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Today’s wikihow will show you how to use Audacity to remove audio from a recording. There are several types of sounds that you may want to remove such as background noise, lyrics, or parts of a song. You need to keep in mind that Audacity’s lyricist is pretty rudimentary and can’t completely remove vocals.
Steps
Cut segments of the recording
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Open Audacity with the orange sound wave icon in the center of the blue headset.
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Click File in the top left of the Audacity window (Windows) or the top left of the screen (Mac).
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Click Open… located in the File drop-down menu. A new window will open.
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Select a track. Click the record you want to edit.
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Click Open in the lower-right corner of the window. The recording will open in Audacity.
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Select a part. Find the paragraph you want to delete, then click and drag your mouse over it to highlight it.
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Press the Delete key. The selected track will be deleted immediately on Audacity.
- You can also click Edit and then select Delete in the drop-down menu.
Noise removal
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Select the noise in the recording. Click and drag your mouse over the audio area that contains the noise if possible.
- If the noise area is too wide then you can simply select the most noticeable part.
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Click the Effect tab at the top of the Audacity window (Windows) or the top of the screen (Mac). A drop-down menu will appear.
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Click Noise Reduction… near the middle of the Effect drop-down menu.
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Click the Get Noise Profile button at the top of the window. Audacity will determine what to keep and what to avoid.
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Select the segment for which you want to remove the noise. You can also click on a recording and press Ctrl + A (Windows) or ⌘ Command + A (Mac) to select the entire recording, which is great if you’re working with a song.
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Click Effect and then choose Repeat Noise Reduction . This option is at the top of the drop-down menu. Appropriate noise reduction will be applied to the recording.
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Do it again if necessary. If there is still a significant amount of noise, 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 the singing
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Select all records. Click the recording, then press Ctrl + A (Windows) or ⌘ Command + A (Mac).
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Click the Effects tab at the top of the window (Windows) or desktop (Mac).
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Scroll to the bottom and select Vocal Remover… . A menu will pop up (you may have to click the down arrow at the bottom of the drop-down to find this option).
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Click the vocal remover plug-in. In the pop-up menu to the right of the drop-down menu, click the link to open the delete vocals window.
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Click OK . Vocals in the recording will be somewhat removed. While not 100% effective, you will notice a significant change in the results.
- You can repeat this step many times to increase efficiency, however, the authenticity of the recording will be affected.
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