071 - Combat Mouth Noise

When you record, do you hear pops or clicks coming from your mouth? This is mouth noise, and it's unpleasant for the listener. Let's explore some techniques to get rid of it.

Apps to help get rid of clicking (Make sure you scan for viruses. And install at your own risk. Back up everything ) :

DeClick Plugin for Audacity ( https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=245549#p245549 )

Youtube instructions on installing and using the above. ( https://youtu.be/3zESSLTU4vw )

ERA Noise Removal Bundle has a de-clicker, although it's not detailed on the webpage yet. ( https://accusonus.com/products/audio-repair/era-noise-remover#gyb )

PRODUCTION NOTES

Recording Mic: Zoom LMF-2 Lavalier mic

Recording device: Zoom F2 32 bit float Field Recorder

Recording location: Dining table, seated, no pillow-fort.

Recording format: WAV (32 bit float mono)

Editing app (and EQ): Adobe Audition

Sound Treatment: Auphonic Productions at Auphonic.com

Auphonic.com settings [to output as a 16bit mono WAV file]: Adaptive Leveler (on), Loudness Normalization (Loudness Target -19 LUFS ), Filtering (on), Noise and Hum Reduction (Reduction Amount: Auto), Sample rate: 44.1kHz

I uploaded the resulting WAV file to Anchor.fm to host the file and added the music from their free music stock.

Episode art: Canva

Anchor automatically converts the WAV file into a 128kbps, stereo, .m4a file.