Removing pop from audio

[Thomas Frank]

I am guessing no? :/

[T. Payton]

First, I tell the fellow who gave your the voice over that it has that it has problems. They should offer to redo it. A simple $15 popper stopper will take care of it.

There are some things you can do in post. You probably can’t completely eliminate it, but it depends how bad it is.

The first thing I would try is an the filter “Enveloper” on your VO. This will lesson loud “p” attack with a setting like this: Notice the beginning of the sound will have a slow ramp up rather than a hard attack. Try a desser also.

You could try to do this manually with some audio keyframes at the sample level.

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T. Payton
OneCreative, Albuquerque

[Thomas Frank]

Thanks will give it a try!

[Alan Danau]

I have had some success with a simpler method when the pop is not too extreme.

1) Zoom way in so you can see the instant of the pop. It will usually be louder than surrounding audio.

2) Put three to five keyframes in the audio with one RIGHT AT THE PEAK of the pop.

3) Pull down the peak at the pop until you can still hear the beginning of of the word or syllable, but the volume doesn’t leap out.

Here’s the after picture of one that sounded pretty good.