Removing Reverb and Noise in Premiere Pro 

This post originally appeared in the Multimedia Tips and Tricks blog (SMDC), which was reorganized into Research Tech Tips as of September 2025. The services described in this article are still available through the Research Data and Design Commons (RDDC).

Text and video by Jonathan Famiglietti, Student Multimedia Design Center 

Have you ever finished recording several hours of footage only to discover that your audio is plagued with reverb or full of background noise? Adobe Premiere Pro has a few built-in tools that will allow you to improve the quality of your audio without having to re-record.  

In this video, learn how to use the DeReverb and DeNoise effects in Adobe Premiere Pro to remove unwanted background noise and echos from a podcast recording. 

If you’re interested in using Adobe Premiere to adjust the audio of your video podcast, stop by the Student Multimedia Design Center in Morris Library, where you can book time in our studio spaces or use our Mac classroom equipped with the full Adobe Creative Cloud Suite.