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Removing click sound in audacity

by koolkat1979
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I am creating a video course and have recorded the audio - the problem is throughout the audio an annoying click sound is coming.

Is there a way to remove this click sound from my audio.
#audacity #click #removing #sound
  • Profile picture of the author Recon24
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    • Profile picture of the author Brandon Tanner
      Are you referring to the click track, or is the clicking part of the actual recording? If the latter, post a short MP3 sample of it somewhere and I'll let you know what I think (picosong.com is good for this). If it's part of the actual recording, it's usually difficult to remove entirely, but there are some things you can do to minimize it somewhat.
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      • Profile picture of the author koolkat1979
        hi brandon - it is a click sound which comes in the recording - here is the link to it -http://picosong.com/kgRc
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        • Profile picture of the author Brandon Tanner
          Originally Posted by koolkat1979 View Post

          hi brandon - it is a click sound which comes in the recording - here is the link to it -http://picosong.com/kgRc
          You only uploaded 1 second of audio. Can't tell anything from a sample that short. Try 15-20 seconds.
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  • Profile picture of the author seobro
    I do not replace the click with silence, but with background ambient noise. Record the sounds that normally exist in your room. Otherwise, people will detect that something was taken out and it will be annoying. Also, I use multiple tracks for both voice and music. Have multiple microphones on. That way you can clean up your sound, and if one mike is bad use another one. Clicking noises should never occur. Try to get a good high quality USB microphone, but those can be expensive.
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  • Profile picture of the author Mr Bill
    I do what seobro suggested. I record some silence at the start to get the ambient sound which I then copy and paste over clicks, chirps, slurps, barks and breaths. It will take some practice to replace the right amount of sound and make it sound natural. I usually play over the repaired section before moving on and please, please, please remember to save all the time.
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  • Profile picture of the author kpmedia
    There's no click in that audio. (And this is being listen to on near-reference pro speakers.)

    At worst, the microphone is crap, or the audio input values are too high. Even though the waveform is less than 50% in size, it has clipping and distortion. This could be filtered, but not with the freeware Audacity. It needs (A) Sound Forge 9+, and (B) skills/experience at restoring the kind of audio error. As usual, it likely needs custom filter work, and it won't sound right using a default.

    Removing clicks is easy, but it takes the right tool and some pro audio knowledge.

    Clicking is likely your speakers and audio card, if you're hearing it. Most consumer audio hardware is terrible, especially the speakers.
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