Guides
What are you trying to fix?
Pick the situation that matches yours. Each one has the exact mode and prompt to use, plus an honest note on where it falls short.
Prompts go in English, and short. Three presets are built in, anything else you type in a few words.
By situation
How to remove copyrighted music from a YouTube video
→Take the song out before you upload.
Remove · "background music" · preset
How to clean up the audio on a wedding video
→Clear room hum off a ceremony.
Remove · "ambient noise" · preset
How to clean up a baby's first words video
→Clear the TV and fan without losing the moment.
Remove · "ambient noise" · preset
How to keep your commentary and drop the game audio
→Keep the mic, drop the gameplay.
Keep only · "people speaking" · preset
How to remove a phone ringing from video or audio
→Lift a ringtone out of a take.
Remove · "phone ringing"
How to remove crying from a home video
→Take crying out of a home video.
Remove · "baby crying"
Remove a sound
How to remove a car horn from video or audio
→Pull a honk out of a clean take.
Remove · "car horn"
How to remove traffic noise from video or audio
→Clear constant road noise.
Remove · "ambient noise" · preset
How to remove wind noise from video or audio
→Get wind off your outdoor audio.
Remove · "ambient noise" · preset
How to remove keyboard typing from video or audio
→Kill clacky keys under your voice.
Remove · "keyboard typing"
How to remove dog barking from video or audio
→Drop a barking dog from a take.
Remove · "dog barking"
How to remove motorcycle engine noise from video or audio
→Bring down a loud bike engine.
Remove · "motorcycle engine"
How to remove singing from video or audio
→Drop a busker or radio singing.
Remove · "people singing"
How to remove voices from video or audio
→Clear background talking.
Remove · "people speaking" · preset
How to remove background music from video or audio
→Drop the music, keep your voice.
Remove · "background music" · preset
How to remove background noise from video or audio
→Clean steady hum and hiss.
Remove · "ambient noise" · preset
Keep a sound
Keep only your voice, drop everything else
→Pull your voice out of a noisy take.
Keep only · "people speaking" · preset
Keep only the music
→Pull the music out on its own.
Keep only · "background music" · preset
Keep only the singing
→Keep the singing, drop the rest.
Keep only · "people singing"
Keep yourself talking, drop the engine and horns
→Talking over a loud engine? Keep the voice.
Keep only · "people speaking" · preset
Lower a sound
What it can't do
Can you remove someone talking over someone else?
→Why two voices can't be split apart.
Remove · "people speaking" · preset
Can SoundScrub make a faint or distant voice clear?
→Why a quiet voice can't be made clear.
Remove · "ambient noise" · preset
Can SoundScrub remove echo from a video?
→Why echo is not a sound you can remove.
Remove · "ambient noise" · preset
Nothing matches that. SoundScrub still handles any sound you can name in a few words, try the app.
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