finger lickin good smackin f*ckin up the program...

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I had a guy in last week to do some poetry reading and the guitar palyers performance was outstanding and the feel of the vocals are great.. the only problem is this guy has all these crazy dry mouth smackin noises goin on. can I eq them out. where do these frequencies live. I don't want to throw a blanket over the whole thing but i cant get it to sound just right. sounds like hes suckin on a chiken bone! any advice would be welcomed. this is a rough mix with boosted vocals so you can get the full lip smackin effect!
 

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I would probably try and take them out using a volume envelope. Or if you have a wave editing program with some type of graphic editor, you could use that to actually redraw the samples where the problems live. However, depending on the length of the material, this could get pretty tedious.
 
I used to have to do this when I was doing post work. During a 30 or 60 sec spot, there usually aren't that many mouth clicks but, when they'd arise, I'd just zoom in on the click and do a crossfade on it. That way you can maintain a little of the "air" without hearing drop-outs. Its a long and monotonous process especially for long format stuff, but you gotta do what you gotta do.

I hope this helps.
 
this is like a three minute peice, and its all over the place.....
almost all his other stuff 12 tracks!!!!! is similar. this is all done in cool edit pro, any advice other than sample level editing. he's not payin that much! I know I should have caught it going to disk but I had these 600 ohm akg's on and it wasn't that prevalent. Thanks...
 
There aren't too many magical "crap taker outer" programs that wont make the final version sound worse than the first.

Make sure the problem is really noticeable by other people and that you are not focusing too much on it. If it is really noticeable than sample level editing is your best bet next to redoing it and giving the poor guy a glass of water next time.
 
I've had good luck in Pro Tools just notching out (deleting) the worst transients. The trick is then to drag the remaining regions back together so there isn't a dead spot. If you can chop your regions right at zero crossing points, a lot of times you don't even have to bother cross-fading, as the auto cross-fade that Pro Tools uses on playback between regions is adequate.
 
Take care of the problem at the source. Have em drink some water or something. I would hate to have to do so much work to clean that up. Bring it to his attention.
 
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