

The track must contain at least a small part (even very brief) containing only noise. The BlueLab Denoiser plugin works on all types of sounds, not only on vocals and on a subset of musical sounds. The noise and the interesting signal are separated in the spectral domain, and then the noise is attenuated or suppressed on the entire track. The solution? Use a Denoiser before your Gate/Expander and Compressor 👍ĭenoiser type plugins are not offered for free very often, so pick this one up if you need it.Denoiser is a noise remover that attenuates or even suppress the background noise on a track, by learning the characteristics of the noise. It’s a very unpleasant listening experience. If you just use a Gate/Expander, you’ll quiet the spaces between sentences, but then the listener will be hit with a wall of noise when the Gate/Expander opens. But in many cases, especially after adding compression, you’ll be able to hear the noise while speaking. Some people just use an Expander/Gate to remove noise, and that’s fine if your noise floor is low enough that you can’t hear the noise while speaking. But how does it sound after you add compression and pump up the volume? Compression will make that background noise much more present in your signal, and if you are aiming for a professional voice sound, you’ll be using a compressor for sure. You may listen to your track and think, “Hey, the background noise isn’t that bad”, and that may be true for a raw track.


Noise Suppressors/Denoisers will remove that annoying background noise so the listener can hear your voice clearly, and not what was going on in your room (computer noise, air conditioner, outside noise, etc…) Everybody needs a denoiser plugin! Whether you are recording a vocalist, a podcast, a YouTube video, SFX out in the field, and even instruments recorded in a noisy environment.
