Enable noise reduction to minimize background sounds, like a participant's loud computer fan or air conditioner. The filter is applied to both the live studio audio and to all participants' recorded tracks to reduce the high and low frequencies outside the range of vocal speech.
We recommend enabling noise reduction, unless each participant is in a separate soundproofed environment.
Who: Hosts and producers
Plan: All plans
Device: Computer browser
Example of noise reduction off / on
Before a studio session
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Log in to your Riverside account.
If you have multiple studios, select the relevant studio. - From the sidebar on the left, click
Settings.
- From the tabs at the top, click Recording.
- Next to Noise reduction, toggle on
to enable it.
The next recording uses the new setting for all participants.
During a studio session
- Join a studio as the host or producer.
- At the top right of the page, click the
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Next to Noise reduction, toggle on
The next recording uses the new setting for all participants.
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When should I use noise reduction?
When you enable noise reduction while recording, Riverside processes all participants' audio through a noise filter to create a clearer-sounding recording. It reduces ambient noise from the room tone, like air conditioners and fans, with minimal impact on spoken vocals.
Why you may want to remove background noise:
- Smoother-sounding overall audio, especially if
- someone is not recording in a soundproofed space
- background noise is louder than the spoken parts
- you can hear an electric hum (grounding noise)
Why you may want to keep the raw audio:
- Audio loses some fidelity and texture
If you enable noise reduction while recording in the studio, you cannot add the sound data back in later. Even if you don't apply the noise reduction in the studio, you can also apply similar noise removal in the editor.
- Smoother-sounding overall audio, especially if