How to mute fretnoise in cubase?

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So I recorded my bands intro and we mic up amps. Problem is there's small fretnoise etc between parts that should be silent. Is there anyway to edit this out. I tried cutting and then deleting but it left awkward pops. Thanks!
 
Place a fade in/out on each side of your cut. If the space is small in between the parts, just cut in the middle, pull the 'triangles' at top of the two events to create a fade, double click between the end of event and triangle to get to the fade editor and adjust for a quick curve. If you have overlapping events or punches with a 'pop', insert a crossfade (Ctrl/left click to select both events on either side of your cut, then 'X' to crossfade). Either of these will get rid of 90% of pops. There will be times where you will have to move the start/end of events to get this to work smoothly.

Practice, practice.........

It will be like brushing your teeth after a while. Something you don't really want to do, but your chops will be nasty if you don't. ;D
 
Another method is to double click on the part to open it in the editor. Highlight the regions that have fret noise and right click to pull up a menu. Select Process>Silence.
 
Chili said:
Another method is to double click on the part to open it in the editor. Highlight the regions that have fret noise and right click to pull up a menu. Select Process>Silence.
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Note: Depending on your settings in 'Preferences", you may need to hold 'ALT' then right click to get to that menu.

I wish there were a way to place a silent section (including a pre set in/out fade) onto an unwanted part. Process silence still leaves me with pops. That would be sweet.
 
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jimmys69 said:
Note: Depending on your settings in 'Preferences", you may need to hold 'ALT' then right click to get to that menu.

I wish there were a way to place a silent section (including a pre set in/out fade) onto an unwanted part. Process silence still leaves me with pops. That would be sweet.
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By pop, do you mean when it transitions from content to silence? I usually only use Silence to remove room noise, lip smacks, deep breaths, coughing, drinking, sneezing, complaining, kids, neighbors' dogs, car noise, feet shuffling, mic stand bumps, headphone bleed, etc... from in between vox passages when nothing should be heard. ;)

Yeah, it'd be cool if Cubase allowed you to write little macros or scripts to combine commands like you mentioned.
 
Just setup automatic fades and life is easy.

Page 97 of the cubase 5 print manual and page 94 in the cubase operation manual pdf file.
 
Guitargodgt said:
The full version does.
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Yeah, but I haven't yet figured out a way to make a macro make a pre and post fade from a cut, using the section tool to define the region. If you have found that in the manual, I would love to know which page. Sorry, I'm in a shitty mood from that stupid 'Teacher' post.
 
jimmys69 said:
Sorry, I'm in a shitty mood from that stupid 'Teacher' post.
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Haha, no worries. You will get no butt hurt reaction from me.

I have no idea if I can figure it out either, but my guess is setting up automatic fades does what you want. I'll try it later and see if it works.
 
For "Silence", you can create a short cut key. I highlight the gasps, buzzes, breaths, dog barks [have 2 Collies], chair squeeks, headphone bleed, burps, belches, snorts, throat clearing,PHONE RINGING, etc. I open the wav editor and highlight the area. I created a shortcut, Alt + P, but you can assign any combo as long as it isn't already being used. Very helpfull on vocals, acoustic guitar tracks, line buzz, etc. I usually don't experience any popping using this method. The more excess noise you can remove from "silent" passages, the better.

Bear
 
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