Can I remove these noises somehow?

[sprynmr]

http://bobspryn.com/files/clip.aif.zip

I think its lip-smacking or something along those lines.

We used a nice condenser mic with a pop-screen, and it seems it may be doing TOO good a job.

Any of the waves plugins good at helping with something along those lines?

Thanks!

Robert

 

[danny.guitar]

You could try selecting just the part in the wave file with the "smacking" and use it for a noise reduction profile.

Or try with an EQ to find the "trouble" frequencies.

Try cutting 8K and above and see if that helps.

Personally, I would just re-record it and tell the guy to stop smacking his lips when he talks.

 

[chessrock]

Nope.

You're screwed.
.

 

[bennychico11]

select them and delete them

or
volume automation.

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

select them and delete them

or
volume automation.

Yep. It's called "editing".

Works far better than any plug for this kind of stuff.

G.

 

[sprynmr]

K thanks.

I'll search for the spikes manually.

 

[ecktronic]

Volume automation?

Eck

 

[SouthSIDE Glen]

Volume automation?

Eck

Yup. Think of it like automatically and momentarily "ducking" the volume to remove the offending sounds.

G.

 

[bennychico11]

Yup. Think of it like automatically and momentarily "ducking" the volume to remove the offending sounds.

G.

and it sounds a LOT more natural.
works well with plosives too

 

[Ford Van]

Nope.

You're screwed.
.

What ARE you good for here?

http://www.phoenixlightandsound.com/Audio/fixed.aif

 

[Ford Van]

Y'all need to brush up on your denoise type of plugin's!

By the way, that was Waves XCrackle that did that. I think it did a very nice job. A hair of grunge that wasn't there before, but that is FAR more acceptable than the smacking sound!

 

[Ford Van]

It was also FAR FAR FAR faster than trying to volume automate stuff.

Imagine a 20 minute presentation!

I can't believe you all think you can't fix this stuff easily.

 

[sprynmr]

Hot... I'm trying that plugin.

Thanks!

 

[Ford Van]

No problem man.

Be careful about the "advice" you get around here. A lot of these guys have not been engineering very long at all and basically only share what they have "heard" from others, rather than from experience.

 

[sprynmr]

Nice. Well thanks, that plugin demo is working wonders. Might have to go and buy that.

Quick question... I'm normalizing the audio to 0db. Then I'm using the L3 ultramax to compress/limit my audio. Is that a proper process, or should I cut out the normalizing step?

I also heard something about normalizing to -6db and then compress/limiting to 0.

Thoughts?

 

[Ford Van]

I don't understand why you would need to "normalize" the audio.

The L3 is not a compressor. It is a limiter. Two different things.

 

[sprynmr]

Well... then I'll stop.

Should the crackle plugin be run before or after I limit the audio?

Thanks.

 

[Ford Van]

Probably before.

 

[TelePaul]

this is very retarded...but can I make my mix louder without normalizing, no? And without clipping? Like in I tunes when you can increase the volume by like 100%. This is so retarded, sorry.

 

[ecktronic]

Yup. Think of it like automatically and momentarily "ducking" the volume to remove the offending sounds.

G.

Yeah I know what that is. I use it all the time on bass string squeeks, vocal pops or sybilance etc.

I was making a suggestion.

Cheers but,
Eck