Improve audio recordings: Sound editing for reverb, hiss and other background noise

20 years of experience have gone into this training. Take a look at my intro so that you can see straight away what this training is all about. You will also hear a sound sample of the optimization of the voice with reverberation in the room.

With Adobe Podcast, Adobe offers a way to optimize audio recordings with just one click. I recorded several audio recordings at different locations for testing purposes.

In my search for an all-in-one plug-in that fixes as many audio problems as possible, I came across CrumplePop. It not only removes noise, but also echo, wind, pop and rumble noises, and can also adjust different volume levels. The best thing is that the speech is often not distorted. In my test files, however, CrumplePop has to prove whether the AI is really as good as the manufacturer promises.

Krisp's AI technology removes background voices, noises and echoes from all my calls/meetings. In this video, I show how well the application can do this.

In this video, I would like to show you other tools that you can use to optimize sound recordings. Among other things, I show Adobe Audition in action.

In this video, I share all my knowledge about microphones. You can find out which microphone is recommended here. Links from the video:

• Microphone: Shure SM7B, but only with TritonAudio FetHead
• Elgato Wave DX, but also better with TritonAudio FetHead and Microphones Pop Filter windscreen
• Headset recommendation: AKG HSC 271 Studio
• Without extra external sound card: Rode NTUSB

Here I give you information on which microphone arms and sound cards I can recommend. Links from the video:

• Microphone boom: LogiLink AA0127, Professional articulating boom stand for studio applications RØDE PSA1+, Elgato microphone boom set
• Sound card: Focusrite Scarlett Solo 3, Elgato Wave XLR - audio mixer and preamplifier

With appropriate absorbers, you can ensure less reverberation in the room. You can find out which ones I recommend in this video. Links in the video:

• general absorbers, acoustic curtains, shielding for screens & desks, desktop absorbers at Thomann, acoustic pictures, moss pictures

This is not directly about audio optimization, but about a better picture if you also want to record a video to match your perfect sound. In addition, a few brief tips on suitable keyboards that are not too loud and a short note on the best way to get the video into the computer. Left:

• Light & desk: Elgato Key Light, TOCLL Smart desk lamp battery table lamp color change, light strip LED, height-adjustable desk
• Keyboard: Logitech K280e Pro wired business keyboard or wireless Logitech MX Keys wireless keyboard

Do you also know the situation: You have a great video, but only the sound is not optimal? Then it would be nice if only the audio track was improved, but the existing video was not re-rendered. There are special programs that can do this. I present two free programs(Avidemux and MKVToolNix) here and also show you how to use them, as they are not necessarily self-explanatory. What's brilliant is that it's really super quick - as the video doesn't have to be re-rendered, the exchange and saving only takes a few seconds.

Incidentally, the paid application CrumplePop (SoundApp) can do exactly the same thing. It's even easier (also shown in the video)!