Remove crosstalk and mic bleed

Make your audio more clear

The best way to remove crosstalk or mic bleed from multiple microphone recordings is to use a great mixer. Well, not everyone has access to a great mixer, so here's an easy, fast, and free way to do it using Auphonic.

What is Crosstalk?

Crosstalk is unwanted leakage or bleed of a signal from one or more channels to other channels within a device.

What is Mic Bleed?

Mic bleed or spill is when a close mic picks up sound from another sound source. Two people might be speaking into two different microphones that are placed too close together.

Step-by-step: How to remove crosstalk and mic bleed

Before you begin, you'll need to make sure your independent mic recordings are in an uncompressed WAV or similar lossless format.

1. 1
   Upload your tracks to Auphonic

   Upload each file to Auphonic. If you don't have an Auphonic account, you can create a free trial which includes 2 hours of standard processing.

2. 2
   Start a new multitrack production

   Once you are in Auphonic, click "Productions" and then "New Multitrack Production".

3. 3
   Add your first track

   Click "Select File" and then upload your first track.

4. 4
   Enable filtering and noise reduction

   Check "Filtering" and "Noise and Hum Reduction (Auto)".

5. 5
   Mark it as a foreground track

   Choose the "Foreground/Background" menu and select "Foreground Track".

6. 6
   Add the next track

   Click "Add Audio Track" and choose the next track.

7. 7
   Repeat for every remaining track

   Repeat the steps 3 to 6 for additional tracks and make sure each one has the "Foreground Track" checked.

8. 8
   Set the output to mono WAV

   Go to the "Output Files" section and select "WAV" and mark it as "Mono".

9. 9
   Select the master audio algorithms

   Go to the "Master Audio Algorithms" section and select all available options:

   • Adaptive Leveler
   • Adaptive Noise Gate
   • Crossgate
   • Loudness Target (set to -16 LUFS)
10. 10
    Start the production

    Go to the "Start Production" section and follow the steps provided.

That's it! You should have a pretty clean mono WAV file for further editing. Good luck!