How to Remove Mouth Sounds in Audacity Using the Free De-Clicker Plugin

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2 жыл бұрын

Audacity offers a powerful and free de-clicker plugin for removing unwanted mouth sounds and clicks that show up in your audio recording. This de-clicker plugin has become part of my post-production process for everything I record. Sticky mouth sounds in our recordings can quickly become annoying to the listener. There have been instances where I have stopped watching a video simply because the dry mouth sounds were so prominent. So let's see what Audacity's de-clicker plugin can do to eliminate those pesky sounds.
Links referenced in this video:
Audacity De-Clicker Plugin: forum.audacityteam.org/t/upda...
Audacity's plugin installation instructions for Windows, Mac, and Linux: support.audacityteam.org/basi...
Mics I used to create this video (affiliate links):
RODE NT1 Condenser Mic: amzn.to/3A2quFY
RODE NT-USB-Mini: amzn.to/3om1gjX
I teach a best-selling podcast editing course on Udemy called Audacity Bootcamp: Beginner to Advanced: learnaudacity.com/

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@BadnikMechanic Жыл бұрын

Hiya, old video I know, but thought this might help some people. Default settings didn't work for me... However, I increased the setting called "Test Frequencies between"... and this seemed to work like magic, I couldn't tell any difference to my audio other than the clicks were greatly reduced. Increasing it to 3300 all but removed them. If you're at the absolute entry level for audio, I suggest adjusting that slider since it seems to work with no loss in quality, well maybe if you are an audio engineer you'll hear the difference, but I honestly couldn't tell.

@TwoMarshmallows1 10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the tip, I'm going to try this!

@MaximilianKohler Ай бұрын

The default is "between 150 and 9600". You changed it to "3300 to 9600"?

@nagesharas5136 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this valuable tip! BTW at 4:30, you mention _"...after these plugins are enabled..."_ . As a newbie, I did not know how to enable plug-ins. But I found that I have to use the *Effects > Add/remove plug-ins...* menu. A dialog pops up, and it allows us to enable and disable all plug-ins. I hope this comment will be useful to other newbies like me.

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

That's where you enable them. Good job!

@YellowShoelaces 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that tip

@DesktopFolder 2 жыл бұрын

WOW, this is the freest jump in audio quality I've had for a while. Incredible plugin, the results are so good - thanks for sharing this. So much easier than manually compressing small clicks..

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

Always glad to help

@OtakuScandal Жыл бұрын

This is AMAZING. Thank you so much for this. Every other video spoke more on what I had to change about myself and never anything technical. Your video basically eliminated almost all the issues in one go!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@SkillIncarnate 2 жыл бұрын

This has 100% increased the quality of my recordings. Thank you so much. Youve earned a sub from me and i will surely share this video with any other creators struggling with noise.

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@nicoleleboeuf-little1048 2 жыл бұрын

...where has this been all my life. THANK YOU! I was worried that the files were attached to an 8-year-old post, but DANG if it didn't work exactly as advertised. This amateur narrator thanks you very, very much!

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

You’re very, very welcome. Glad to help!

@AntonyReed 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! I've had so much trouble with this and have spent dozens of hours painstakingly going over my audio to remove these. A life-saver! Thanks a heap!!

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

@leighbee1764 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for making the process as easy as possible with the links and the comparison.

@jonathandill3557 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻 This looks more effective than what I was doing. I was using Noise Gate and that mostly worked for me especially after I switched to a dynamic mic and practiced not closing my mouth completely between phrases. However, it still required some manual cleanup and seemed to have some undesirable side effects.

@DieFarbeLila88 Жыл бұрын

It`s embarrassing how few news-shows in my country use this de-clicking. This should be a standard procedure. Thank you for this video!

@catbaldwin 2 жыл бұрын

I have been looking for something like this for forever, thank you so much for this easy to understand video!

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help. And thank you.

@somethingsouthafrican6934 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this concise and useful tutorial. I have now entered the world of Audacity Plug ins. It took a while. Thanks again

@NarcissisticAbuseHealing Жыл бұрын

Thank you. Just finsihed a recording while having a cold and there are so many mouth noises i thought i would not be able to use the recording. Ran the de clicker and it cleared up most. Where there were still some left, i ran the de clicker again only for that word or sentence and it cleared those up as well. Saved me needed to redo a whole recording that i would not be able to do today due to a hoarse voice from the cold.

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

Glad it helped. Feel better soon.

@NarcissisticAbuseHealing Жыл бұрын

@@LearnAudacity thank you. Do you have a video on using the de esser for audacity? Or do you also just use it on its default settings? I did do a search but did not find a video on your channel for it.

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

@@NarcissisticAbuseHealing I do not. I've played around with it but never really used it in any serious way.

@elevatedthinking Жыл бұрын

Holy Moly! Wow! I did a number of things to reduce mouth clicks by keeping my mouth open, chewing gum before recording, and staying hydrated. Repositioned my mic. All of this helped. But when I applied this effect it removed 99%. This was the last thing I needed. Thank You!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. That's a great plugin.

@inkstainedlips Жыл бұрын

This helped remove at least 80% of the weird sounds thank you!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

I'm glad it helped.

@DanielpaulZ Жыл бұрын

WOW! This video is exactly what I was looking for. Problem solved. My recording sounds much better now. Thanks for helping out!

@ericadaniela4102 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I had no idea how to fix this problem until I found your video, although the default settings didn't work for me I used a different one that I read about on the forum which I wouldn't have found without your help.

@AwkwaVision 10 ай бұрын

Just saved me a huge headache! The only other plug-in I had found at this point for delicking effortlessly was an izotope suite for around $1,100. And I did not have the time to hand draw the edits in Logic Pro for this client mix. Took me a few minutes once I downloaded and installed. Life saver! Who would’ve thought that the very first audio editing software I used from back in 08 would come back to save the day! Thanks a bunch

@StarryNightGazing 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for your tutorials. Essential for our amateur university radio/podcast!

@Theorymus Жыл бұрын

Dude I have made over 188 videos and have done so much manual editing to try to fix this problem... this is such a live saver thank you!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

It's a great plugin for free.

@AhmedBarakaDBA Жыл бұрын

You solved a problem that I have been suffering from for long time. Thanks a lot!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

Excellent

@obboAR 2 жыл бұрын

This will improve the quality of my content so much, thank you!...

2 жыл бұрын

Duuude totally subscribed to you. You just solved a long time problem I had. Thank you so much!

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad to help and thank you so much.

@franchesca8332 6 ай бұрын

this was very helpful, thank you!

@thelemon8424 8 ай бұрын

Hi, just wanted to say thanks. Great video!

@Alicious_Al Жыл бұрын

My goodness! Thank you so much! This helps!

@NeedHealer Жыл бұрын

Jeeeez, I've been recording for like a year, and thought its just something wrong with me, until I've just decided to check out if it was some common problem, I didnt know you can just fix it, thank you so much!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@Clear256 Жыл бұрын

Worked perfectly. Thank you kindly, good Sir

@titaneagle37 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the demonstration. You're a good teacher!

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@top500reviewer Жыл бұрын

Thanks, I downloaded and installed both. They work very well.

@kian.concepcion 2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you so much sir! I've been getting some comments on my mouth sounds on my storytelling channel HAHA so this is golden information!!

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped.

@gilloliver9242 2 жыл бұрын

So neat! Thanks for this. Have tried it - it made my day.

@deadly.deadpan Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much. This Saved my recording!

@OW8579 9 ай бұрын

This worked great for me! Thanks so much!

@investee.indonesia Жыл бұрын

Massive thanks to you big guy, it helped me a lot

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

I'm glad. Thanks for letting me know!

@emilieg 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful. Thank you for sharing!

@mizzieblue Жыл бұрын

This is an awesome tool! Thank you so much!

@TwoMarshmallows1 10 ай бұрын

This was incredibly helpful, thank you so much.

@LearnAudacity 9 ай бұрын

You're welcome

@VinceTrousers4 Жыл бұрын

Excellent video!!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@improveyourlife2877 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, it worked and it's free!

@poetry_near_you Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It works perfect!

@yadavmanu411 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this video.

@TNTeenager Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! As a VA, I really appreciated this.

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@whatsamattau4749 Жыл бұрын

thank you this will be a big help.

@rivercitymystery Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video; very helpful! This has been a struggle for me and the Declicker that comes with Audcacity wasn't doing anything at all, like you mentioned. The Declicker that you recommended works much better. I plan on using it in the future. Thanks! Subscribed.

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@SingingTechniquesINT 11 ай бұрын

THANK YOU, you are literally saving lives, because you save us so much time!!!

@AlexanderIvlev 5 ай бұрын

Perfect! Thank you!

@LearnAudacity 5 ай бұрын

Glad it helped!

@yeongjj8390 11 ай бұрын

Thanks very much. Your video is very useful. !!

@dylzm6850 Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This works great

@BojanglesThunderbolt Жыл бұрын

Hats off to you sir! This is amazing! Love the tutorial.

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

Thank you.

@FullerUK Жыл бұрын

Amazing! Thanks dude!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@some1stoleit Жыл бұрын

I run De-Clicker and De-Esser it makes my older recording with very mouthy audio much better. Thanks, I'll certainly use this on any audio I record in the future.

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

Excellent

@SurvivalSuperhero 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks brother! By the way, your voice sounds really good in your video.

@jessjd 2 жыл бұрын

Well this just saved me a complete headache! Thank you!

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome. If the track or file you're using De-Clicker on is a long one, it could take a while to run but it's so worth the wait!

@VamzAnimations 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much sir, it made my voice over tuturials better

@LearnAudacity 2 ай бұрын

Excellent. Thanks!

@DAIliganCycling Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This helps a lot!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

Thanks for letting me know.

@natevinesva 2 жыл бұрын

I don't know you but I love you. I'm a voice actor and voice over artist and this saved my work tenfold

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help. I use that de-clicker on everything I record. It’s a little slow on longer files but it’s worth the wait. Thanks!

@Serge_Era 9 ай бұрын

Thank you. Its really work

@taiyabmalik246 Жыл бұрын

From India with love Thanks a lot

@divisible-1 11 ай бұрын

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@ajiezer Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. This will help 😊

@Player1Paisan Жыл бұрын

Excellent, this is a great tutorial, thank you!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

Thank you. It's appreciated.

@brettcollier2310 Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@SierraMysteria 9 ай бұрын

You’re a life saver, thank you!! Great video!!

@LearnAudacity 9 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@JFK1180 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir!

@SkyYukiGuy Жыл бұрын

I have mouth sound that can literally be heard through a speaker. Fortunately, this plugin reduce it a lot.

@HUDs_Up 3 ай бұрын

You're a legend, thank you

@LearnAudacity 3 ай бұрын

Actually, I’m a little tired and run down. But thank you!!

@c3rb3ru5d3d53c Жыл бұрын

Thank you, this video is very helpful!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

You're welsome.

@LVC85costa 10 ай бұрын

Thank you

@UNISQUAD 2 жыл бұрын

very helpful!! thank you!

@cosy5112 Жыл бұрын

awesome, thanks so much 💯💯

@reubendeeley3830 Жыл бұрын

absolutley incredible. thank you for sharing this wonderful tool. gonna save me hours of time

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@EricaL2024 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Thank you!

@AndorSolymos Жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Life saver video! Thx!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@GG-ii1uc Жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@Rebecca_Mia_Siir 10 ай бұрын

Thankyou:) i follow u on great video helped me alot thanks again again again again

@drummerlinn 2 жыл бұрын

I wonder how many times he's had to remind people to wear headphones. With the amount of times he said it here, I would guess a lot.

@TobiDaJoker 2 жыл бұрын

This video helped! Thanks :D

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@brettharrison6496 Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@LearnAudacity 11 ай бұрын

You're welcome

@skfirojali2429 Жыл бұрын

Best video thank you for your video

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. Thank you!

@Yogixx12 Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@archmichaels 8 ай бұрын

Lifesaver.

@Darkcolossis Жыл бұрын

Thank you ever so much

@k888k Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU IT WORKS BEAUTIFUL ❤🙏🙏🙏

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

You're welcome

@Burger-vq8uy 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so muchhhhhhhh!

@LearnAudacity 3 ай бұрын

You’re welcome

@GamerXenith 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this tutorial and the links! It will make editing SO much easier.

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to help!

@ParisianStreets Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the very clear explanation. My question is how can you get rid of a vibrating voice recording, how do you make it smooth? Thanks.

@NewEra-dk2zx 22 күн бұрын

thank you soooo much

@ViktorBorgGrelsson Жыл бұрын

thats pretty good actually

@lesmemosdebenito7425 Жыл бұрын

This is awesome ! Thanks to you I'm going to save so much time ! 👍👌

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

It's a great plugin. Glad to help

@PaigeWylderOwO 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks.

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome.

@janbogdaniuk Жыл бұрын

Thank you! This was immensely helpful! I also noticed a de-breath among your tools. What kind of de-breather do you use/recommend?

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

I've never had much success with that plugin. But I haven't given up on it yet. Waves has a couple of plugins that help with breath removal. Their NS1 Noise Suppressor can help and their DeBreath plugin. But until VST is supported in Audacity's realtime effects, both are destructive.

@AwpWilliams Жыл бұрын

Bruh, on that last one, it wasn't even there. Thanks dude!

@kmacradio 2 жыл бұрын

Audacity 3.1.2 as of February 17, 2022. Thanks for this video and the links. I have installed both plugins. Can't wait to try them. My problem is that I am remote voice tracking song breaks for a radio station and I can't use audacity to clean up the voice tracks "post production". I am now wearing dentures and the mouth noise is really noticeable in the voice tracks. What would you suggest for eliminating mouth noises in "live" mic situations? Think Nancy Pelosi.

@kartikkunwar20 Жыл бұрын

Thank u thank u so much sir🙏 i respect u 😇🙏🙏🙏🙏

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

You're welcome.

@SlingandStoneVideos Жыл бұрын

I can not figure out how to add it to audacity, that link isnt helping me at all. Im not getting a nyquist plug in installer????

@miroslav500 Жыл бұрын

Спасибо. Очень помогло:)

@LearnAudacity Жыл бұрын

Пожалуйста

@andrewpatterson6870 2 жыл бұрын

This was really helpful--thank you! What do you suggest for a longer track, say an hour in length? Do you recommend running De-clicker in 5-minute segments so the effect doesn't time out? Also, I've noticed that some d and t endings of words like "kept" and "timed" are chopped off when I run the De-clicker Default setting. Any ideas about which Default Action should be adjusted to prevent this from happening? Thanks again!

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

Taking smaller chunks is probably a good idea for something that long. Maybe 15 minutes at a time? As for the cut-off, maybe try adjusting the last option on the dialog screen (Repair Intervals) up or down. But I've never messed with that so be careful.

@andrewpatterson6870 2 жыл бұрын

@@LearnAudacity Great! Thanks for the suggestions. Will give them a try--and will undo anything that doesn't help. Thanks again!

@kian.concepcion 2 жыл бұрын

I tried 10-minute intervals and it didn't time out 👍🏻

@nagesharas5136 2 жыл бұрын

Could you please make an in-depth (step-by-step) video on how to achieve frequently needed tasks with macros? For example, how to delete x seconds from start, how to delete x seconds from the end, how to export the edited track, how to select a specific region of a track (say, from 10 seconds to 20 seconds), how to export output to a particular directory, etc. Also, could you please provide an online reference where all commands are explained? Some of the commands have confusing parameters!

@LearnAudacity 2 жыл бұрын

I would use the manual as your resource. It comes with audacity or you can look at the online version on the Audacity Team website. I'll give the macro idea some thought. Thanks!