Remove Background Noise From Recordings on Your Mac
Clean Up Audio reduces steady background noise like fans, hum and room tone in voice recordings, podcasts and videos. Choose Light, Medium or Strong noise reduction, cut rumble and hiss outside the voice range, and even out loudness to -16 LUFS, the podcast standard. For audio files it can also remove silences.
How to use Clean Up Audio
Open Clean Up Audio and drop audio files or videos.
Choose a noise reduction strength: Light, Medium or Strong.
Turn on Cut rumble and hiss, Even out loudness or Remove silences as needed.
Click Clean Up and open the cleaned files in Downloads.
Questions about Clean Up Audio
How do I remove background noise from a recording on Mac?
Drop the file into Clean Up Audio, start with Medium strength and click Clean Up. Use Strong for noisy rooms, though voices may sound slightly processed.
Can I clean up the audio in a video?
Yes. For videos, only the sound is processed and the picture is copied as is. Silences are not removed from videos so they stay in sync.
Does my audio get uploaded?
No. Clean Up Audio runs on your Mac using FFmpeg, and your original files are not changed.
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