Don't worry - I haven't got an IQ yet....

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CanopuS

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OK - I am pretty stupid, so.....

is there any way I could edit out the "squeaks" when sliding the guitar. I guess its like... done to do with pitch because they're much higher than the rest of the sound.

Cheers
 
Who told you that you were stupid?

But to answer your question:
Well, it depends. Is it before any other sound (like the acutal guitar sound)? In that case you can just place the marker right before the fret-noise, and hit S (to split the clip, maybe in PA9 it's Edit -> Split). Repeat, but this time place the marker after the fret-noise (and of course hit S again). Then select the "new" clip and hit Del.

If it's more like it's a part of the guitar-sound, there's nothing you can do, expect track the guitar again. Try new strings at the guitar, old sweat makes strings "squeaky"...

:)
 
I told myself :P

Anyway,

Yeah its part of the guitar, obviously I knew how to split :)

/me goes and buys strings unless anyone else can offer help ;)
 
CanopuS said:
Yeah its part of the guitar, obviously I knew how to split :)
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Come on, man! You claimed you were stupid! :D

We always try the easiest sollution first.

How am I supposed to know what you know and what you don't know? ;)
 
Another thing I just remembered is that if it's like an emergency, you can clean the strings with hot water. Just don't use too much water, or you will wreck the neck... ;)
 
Hmmm I mean there's LOADS of squeak. Sure that'll sort it ?
 
I'm pretty stupid at this stuff too....

Is the sound at a relatively constant frequecy? Maybe a subtractive eq with a very narrow Q at that frequency? Or a sidechain de esser type set up where that frequency is compresssed?

Don't ask me how to do it. This is just theoretical blather :D and maybe it wouldn't even work :)
 
I've got a feeling EQing won't work... A scratch doesen't have a "constant" frequensy.
 
Well, I would run the track through a spectrum analyzer and pay close attention to see if I can attribute the squeaks to specific frequencies. If so, I would then go and cut out those specific frequencies. Let me add, that acoustic guitar squeaks are part of the instrument. It doesn't matter how well you play, a little squeak here and there is always nice to have to give that guitar a more live feeling. Of course, you can always retrack and try to get a better take, concentrating on where and why you get the squeaks. Squeaks come from lightly sliding your fingers on the strings while changing chords... well, another possible solution is to record 2 or 3 guitar tracks each one playing until the part of the song where you shift chords, then you start a fresh one right on the next chord etc etc... this will take a little more time and might need some tweaking with fades but is a sure solution to your squeak problem. Good luck,

Carlos
 
I would either live with it or re-track it. You might be able to reduce the squeeking electronically (with EQ or editing) but I bet you'll end up creating more problems than you're fixing.

If you decide to re-track, and the squeeking is still a problem, I would go out and get some string treatment like fast fret or finger ease. That might ease the squeeks a bit.
 
Ok, just did a tune last night, and the guitar was sqeaking like hell. I swept through the frequensy band, trying to EQ it out. And I succeeded. The sqeaks was gone, but so was the guitar sound... ;)
 
moskus said:
Ok, just did a tune last night, and the guitar was sqeaking like hell. I swept through the frequensy band, trying to EQ it out. And I succeeded. The sqeaks was gone, but so was the guitar sound... ;)
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In the case of my guitar playing...that would be a bonus :D
 
Hehe ;)

Well yeah of course I accept that the squeaks are all part of Mother Natures guitar, but if the squeaks are louder than the note itself, and actually drown the sound, surely thats a bit buggered ;)
 
You might be able to get around it a couple of ways..

New Strings <-- just use that link as an example

Whilst searching the net I also came up with "Cold water and moisturizing cream does the trick"... wether you use that on the strings or fingers I dont' know. The disadvantage of that would be the reduction of the callis on the finger tips..

I'm sure I read somewhere that you can buy some cream where you can rub it on the strings to reduce the squeek, designed especially for the guitar.

Porter
 
Yup I've heard a lot about Elixir strings, I'm gonna go get meself some when the bank holiday is over (and the riots in town have sorted emselves out :()]

Cheers
 
Just gotta decide which ones would be better for me. Being very acoustic, slow indie/rock songs, I want a nice tone, but I've heard that the Polyweb strings (which cause the least squeaking) don't really sound as good as the Nanoweb ones. Any suggestions?
 
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