How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Today's wikihow will show you how to use Audacity to remove sounds from your recordings. There are several types of sounds you may want to remove, such as background noise, lyrics, or parts of songs. You need to remember that Audacity's lyric separation tool is quite rudimentary and cannot completely remove singing.

Cut segments of the recording

images 1 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 1 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Open Audacity with the orange sound wave icon in the middle of the blue headset.

images 2 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 2 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Click File in the upper left of the Audacity window (Windows) or the upper left of the screen (Mac).

images 3 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 3 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Click Open… in the File drop-down menu . A new window will open.

images 4 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 4 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Choose a track. Click the record you want to edit.

images 5 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 5 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Click Open in the lower right corner of the window. The recording opens in Audacity.

images 6 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 6 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Select a part. Find the paragraph you want to delete, then click and drag on it to highlight it.

images 7 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 7 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Press key Delete. The selected music will be deleted immediately in Audacity.

You can also click Edit and then select Delete in the drop-down menu.

Eliminate noise

images 8 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 8 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Select the background noise in the recording. Click and drag over the audio area that contains noise if possible.

If the noise area is too large, just choose the most noticeable part.

images 9 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 9 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Click the Effect tab . It's at the top of the Audacity window (Windows) or the top of the screen (Mac). A drop-down menu will appear.

images 10 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 10 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Click Noise Reduction… . It's near the middle of the Effect drop-down menu .

images 11 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 11 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Click the Get Noise Profile button . It's at the top of the window. Audacity will determine what to keep and what is noise.

images 12 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 12 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Select the section you want to remove noise from. You can also click on a recording and press the Ctrl+ A(Windows) or ⌘ Command+ A(Mac) key to select the entire recording, which is great if you're working with a song.

images 13 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 13 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Click Effect and then select Repeat Noise Reduction . This option is at the top of the drop-down menu. Appropriate noise reduction will be applied to the recording.

images 14 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 14 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Do it again if necessary. If a significant amount of noise remains, repeat the noise cancellation process. You may need to do this several times until you are satisfied.

You can increase the amount of noise removed by clicking Noise Reduction. in the drop-down menu and dragging the "Noise reduction" slider to the right.

Remove singing

images 15 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 15 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Select the entire record. Click the recording, then press Ctrl+ A(Windows) or ⌘ Command+ A(Mac).

images 16 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 16 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Click the Effect tab at the top of the window (Windows) or screen (Mac).

images 17 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 17 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Scroll to the bottom and select Vocal Remover… (Delete singing). A menu will appear (you may have to click the down arrow at the bottom of the drop-down menu to find this option).

images 18 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 18 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Click the vocal removal plug-in. In the pop-up menu to the right of the drop-down menu, click the link to open the audio deletion window.

images 19 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity
Images 19 of How to Filter Unnecessary Sound with Audacity

Click OK . The vocals in the recording will be somewhat removed. Although it is not 100% effective, you will notice a significant change in the results.

You can repeat this step multiple times to increase efficiency, however, the authenticity of the recording will be affected.

3.5 | 2 Vote
« PREV : How to Flip Photos...
How to Integrate... : NEXT »