free video noise reduction plugin for fcpx

Under the name Idustrial Revolution, I have written and sold plugins for Final Cut Pro for 13 years. I have also worked as a broadcast and corporate editor for over 30 years, starting on one inch tape, working through many formats, right up to today's NLEs. I am the Editor-in-Chief of FCP.co and have run the website since its inception ten years ago. There is also a tutorial on AudioDenoise from FxFactory.

We would also have liked to see a manual or automatic gain control included as the plugin will lower the overall volume once the background noise has been removed. Maybe putting in silence instead would have been better. Our initial tests are positive, but it is hard to do comparisons between the new plugin and the built in audio analysis as that tone takes a toll on our ears after a few seconds. Should you have the unfortunate requirement to edit in Adobe's Premiere Pro, the same license will work there too although the installation is slightly more complicated. This means you can try the plugin out yourself for free, but you'll get a rather loud spike of tone every few seconds. This is the first audio plugin distributed through the FxFactory plugin management system. This will yield better results in instances of heavy noise.

Allows you to perform multiple passes by dropping on multiple instances of the plugin.

Allows you to select a specific noise region for better results (by placing the playhead on a noise region before you drag on the plugin).

We did this because we believe that video people are mostly interested in denoising vocal tracks (interviews, dialogue, podcasts, voiceover). AudioDenoise maintains the quality of voice. The built in FCP X 'Background Noise Removal' feature will sacrifice voice quality in order to remove noise.

So why should FCPX editors use this plugin and not the built in noise reducer? We have to say that we have had variable results with the built in version, speech sounding like it is underwater when you move the slider more than about a third of the way along.ĬrumplePop very kindly told us about the difference:

Free video noise reduction plugin for fcpx