Select the audio or video clip in the timeline for which you want to enhance the audio.
Last updated on
Jul 14, 2026
Learn to use the audio enhancement feature in Firefly video editor (beta) to reduce background disturbance and improve voice clarity in your video projects.
Enhance audio uses AI to improve audio quality by isolating speech, music, sound effects, and background audio. You can use Enhance audio directly in the Firefly video editor (beta) to refine audio without leaving your workflow. Control background and speech settings with simple sliders to achieve clear, balanced, and professional-sounding results.
Apply audio enhancement to your clip
Open the Properties panel by selecting the properties icon from the right rail.
Toggle Enhance audio at the bottom of the panel.
Note
Processing may take a few minutes, depending on the clip length and your internet connection. Results vary based on the original audio quality- clearer source recordings produce better enhancement results. Enhancement is only supported for clips up to 30 minutes in duration. If you select a clip longer than 30 minutes, a notification appears indicating that the action isn’t supported.
Adjust the speech and background audio levels by moving the sliders left to decrease or right to increase each of these settings:
- Speech: Adjust the volume of spoken dialogue in the selected clip.
- Speech enhancement: Enhance the clarity and quality of spoken dialogue.
- Reverb: Adjust the level of reverberation in spoken dialogue.
- Music: Adjust the volume of the background music in the selected clip.
- Sound effects: Adjust the volume of sound effects in the selected clip.
- Ambience: Adjust the volume of ambient background sounds in the selected clip.
Preview your adjustments by playing the clip in the viewer or timeline.
Tip
Use moderate speech enhancement for natural-sounding results. If your recording has heavy background noise, reduce the Ambience significantly, reduce Sound effects and Music as needed, and then increase Speech or Speech enhancement.
Select Enhance to save your changes to the clip.
Once the enhancement is applied, you can adjust or remove it by returning to the Properties panel, modifying the sliders, or toggling off Enhance audio.
Recommended adjustments for common scenarios
Use the following examples as a starting point when adjusting speech and background audio levels. Fine-tune the settings based on your recording.
|
Scenario |
Recommended adjustments |
|---|---|
|
Interview with background traffic |
Increase Speech enhancement and reduce Ambience. |
|
Music overpowering dialogue |
Reduce Music and slightly increase Speech. |
|
Outdoor recording |
Reduce Ambience while keeping Sound effects moderate. |
|
Echoey room recording |
Reduce Reverb and increase Speech enhancement. |
|
Podcast or voiceover recording |
Increase Speech enhancement and reduce Music and Ambience. |
|
Recorded presentation |
Increase Speech and reduce Ambience. |
|
Café or restaurant recording |
Increase Speech enhancement and reduce Ambience. |
|
Windy outdoor recording |
Reduce Ambience and increase Speech enhancement. |
|
Crowd noise during dialogue |
Reduce Ambience and slightly increase Speech. |
|
Sound effects are difficult to hear |
Increase Sound effects while keeping Music lower. |
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