Mystery chirp sounds

[purplepeople]

I have a full song session in Adobe Audition.

For whatever reason one of my instrument layers is causing a loud chirp sound.

It repeats at the exact same spots throughout the track. The instrument is a flute.

When I listen to the file individually, the chip sound isn't there. There's nothing that even remotely sounds like a chirp.

But once exported, it's there and it's very loud. 2-3x louder than the actual instrument.

A single super loud chirp. Like what you'd hear when your fire alarms battery is running low.

The chirp is there regardless if I have FX turned on or off.

If I remove the instrument, the chirp goes away.

Even if I attempt to use extreme noise reduction on the layer it still exports the chirp. Like it doesn't reduce or muffle the chirp at all.

Like at that point you can barely hear the instrument, but you still hear the chirp.

If I use Trackspacer aggressively it'll remove it... Meaning it's gotta somehow be in the layer even thought I can't hear it isolated right?

Anyone have any hypotheticals on what could cause this?

I don't recall the issue being there days ago.

Thanks for any ideas to try.

 

[Steenamaroo]

Hi,
Any chance the instrument you're using is a demo?

I've heard of demo versions imprint annoying sounds, like a watermark in an image,
although they usually do it in the editor too.
Just a thought.

 

[purplepeople]

Hard to say. I bought the beat. The producer claims everything is royalty free.
I would presume you'd hear it isolated too not just on export?
I've attached a sample.

 

[Steenamaroo]

I'm not hearing any super loud chirp in that clip.
Could it be something about the software you're using to playback?
Do you hear it if you play your embedded clip in your browser?

 

[purplepeople]

For others who might find this thread, the chip sounds were created by the attack/release being too slow on Trackspacer. It was halfway ducking notes leaving weird artifacts on fast moving FX/instruments.