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p144au
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March 19, 2026
Question

Poor performance of audio Improvement

  • March 19, 2026
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I have a video that was recorded on a camcorder in 1990 that has significant background noise that I’d like to eliminate or reduce so the subject’s voice can be heard more clearly. The audio improvement functionality does significantly reduce the noise, but it also mangled the subject’s voice so badly that I had to revert to the original.

Is there way to isolate and reduce the background noise while leaving the speaker’s voice alone? If not, I will be canceling my subscription.

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      Tamara Mariah
      Tamara Mariah
      Participant
      March 24, 2026

      Hello,

      After the recent update to Adobe Podcast, I noticed that I can no longer adjust the level of audio enhancement as I could before.

      In the previous version, it was possible to reduce the intensity of “Enhance Speech,” which helped avoid distortion and preserved the natural quality of the voice. With the new settings, the audio now sounds over-processed, causing noticeable distortion in words and a less natural result.

      I would like to know if there is still a way to control the enhancement level or if there are any plans to bring this adjustment back in future updates.

      Thank you in advance for your attention.

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      p144auAuthor
      Participant
      March 24, 2026

      Thanks. I actually figured out how to do it. Once the enhancement is complete there was a slider that allowed me to add or decrease the amount of processing. By reducing the amount of processing, the voice became much more natural.  

      Tamara Mariah
      Tamara Mariah
      Participant
      March 25, 2026

      In the previous version, I was able to use this feature normally and adjust the enhancement level using the slider.

      However, in the current version, I’ve noticed that it behaves differently. When I upload an audio file — which doesn’t originally have much noise — reducing the slider no longer produces the same result as before.

      It seems that the control is now only lowering the volume of the processed channel, rather than adjusting the level of audio enhancement, which ends up causing unwanted distortion.

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