
Play it and you will notice an obvious difference. The file’s wave pattern will change after the noise has been reduced.

You can change the noise reduction level if you want, as well as play with the other two settings. Repeat the same process as above go to Effects>Noise Reduction and again, click Get Noise Profile. Next, select the part of the sound file that has the voice over. In the window that opens, click Get Noise Profile, and then click Ok. Use your mouse and click and drag over a quiet part to select it. The wave pattern will show you which parts are quiet. The noise will be there regardless if you’re speaking or not.ĭownload Audacity, install, and run it.

This works best if your recording has a bit of quiet in it at some point. If you’ve already bought an app for editing sound files, check to see if it has a noise reduction feature and you can compare the results. With the current confinement in Mauritius and scarcity of computer hardware I was looking into options to improve the use of my external Razer Seiren X microphone. There are great paid apps that can do this but for our purpose, we’re going with a free and exceptionally popular app called Audacity that can do a lot of things, such as record speaker output, and reduce background noise. Noise Cancelling on Windows 10 After finishing a full day of work and multiple meeting arrangements I accidentally broke one side of my headset. SPOILER ALERT: Scroll down and watch the video tutorial at the end of this article. Here’s how you can reduce background noise in a recording on Windows 10.

The bit of noise that you do record can be reduced or eliminated with software. If you’re not looking for studio quiet, but just something that doesn’t sound terrible, you can get that at home. On top of all that, you need a room with good acoustics and no noisy neighbors. Studio recording takes a lot of equipment.
