Best AI Audio Cleaners For Noise Reduction

Best AI Audio Cleaners For Noise Reduction Have a noisy track with background noise and hum? Here are the best AI audio cleaners you could try.

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April 25, 2025 4 min read
Best AI Audio Cleaners For Noise Reduction

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Two things need to be said: bad audio kills good content and quality in = quality out. Audio cleaners are your last resort. The best way to get crisp audio is to record pristine vocal tracks or use an AI voice to generate your narration.

Whether you’re podcasting, editing interviews, or cleaning up noisy Zoom calls, getting clean, crisp sound used to mean hours of tedious editing. Now? AI’s doing the heavy lifting — if you pick the right tool.

I’ve tested a pile of AI audio cleaners, and spoiler alert: they’re not all built the same.

Here’s the best AI audio cleaners you can try now.

1. PlayHT Audio Cleaner – Best Overall for Fast, Studio-Quality Results

👉 Try PlayHT Audio Cleaner here

PlayHT’s Audio Cleaner is hands-down the easiest way I’ve found to scrub audio clean — and I’m picky.
One upload, one click, and it strips away background noise, room echo, and weird artifacts without flattening your voice or music. (A lot of AI cleaners over-compress and suck the life out of the sound — PlayHT actually preserves it.)

  • Super simple: No settings hell. Upload, clean, download.
  • Studio-quality sound: Makes you sound like you recorded in a pro booth.
  • Fast turnaround: Most files are done in under a minute.
  • Free to start: No sketchy sign-ups or credit card traps.

Best for: Podcasters, video editors, remote workers — honestly, anyone who wants pro audio without mastering a DAW.

2. Adobe Enhance Speech – Best for Quick Voice-Only Fixes

Adobe’s AI-powered Enhance Speech tool is like magic for voiceovers and interviews — but only if you’re dealing with just voice.

It removes background noise and polishes up the voice beautifully, but if you have music, multiple speakers, or ambient sound you want to keep, it can wreck the vibe.

Pros:

  • Free to use (for now)
  • Great for voice-heavy content

Cons:

  • Struggles with anything beyond single-voice recordings
  • Can sound a little too polished (robotic if overused)

3. Krisp – Best for Live Calls and Meetings

Krisp’s strength is real-time noise cancellation — meaning it cleans your audio as you speak.
Perfect if you’re hopping on live Zoom calls from a noisy café (or, let’s be honest, your kitchen).

It’s not as surgical as PlayHT when it comes to deep post-production cleaning, but for live work, it’s a beast.

Pros:

  • Live background noise and echo removal
  • Easy setup across platforms (Zoom, Slack, Skype)

Cons:

  • Paid plans for full features
  • Not a replacement for post-recording cleanup

4. Auphonic – Best for Bulk Processing

If you’re batching podcasts or webinars, Auphonic makes it dead simple to clean and level a mountain of audio files at once.

It’s not as advanced at background noise detection as PlayHT, but it does handle loudness normalization, encoding, and metadata tagging automatically — which is a huge time-saver.

Pros:

  • Batch processing
  • Multi-format exports
  • Loudness standards compliance

Cons:

  • Limited free usage
  • Interface feels a little clunky

5. iZotope RX – Best for Audio Nerds Who Want Full Control

If you’re a pro-level editor who wants total control, iZotope RX is still the gold standard.

But let’s be honest: it’s overkill (and expensive) if you just want to clean up a podcast episode or TikTok.

Pros:

  • Unrivaled control
  • Incredible restoration tools for music, film, and voice

Cons:

  • Steep learning curve
  • Pricey if you’re not a studio engineer

If you want the best AI audio cleaner that’s fast, affordable, and sounds incredible, start with PlayHT.
It nails the balance of “set it and forget it” simplicity with studio-grade output — no fiddling, no headaches.

The others have their place depending on your workflow, but PlayHT feels like what AI audio cleanup should have been all along.

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