How to remove voices from video or audio
Unwanted talking in your recording, background chatter, a second person, a passer-by, that you want out while keeping the rest of the audio.
The setup
Remove
"people speaking" ยท preset
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Step by step
- 1 Drop your video or audio file into SoundScrub.
- 2 Set the mode to Remove.
- 3 Pick "people speaking" from the sound list.
- 4 Run it. You get the file back with that sound removed and the rest untouched.
Why this works
Remove mode with the "people speaking" preset goes after voices and drops them, keeping the music, ambience, and everything that isn't speech.
Why the usual fixes fall short
If you want to keep music or ambience but drop the talking, EQ can't help, speech shares the same range as everything else. You need to separate the voice out.
Honest heads-up
It removes speech as a group, so if you're talking too, your voice goes with the chatter. Keeping your voice while dropping other people's is the one thing it can't do. Results are best when the voices you want gone are clearly separate from what you're keeping.
Common questions
How do I remove background talking from a video?
In SoundScrub, set the mode to Remove and pick the "people speaking" preset. It drops the voices and keeps the music, ambience, and everything that is not speech. Note that it removes all speech, not one person.
Can I keep one voice and remove the rest?
Not by speaker. It separates speech from non-speech, so it removes (or keeps) voices as a group, not one person out of several.
How do I keep the voice and remove the music instead?
Use the "background music" preset in Remove mode, that keeps the speech and drops the music.
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