when I try to access this feature quick help tells me I can't access it because "there are no regions selected".
I have tried different ways (functions menu) etc. but the response is always the same: "no audio regions selected"
Hi,
You can edit in two areas 1) the region in the Tracks window or 2) you can edit in the Editors window. Each has it virtues as well as different capabilities. The more info with a problem the better :-)
Personally I am not a fan of automated cleanup and prefer manual modes. If you want to clean up a track and remove background sounds and noise in a very precise manner I suggest using the Editor by selecting a track ( or region ) and clicking on the Open Editors button or hit "E".
Once in the Editor you can work in "File" mode and use functions like "Gain" or "Silence" to clean up a track. You can also add Fades.
Note: File editing is destructive so you should do a "Bounce in Place" to a new track keeping the old track and work on the bounced new track. This creates a copy and the original is a backup.
Hope this helps.
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Although there are plugins out there that can clean up background noise (Waves NS1, izotope RX8, Sonnox DeNoiser), by far the best method is the manual approach, (definitely forget Logic’s Denoiser for this task)!
You can use “Strip Silence” (destructively) in the file editor, (or gain reduction), but by far the best approach is to work in the main window, (non destructively). Zoom into a vocal region & simply cut out the noisy portions. You could use the marquee tool for this, but my preferred method is scissors - choose your 1st tool as pointer, 2nd tool as scissors. (When you hold down cmd, the 2nd tool is active). It might take a while, but once you get going… it’s surprisingly quick.
Remember to keep the breaths in, & you will definitely need to add fades - usually tailored for each edit, (curves can help a lot with this). Sometimes you might have a breath with noise underneath - in which case you’ll need to copy a breath from a quiet passage, & splice it in. Longer fades & edits usually work better than abrupt ones, (& it’s a good idea to solo your vocal track to hear what’s going on). If you can get a noisy vocal sounding half decent when solo’ed it should be OK in the mix…
Compression raises the noise floor, so if you’ve already got a noisy background, compression will accentuate this, so try easing back on compression, (or rely on volume automation more than compression where appropriate).
Best of luck!
On a vocal audio track.
What do you mean with ”where am I doing the editing”?
I want to remove background noise and I havent been succesful using a noisegate cause theres always a little bit of a bleed and it ends up chopping up the vocals in an unnatural way.
maybe I just havent mastered the noisegate well enough yet.
Seems to me like remove silence could do a more precise job removing background noise.
If theres a third or even fourth way to get the job done feel free to share!!!!
Hi,
Where are you trying to do the editing and on what type of track?
I'll watch for a reply.
Wow, thank you!!!
problem with Logic Pro x remove silence feature
