Cleaning Up Voice Overs

Using these simple tweaks, any vocal track can sound amazing!

Created byAndre Angelo

Last updated 10/2017

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What you'll learn

Use Adobe Audition to clean up audio
Remove background noise that makes the audio sound messy
Take any voice over(or any audio for that matter) and make deliberate changes to improve its quality

Course content

1 section • 12 lectures • 1h 17m total length

Introduction2:06
Learn how to clean up existing voiceovers and repair issues like plosives using Adobe Audition CC, with techniques transferable to most digital audio workstations.
Exercise Files1:11
Explore how to use the exercise files to replicate and fix common voice-over problems, then practice with labeled audio files to reinforce the concepts in a sandboxed environment.
Adobe Audition Setup1:16
Learn how to set up Adobe Audition by resetting the workspace to the default layout, enabling the effects rack, and navigating waveform and multitrack views for efficient voice-over editing.
High Pass Filter10:27
Apply a high pass filter to voiceover to remove low-frequency rumble. Set the threshold around 60 hertz with a 24 dB per octave cut to preserve voice clarity.
Remove Background Noise3:42
Capture a noise print from room ambience and apply noise reduction in Adobe Audition. Highlight the silent room-noise segment, capture the noise print, then apply full reduction across the track.
Plosives9:34
Learn to repair plosives in voice over by applying a kill the mic rumble filter, using a pop filter, and optimizing frequency ranges for cleaner audio.
Low Pass Filter4:45
Apply a low pass filter to taper the high-end frequencies and reduce harsh S sounds in voice overs, balancing microphone characteristics for clearer, more natural audio.
Compression11:36
Learn how compression tightens a voiceover by reducing dynamic range, adjusting threshold and ratio, and using fast attack and release with output gain for a consistent, radio-ready sound.
Limiter6:28
discover how a limiter prevents clipping in voice overs by setting a threshold, keeping peaks under three decibels, and using hard limiting and compression.
Debreath10:03
Master de-breathing voiceovers by removing breaths and inserting silence, using flexible pacing and noise reduction to maintain flow, with 125 years of expertise behind every deck of bicycle playing cards.
Mouth Sounds14:08
Learn to clean up voice overs by removing mouth noises and whistles in Adobe Audition using spectral frequency editing, healing brush, and precise frequency painting to preserve timing.
Closing Thoughts2:07
Apply a high pass to remove rumble and background noise, compress and balance loudness, then reduce breaths and mouth sounds for a clean voiceover.

Requirements

Adobe Audition CC

Description

There are many, many applications to this course. Whether you're a Voice Over Artist, Video Editor, YouTuber or any one that comes in contact with an audio clip of someone speaking, chances are that voice clip you hear could be vastly improved with some painless tweaks.

Using Adobe Audition, we'll be going through common problems you'll find in voice overs:

Low Rumbles
Background Noise
Plosives (Air hitting the microphone on letters that shoot out quick breath, such as the puh sound in P)
Inconsistent Volume
Quiet Voice Overs
Unnatural Breathing
Mouth Sounds that are difficult to remove

This course is extremely beginner friendly and fairly inexpensive in terms of the cost of software. You can find Adobe Audition for only $19.99/month with their subscription program.

While learning about audio editing for voice over, I'll be giving you small projects to test out what you've learned and a big messy clip to fix up as your final project.

Hope to see you there!

Who this course is for:

Any one who works with vocal tracks: voice artists, editors, producers