NVIDIA RTX Voice - AI Background Noise Removal for Windows

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When you're working, playing, and creating content from home, you want to keep background noise to a minimum. NVIDIA RTX Voice is a new plugin that leverages NVIDIA RTX GPUs and their AI capabilities to remove distracting background noise from your broadcasts and voice chats.

 

RTX Voice allows users to:

 

• Go live or attend a meeting remotely without worrying about finding a quiet place.
  
• Suppress background noise from players in loud environments, making incoming audio easier to understand.
  

Like many of you, we’re all trying to adjust to our new normal. Our homes are now a shared office, streaming studio, and gaming den all in one. We’ve been silently working away on RTX Voice - our noise-cancelling app - but wanted to get this in your hands as soon as possible via an early-access community beta. The product is still in development, but we hope you find it useful!

 

Setup Instructions:

 

1. Download and install RTX Voice from here: https://developer.nvidia.com/rtx/broadcast_engine/secure/NVIDIA_RTX_Voice.exe
   
2. Launch the RTX Voice App and turn on the denoiser for Microphone. We recommend that you only turn on the denoiser for Speakers only when needed.
   
3. Launch your voice chat app, go to settings > Audio, and change your microphone and speaker settings to use NVIDIA RTX Voice.
   

Full setup and testing guide for RTX Voice can be found here: www.nvidia.com/en-us/geforce/guides/nvidia-rtx-voice-setup-guide

 

Requirements:

 

• NVIDIA RTX GPU
  
• Windows 10
  
• Driver 410.18 or newer
  

 

RTX Voice Beta FAQ

 

What are the RTX Voice Requirements?

You need to have an NVIDIA RTX GPU (GeForce or Quadro), use driver 410.18 or newer, Windows 10, and a supported application.

 

What applications are supported by RTX Voice beta?

 

• OBS Studio
  
• XSplit Broadcaster
  
• XSplit Gamecaster
  
• Twitch Studio
  
• Discord
  
• Google Chrome
  
• WebEx*
  
• Skype*
  
• Zoom*
  
• Slack*
  

* RTX Voice speakers may exhibit issues in these apps.

 

Does RTX Voice work on Laptops?

Yes, you can use RTX Voice on a laptop. Just note that RTX Voice beta uses your discrete GPU, which may impact battery life on MS Hybrid laptops.

 

I am not getting any system audio.

If you are not getting Windows audio, check that you have selected your usual speakers in Windows.

 

If you are not getting audio through the voice chat app in which you are using RTX Voice, then:

 

• Check whether the correct physical speaker device is selected in the drop-down list in NVIDIA RTX Voice application.
  
• Check whether your audio application (e.g. Discord/Slack) is configured to playback on the NVIDIA RTX Voice device.
  

I am not getting any audio from my microphone.

Check whether the correct physical device is selected in the drop-down list in the NVIDIA RTX Voice application.

Check whether your audio application (e.g. Discord/Slack) is configured to playback on the NVIDIA RTX Audio device.

 

When using a voice chat application with RTX Voice, some words or syllables are getting dropped.

Check if there are default Voice Activity filters (e.g. Noise Suppression, Noise Gate, etc.) in the chat applications, and disable those filters.

 

When using voice chat, I hear voice distortion (or the other side hears my voice as distorted).

Check if there are default Voice Activity filters (e.g. Noise Suppression, Noise Gate, etc.) in the chat applications, and disable those filters.

 

Can I use NVIDIA RTX Voice for background noise removal on my noisy audio recordings?

Yes. Select Speakers (NVIDIA RTX Voice) as your speakers in Windows, and play your noisy audio through a media player.

 

Where can I find the EULA/Third Party Licenses on my machine?

You can find the EULA.pdf and ThirdPartyLicenses.txt file in the C:\Program Files\NVIDIA Corporation\NVIDIA RTX Voice directory.

 

Give us your Feedback for RTX Voice Beta!

 

End user input is critical to accelerate the development of RTX Voice. Help us develop RTX Voice:

 

• Report any bugs you find: https://forms.gle/UHStVFLPCXAvFuwk9
  
• Help us train the AI network: https://broadcast.nvidia.com/feedback
  

 

[Arthur]

RTX Voice vs Krisp (BBC Click Comparison)

 

 

Apparently it's possible to get RTX Voice working on a non-RTX NVIDIA graphics card. More details here...

 

https://forums.guru3d.com/threads/nvidia-rtx-voice-works-without-rtx-gpu-heres-how.431781/ (posts #170 and #97 specifically)