

Press the Play button in the bottom left corner to begin playback of the audio. Next, choose File > Open and select & open your audio file. Launch Soundtrack Pro and close the default project.

The less you have in your recording the better the end results will be! There doesn't need to be a lot of background noise or hum. We're going to remove some of the background noise from this rather over enthusiastic voice-over where the input gain was too high during recording. If you have Logic Pro or Final Cut Pro then you can find Soundtrack Pro lurking in your Applications folder. Soundtrack Pro is included with Logic Studio and Final Cut Studio but is not available to purchase separately. So grab your headphones and let's start cleaning up some audio. In this How-To blog post we'll explore the in's and out's of reducing unwanted noise on a simple voice over sample without making it sound too artificial. Every recording musician or recording engineer at some point sits back and wishes they had used a different microphone, different room or simply turned off the A/C while recording! Short of re-recording in a different location or with a noise isolating microphone, Soundtrack Pro has a very useful feature called Noise Reduction. the hiss or hum of background noise, traffic, computer fans, etc are a real turn-off for the listener. You know, whether it be a recording of guitars, drums or most of all spoken word.
