Muffling certain words in premiere pro

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April 6, 2022
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Hi all,

I'm editing a video as part of a research project and need to muffle parts where names are spoken in the clip to maintain confidentiality. I'm struggling to find any support for this.

I take it I would need to use the razor tool to be able to edit the particular second where that name is spoken, however I can't work out which effect would muffle the word without distorting the audio in a way that's too distractiong (i.e super high or low pitches).

Any help here would be greatly appreciated.

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Shaddai5C68Author

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Hi all,

Thanks both, I've since figured this out myself.

I've simply cut a few seconds of background noise from elsewhere within the same clip, cut out the audio clip with the name spoken, and replaced it with the background.

Best,

FlyingFourFun

Inspiring

Forgot to add, if these are confidential/sensitive names, you may want to blur out the lips, as some people can lip read good. You only have to blur it to match the spoken part you removed.

chrisw44157881

Inspiring

do you have an example? the thing with muffled is that, if you leave it sounding "nice", someone may be able to forensically recover the audio. it might be better to make your own muffled sound and simply merge into the audio completely.