I’m working on a video of interviews. The only microphone used was on-camera and there is a lot of people in the background talking, laughing, etc. It is difficult to understand the person being interviewed. What audio tools in Shotcut can I use to minimize the background chatter?
brian
May 5, 2025, 3:00am
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This is a common question and the most common suggestion is to use the Noise Reduction tool in Audacity:https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/noise_reduction.html
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Yes, it’s always best to have as little noise as possible in the original audio, but sometimes some noise is unavoidable. And sometimes an audio editor is a better tool for this sort of job than a video editor.
One option to consider, if it’s feasible for you, would be to extract the audio and then use the noise reduction feature of an audio program such as Audacity (another free open source cross-platform program). Audacity’s noise reduction works by you selecting a section that only contain…
I checked the Road Map before posting this ticket.
Audio Noise reduction must be automatic and easy with simple configuration. (Already there in roadmap but should be in a priority list)
It is amongst the most required feature.