Listen to this….
Hear that click?
Isn’t that annoying?
Today, we’ll take a look
at how to remove clicks, pops
and other annoying mouth noises
from your audio.
Hey guys, what up.
This is Serge, and welcome back to my channel.
The simplest and easiest way
to remove mouth noises from your audio,
is to isolate them and cut them out.
First, let’s start off with an easy one.
In this example,
the click is on it’s own,
so it’s very easy to remove.
If we zoom in on our timeline,
we can see a clear spike in the waveform.
To remove it,
simply place the playhead before it,
and press Command B to make a cut.
Move the playhead to after the spike,
and Command B to blade it again.
Select your middle clip,
and press Delete to remove it from your audio.
Nice and simple.
Our next example, is a little more complicated.
The click this time,
comes in the middle of my sentence.
If we isolate the click in our waveform,
and remove it,
even if it’s just one or two frames,
removing it is very noticeable.
I’ll press Command Z to undo that.
Where video can only be edited at the frame level,
Final Cut Pro lets you to edit audio at the sample level,
down to 1/80 of a frame.
First, from the Menu bar select View,
and make sure Zoom to samples is enabled.
Now, you can zoom in much more on your timeline,
and see your clip at a sample level.
This grey area right here is one frame,
and this little peak right here,
this is the click we are trying to remove.
We can now use keyframes
in our waveform to remove it.
Hold down the Option key,
and add 2 keyframes on each side of the waveform.
Click the audio level line in the middle,
and drag it all the way down to mute it.
Let’s take a listen.
This is before,
and After.
Let’s take a look at another click,
and this one is tough.
Listen to this part of the clip.
The click isn’t very loud,
but you can still hear it,
and we need to remove it.
Even is we zoom right in on our timeline,
the click is very hard to see in the waveform.
Could be any one of these peeks,
but really hard to tell which one it is.
You can try to get as close to it as you can,
and isolate these peaks one at a time,
but that can take forever,
and you still might not be able to get it.
This is where using a third party plugin
can be a huge time saver.
The plugin I use to remove clicks,
is the Izotope De-Click effect,
which is part of the RX 7 Elements.
This isn’t sponsored by Izotope,
just a great plugin I use on almost all of my videos.
RX7 Elements normally retails for 129 USD,
but if you watch their website,
it often goes on sale for around 30 USD.
This is what I paid for it.
After you buy and install it,
it comes as it’s own separate app,
as well as 4 plugins
that can be used right in Final Cut Pro.
Let’s take a look at the plugin first.
Select your clip with the click,
open the effects browser,
and scroll all the way down to Izotope category.
Select the RX 7 De-Click effect,
and drag and drop it over your clip.
Thats all you have to do.
Your click is gone.
If you go up to the inspector,
and open the De-Click HUD,
you can see Izotope removed 5 clicks,
just from this clip.
Majority of the time,
the Default setting does a perfect job,
but if that doesn’t work,
you have a few parameters
you can play around with, to get it just perfect.
Now, when I record a video, or a voiceover,
I tend to get a lot of clicks and pops.
So, what I like to do,
is before I even import my audio into Final Cut Pro,
I like to run it through the RX 7 Elements
to remove all the clicks.
Open up RX 7 Elements,
and click Open File.
Select your audio file, and open it up.
Next, in the top right corner,
you have a Smart Repair Assistant button.
This function is almost magical.
It can remove clicks from your audio,
as well as fix any clipping,
remove background noise,
or any hum you have in your video.
When you click this button,
it first asks you what type of audio
you want to analyze.
For our example, let’s select dialogue.
You can also click the settings button,
and bypass any of these functions.
For my clip,
all I’m focusing on is the clicks in my audio,
so I’ll bypass the others to save time.
Click Start Analysis.
RX7 Analyzes your clip,
and gives you three repair options.
Light, Medium and Heavy.
Select any one of these to preview
a few seconds of your audio.
Select your preferred option,
and click the Render button.
After this is done,
close the Repair Assistant popup,
and export the audio file,
by selecting File and Export.
Choose your file type,
and click OK to export your audio.
You can now import this audio back into Final Cut Pro,
and sync it to your original video.
If you’re not sure how to do this,
I’ll link a video in the description below,
and up here,
that explains how to perfectly sync
your audio to your video.
Make sure to check it out.
And, you can now edit your video,
without having to worry about those
annoying mouth noises, such clicks and pops.
If you enjoyed this video,
make sure to give it a thumbs up,
and subscribe to my channel.
And, if you want to learn more about
editing audio in Final Cut Pro,
I put together a short playlist,
and I’ll link it in the description below.
Make sure to check it out.
Thanks for watching,
and I’ll see you back here next week.