Beloved noise removal plugin that learns a noise print and quietly erases it.
Voiceover noise removal
Brusfri is the plugin podcasters whisper about. It learns the noise profile from a second of silence and removes it without the underwater artifacts that plague free de-noisers. Regular price $59.99, but it routinely goes on sale for under $25. Voiceover artists swear by it.
Brusfri is a noise-reduction plugin from the Swedish boutique developer Klevgrand and has become a quiet favourite among voiceover artists, audiobook narrators, and podcasters. The workflow is dead simple: find a passage of pure room tone in your recording, click learn, and the plugin builds a fingerprint of the noise. From there it removes that noise from the rest of the track with markedly fewer artifacts than the free or built-in de-noisers in most DAWs. The trick is that Brusfri doesn't alter audio phasing to suppress noise — instead it uses multiple fine-tuned gates to silence unwanted noise. Voices stay natural, the air around them tightens, and you avoid the underwater warble that gives away aggressive cleanup. It runs as a VST/VST3, AU, and AAX plugin on macOS and Windows, plus as a standalone iPad app for AUv3 hosts like AUM and GarageBand iOS. Pricing is $59.99 regular, but Klevgrand runs frequent sales that drop it to around $24 — about 59% off — making it a no-brainer at sale prices. It's a one-trick plugin: no EQ, compression, or mastering. As a clean-up specialist that lives in a chain alongside your DAW's other tools, Brusfri is hard to beat, especially during sale windows.
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Beloved noise removal plugin that learns a noise print and quietly erases it.
Klevgrand Brusfri is shaped for voiceover noise removal. Its biggest strength: learn-a-print workflow is dead simple. It learns the noise profile from a second of silence and removes it without the underwater artifacts that plague free de-noisers
one-trick plugin, not a full suite; pricier than free alternatives at full retail. None of these are deal-breakers on their own, but they're worth knowing before you commit.
It's a paid tool in the $ range. Some plans have a free trial — check the latest on their pricing page.
Closest in the same category: Descript, Audacity, Hindenburg Pro. Each has its own shape — see the alternatives page for a side-by-side.