases where a de-clicker effect doesn't work.
Good video. Another option, if you have the $$ to invest in it, is Izotope RX. RX has a tool called "decrackle" that does a dang near perfect job of getting those spit noises. I discovered that particular ability accidentally. What's also cool about it is that you can Solo "just the spit sounds" so you can make some adjustments to minimize the loss of the musical elements. Like with your method, it takes a little bit of time to figure out what works right for you. But RX is not cheap, and your technique is doable for free.
Thanks Jeff. Yes, I've actually been eyeing iZotope RX for years. If I didn't already have Adobe Audition, which has quite a few similar tools to RX, I would absolutely get it. Part of the reason for this video is that it's from our course "The Newbies Guide To Audio Recording Awesomeness 1: The Free Recording Studio" (www.homebrewaudio.com/NewbiesGuideStreamingRap ). So it had to use free tools:). but you are absolutely correct that if you have the budget, iZotope plugins are definitely worth it. Thanks again!
I had no idea what Audition was. It was just another one of those things in my Creative Cloud sub. Thank you!
You're welcome Jeff. So you had access to it and just didn't know it? Wow!! Yes, it is part of CC, but I only use the single-app CC subscription. My Adobe Audition is an older stand-alone version from before it was part of CC. So that's still good enough for me:).
Yes, I did. And I had never heard of Audition. Regarding keeping an old version, I can dig it. For example, Soundforge 10 is my go-to app instead of Soundforge 11. Just makes more sense to me. For audio repair, I go to RX.
thanks a lot i will try this tonight, trying to eat the apple and drinking watter every bit is very tiring! also if you have a tutorial on iZotope's RX Standard too direct me pls for speeding up the process instead of removing them one by one! if not do a tutorial on it i'd be the first to like and comment!
Thanks. And thanks for the request for a tutorial in RX for how to get rid of them! I'll do that tomorrow. Cheers!
Thanks a lot for this tutorial! A lot of work for longer recordings but, if just focussing on the bad ones, still a feasible method
You're welcome! Yes it is a lot of work. The best way to do it is to PREVENT it in the first place. But we all have days when prevention is not easy or even possible. Sometimes no matter how much water I drink, or sour apples I eat, that spit noise just won't go. So my only option is to edit them out. At least there IS a solution:).
Thanks for this video, I'll try and apply this to my next recording. Another culprit for some, I believe, is too much in the way of dairy products in their diet. :)
Very helpful. I also just zero in on the saliva click, because it's so easy to see, and choose "repair."
What program do you use to "choose Repair?"
@@HomebrewAudioRecording Audacity. The Repair effect is perfect for easily identifiable very short waveforms like saliva clicks.
@@hwahlberg1962 First of all - Wow! I didn't know about that at ALL. Thanks! :-). Second, is the short sample size (128 samples long) long enough for all saliva clicks? That seems really short.
@@HomebrewAudioRecording I would say 90% of the time it is. If the saliva click waveform is a little too big, I kind of do it in sections. The repair effect tries to compare the section you've selected to the form immediately before and after it. I watch the curve change and the bumpy parts straighten out, and as long as I haven't really changed the overall curve very much, just smoothed it out, I'm good.
@@hwahlberg1962 Awesome. Thanks for teaching me something!
Hi, having been desperate to get rid of clicks before they hit the mic I've made a discovery that's transformed my life, so far as audiobooks go. I was exasperated. All the advice was to keep the mouth moist. Thing is there is another problem. Too much saliva. All the fixes point to just one problem, lack of moisture in the mouth. No, not always. If you've also tried all those fixes to no avail, maybe you are 'problem 2' as well. Try drinking unsweetened cranberry juice. It's cut my clicks by 99%. Really. Its fantastic for type 2's who have excess moisture, not the type 1's who need more water slipping and hydration. Try it, a really hops cranberry juice does the trick for you, too. Carton is fine, unsweetened. Good luck fellow desperados.
Apologies for typos, excited to share this fix, hope it wipes out your clicks at source.
Thanks Mick. I will give that a try. Prevention is better than time spent correcting.
thanks man, good video
Thanks! BTW, Accusonus now has a mouth de-click tool (part of the ERA Bundle) that allows you to highlight and entire section of audio (not having to zoom in and ONLY select a tiny little area that ONLY highlights the click). Then you just use a single knob to remove it. YOu do not have to use EQ. For more info and get your ERA Bundle, see: www.clkmg.com/HBAudio/accusonus-bundle
Great help - thanks!
You're welcome!
Is there any prefiltering you can do to not even pick that up at all so you dont have to take it out later?
No. Pop filters do not filter that sound out. The only way to prevent it is to not produce the sound with your mouth in the first place. And that would depend on the person and what works. For some, sour apples helps. Other things that can work, brushing your teeth and using mouthwash, just drinking enough water, using a dry mouth rinse like Biotene, etc. But like I mentioned in the description, there is an excellent new tool by Accusonus called the Mouth De-clicker, which allows you to select large sections of audio (or all of it!) and the tool will fix only the clicks and not mess up all the other audio like the above method would. Huge time-saver. I did a video demo of it here: ruclips.net/video/NYnOI4519e4/видео.html
@@HomebrewAudioRecording I know pop filters are for preventing hard P puff sounds. I think what I meant by filter is, like a preamp, or maybe a mic that just doesnt pick up sound that low? Like a hipass or something? idk. I have a short soft palate and when recording audio i often times hear either mouth sounds or this type of air pressure from consonants that sounds bad bad bad. I hate it. Keeps me from recording anymore.
@@ChristopherFranko I am not aware of anything. These mouth clicks are at such a very small and specific frequency range AND, you can't just filter out THOSE frequencies for ALL of your audio. It can only be applied to the click, itself and not the audio around it. So the best bet is to prevent what you can by hydrating and/or eating apples (or whatever), and then IF it is bothersome in the recording (some people don't have any issues with this), use the EQ like in the video, or better yet, get a plugin like the Mouth De-clicker.
thats so cool but how to do that in a one hour speech
You invest in iZotope RX Standard. It has a "Mouth DeClick" module that will allow you to remove these clicks in long sections of audio rather than finding each one, zapping it, and repeating, which yeah, would take forever. But this is a free way to do it with Audacity. So if someone has more time than money this is one way. Also, I like knowing how to do it this surgical way just in case RX can't quite get rid of a few. But good point for sure.
2021. Still relevant!
Yes! This will always work. One good thing that has happened in the past few years is that this job can be done MUCH faster with 2 different audio editing packs. One is in the iZotope RX pack (Mouth De-Clicker). The other one will be out this spring and will be added to the Accusonus ERA Bundle. With both, you can take care of multiple clicks in a longer section of audio at once.
thank you SO SO much
You're welcome!
You’re a genius.
😀I hope that means this worked for you! It's pretty tough to do it this way for longer audio files. So check the description for faster ways to do this.
I’ve heard chewing gum works but I’m not sure yet lol
Interesting. I haven't tried it. I'll do that the next time there is any gum around the house :-).
what about your sibilant "s"? you might need a de-esser my friend
Since recording this, I have absolutely started using a de-esser for every voice recording. Not sure why I didn't notice it before. I currently use the one in the Accusonus ERA bundle - www.clkmg.com/HBAudio/accusonus-bundle
@@HomebrewAudioRecording that is awesome.. sorry if i came off hostile. i know most of the time it isnt the user's fault. great video, seriously. thank you
@@jD-hf9bz Not at all! You're totally right. And I came to the same conclusion...eventually :-).
So you still gotta go through and edit out the clicks individually? There's a click after every sentence in my recordings. I can't hear it when I record, but the mic hears all apparently. What would you suggest in my situation? Just be sure to stay further away from the mic? I'm already like 10 inches away but I see other people with their face all up on their mic and they don't have any issue. What are they doing differently?
You might try what I've read that others try - using either the Click/Pop Eliminator in Adobe Audition or the Vocal Click tool in iZotope RX. It works for some people to prevent you having to edit each individual one out. But that doesn't work for me. And if you have the same problem, my advice is first to experiment with different drinks or rinses to PREVENT the clicks first. Different things work for different people. I even had a singing coach who said beer can work :-P. But most people suggest things like Biotene rinse, or just water, sour apples, or mint mouthwash. Try these or other drinks to see if you can limit them. Then afterward, if the tools I mentioned above don't work for you, yes, you will have to edit each one individually. But you can speed this up a lot by automating it somewhat by creating a Favorite (in Adobe Audition) of the right EQ setting for this (in the video are the settings that work for me), and then putting that Favorite onto a keyboard shortcut. Then as I critically listen to my recording, and hear the click, I zoom in, highlight it, and hit the keyboard shortcut and move on to the next. It's not perfect or ideal, but you can make it a faster workflow. Hope some of that was helpful!
Hey I wanted to let you (and everyone reading this) know that I figured out a way to fix all the clicks in one pass!!!! It does require you to buy iZotope RX Standard (I have RX 6), which is a bit of an investment. But the time I'll save will make it worth it. I had tried in the past to use the Mouth De-clicker but had no success. I didn't really understand all the 4 settings on the module. But I found a tutorial video by iZotope yesterday and using THOSE settings, I got rid of all my clicks with one pass of the effect - one click! So it actually CAN be done quickly. But you do have to spend the $$ for the RX program. It comes down to whether you have more time than money.
@@HomebrewAudioRecording According to the website, RX elements also has the "declick" function. Does this mean we can get away with just buying Elements and "fix all the clicks in one pass" as you say?
@@NarikiriEigo If Elements has the De-Click function, and it is the same plugin/effect as in the Standard version, then yes! I'll ask iZotope if it is the same. Thanks for letting me know that!
Thank you! Your video description says this method is "fast" and "quick." But below in the comments you say "you'll still have to painstakingly remove each click," and "surgical" is the way. Might you be able to estimate how long this would take if you have an hour long audio? Just a rough estimate. Even if it isn't perfect, I would need an automatic way to reduce mouth noises, due to time constraints. Thank you so much! : )
You're welcome:). Each individual click is fast, but yes - if you have dozens or hundreds, it will take time. As I say in the description, prevention is the best thing. When I'm having a particularly "spitty" day, I find having some sour apples and water to help prevent the clicks. A dry mouth is usually to blame. So maybe things like Biotene to moisturizing the mouth would help. But if clicks get recorded, you'll need to filter them out. the problem with automating it is that the frequencies where these clicks live also are frequencies that are natural in the voice. So you need to zoom in to zap each one if you don't want to affect all the other "normal" voice sounds, which is what just setting an EQ for the target frequencies would do. So in a nutshell, you should prevent as much as possible. Then when everything is recorded, go through the file to seek-and-destroy. Once you find the target frequency for your voice, things CAN go relatively fast. But it's going to depend on how frequently the clicks occur. the fewer the clicks, the faster it will go. It's had to put a time on it. I hope that helps.
Looking at the effort for this, I think it's pretty obvious how much better it is to work on a clean initial recording.
True - if you can. Sometimes no matter what my wife or I do, we can't prevent all mouth clicks. For longer audio, I highly recommend iZotope RX Standard's Mouth De-Click module. RX is a bit of an investment. But if you are going to be editing long audio files, it is worth it if only for this since you can take care of mouth clicks in long passages of audio and don't have to surgically do them like this, click-by-click.
Fantastic video, thank you!
You're welcome! Thanks for the kind words 😀
its funny as your doing the tutorial the amount of saliva clicks in your narrative was a lot lol good video anyway !
Maybe it was because I was trying to demonstrate it 😜. I actually don't remember, but it sounds like me. Lately I have been using iZotope RX Standard to nuke ANY and ALL mouth clicks. I'm probably a bit OCD about it now that it is so easy to do with RX - you can do entire sections in stead of just one at a time.
Thank you. can't we save our setting and apply it to all the track to remove saliva noises?
Not with this method. Applying that EQ to all audio would remove critical frequencies and make the rest of the audio sound muffled. But you CAN do this with a plugin called iZotope RX Standard. There is a module in there called "Mouth De-Click" that allows you to apply it to your entire file all at once.
@@HomebrewAudioRecording okay thank you. Sure will try that
@@dreamslifeasmr2533 It works amazingly well and is a huge time-saver. It is definitely worth the investment if you plan to do any editing of long vocal recordings.
Brilliant tutorial. Thank you so much.
Thanks Marion! So glad it was helpful 😀.
Your videos are amazing!!! I can't find the one on removing plosives, though. Can you direct me there? :)
Thanks Tara! I actually have two. One is using Reaper, which does work, but is pretty time-intensive. that video is here: ruclips.net/video/VCZ7aqVqOGk/видео.html. I have another one using Audacity on the main site along with a detailed post here: www.homebrewaudio.com/how-to-fix-a-p-pop-in-your-audio-with-sound-editing-software/.
One additional think I'm adding to my lessons on plosives/p-pops is that I while I totally recommend still having a surgical approach with EQ in your hip pocket, you could probably save tons of time by investing in the plosive remover tool in either the Accusonus ERA bundle (accusonus.com/products/audio-repair?a=119385&c=1) or the iZotope RX De-Plosive tool (www.izotope.com/en/products/rx.html). You can do entire sections of audio with one click. But even with that, I find some pops still remain here and there. So knowing how to do it with the surgical strike will be handy.
@@HomebrewAudioRecording Wow!! Thank you for the quick reply and for all of these resources. So grateful! :)
@@taranovie5170 You're welcome! Glad they are helpful.
This was great. Now I have to figure out how to do it in logo pro. Thanks for sharing.
Should be much the same process. This method does take a long time to do one-by-one, especially if you have a long audio file. But iZotope RX Standard has a Mouth DeClicker module that allows you to remove clicks from large sections of audio at once. And Accusonus is in the process (I just did a beta test for them) of creating a mouth declicker tool for their ERA Bundle. That should be available in a month or two I think. BTW, the process should be the same in Logic Pro as what I showed above. You just have to be able to apply an effect to JUST that small selection. So you could not do this in Garage Band. Hopefully Logic has that capability.
Can you do all this within Reaper easily? (I know you use Reaper)
You're right, Jim. Reaper is my DAW of choice:). But jobs like these that involve lots of edits to small sections of the audio are - to my mind, at least - better done in an editor. You absolutely can do it in Reaper. But it requires splitting the audio segments at each instance of the click noise (highlight the area with the noise and hit Shit+S). That's not inherently bad, but it does make your audio susceptible to certain problems like ripple editing and timing mishaps. But if you're comfortable with that, you would simply apply "Take FX" to each new item after you split it out by double-clicking on the small item and choosing "Take FX" at the bottom. That opens up the FX window where you can choose EQ (or whatever tool you might want to use for this) and apply the same basic reductions shown in the video above. I hope that helps!
Another way to look at it is that one program (Audacity) is "destructive" and the other (Reaper) is "non-destructive". E.G., one edits the audio file directly, but the other one effects the audio stream at run-time within the DAW. When you use Audacity to clean up the audio, it directly edits the audio file. So when you're done editing, all of the extra work of the CPU is already completed. When you use this already-cleaned-up audio file in your DAW, it requires no extra work by the CPU. If you use the original "dirty" audio file in your DAW, then your DAW will forever have to do that extra CPU work to clean up the audio (unless you freeze the track).
Very true, Jeff! I don't like the terms "destructive" and "non-destructive," even though those are the correct standard terms, because people associate those terms with "good" and "bad." But as you know, there are benefits to both. A huge part of my job - the way I see it - is to translate audio jargon to "regular-people speak:)."
Home Brew Audio Yes. Sorry I stomped on your channel. I agree with your jargon stuff.
+Jeff Slarve Reaper can be destructive too. You can trim a sample and resave it. Also even if you have 35 effects on the media item, and its using a lot of processor power, when you want to give the CPU a break, you just freeze the track!
thanks so much for this video, been trying to figure this out, and it works so well!!! much love!
Awesome! And you're welcome 😀
Thank you very much! This video was extremely helpful
You're welcome! So glad it was helpful.
Awesome trick, thanks!
You're welcome!
Does this still work with Filter Curve replacing EQ?
Well sure. The problem with doing it this way is that you can't apply the EQ to any audio other than the click. If you tried to apply this EQ setting to the whole track, it would remove all the highs/high-mids. So it's OK if you have a short file. But for long files, like an audio book or just a podcast, you will want to invest in a tool that WILL let you apply the effect to a large swath of audio. That tool is iZotope RX Standard. It has a "Mouth De-Click" module for exactly this problem.
@@HomebrewAudioRecording Wow! Thanks a lot. I just recorded that bit, but there is a bit of difference in the audio sound from the original to the re-recorded. Thanks for the advice 😁
@@johngiraltbedford You're welcome!
@@HomebrewAudioRecording You mean Izotope RX 8 Standard? And this isn't an audacity plugin correct? It is standalone software?
@@johngiraltbedford Standard yes. I didn't know they were already on version 8 :-P. I just upgraded to 7 a few months ago. And it's actually it's both. You can use it standalone OR as a plugin for Audacity (or any software that can use VST plugins).
Those are waaay drastic cuts
They are. But they are done to such a small slice of the audio that only the clicks are removed, leaving everything else in tact. You have to zoom in really far to select such a small slice. It's a bit labor-intensive, but I have not yet found a better way, short of doing multiple takes to prevent them in the first place, And I already do that to a great extent.
So helpful--thank you!
You're welcome! Glad it helped.
YOU ARE THE BEEEST! Thank youuuu!!
You're welcome. And thanks!
Thanks for sharing this! Worked great.
You're welcome. So glad it was helpful!
Awesome, helped a lot
Glad to hear that!
THANKS!!!
You're welcome!
Move the mic further away and talk louder!!
Sounds good in theory. But as soon as you get further away, the room noise increases exponentially and the sound of the mic gets "thinner," no bueno for voice over. And even after all that, mouth noises are still audible sometimes, so it isn't a permanent solution.. You'd have to back off the mic intolerably far.
thank you for this, my mouth is disgusting lol.
You're welcome! I hope this helps make it sound less....that :-).
Wow!! Thanks so much, this is REALLY helpfull and a timesaver. Thanks a lot for sharing it :)
You're welcome, Maria. So glad it was helpful for you!