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[PRSEGNATER]

Just started home recording. Been playing for about 14 years.

Use a PRS semihollow SE and an eganter 30w head.

I bought an alesis io2 express usb interface to use with my mac in conjunction with garageband.

I am running my amp directly into my interface using the silent record feature. It is great because I can record at night and my roommates can't hear my loud amp hehe. It sounds great through headphones.

My issue is that I want to record in true time to a metronome. I will record a verse track on my guitar for instance, to use for all three verses of a song. However, at the beginning of the track/recording, there is a pop and/or click (whatever you want to call it). Therefore at the beginning of each verse there is this pop or click noise. I am also getting a very airy sound when I play back the recording. I have tried turning the gain down on my interface, not using any effects pedals on my guitar, turning down my volume on my guitar, etc. However, none of this has worked.

Is this pop/clicking noise at the beginning of my recordings a garageband issue, interface issue, or something else? Same for the airy noise in the recording. Just shoot me straight here, if my interface is a piece of crap tell me! Same goes for garageband. I just want to know what the issues are here and how to fix them.

 

[moresound]

Does it happen when you record .... say like .... when you record your vocals with a microphone?

 

[PRSEGNATER]

Does it happen when you record .... say like .... when you record your vocals with a microphone?

Nope, just having this problem with the guitar right now. I haven't tried recording any vocals however where I would be singing initially when the recording starts therefore there isn't a pop or click. Not really much airy sound either

 

[Armistice]

Where is "the beginning of the track"?

Surely the beginning of the track is when you push the record button, which is well before you play anything - given that you have to get from PC to guitar, wait for a click and start recording?

You would then cut and paste the actual bit you want into the verses (not knocking your recording methods, but I don't even try this - there are inevitable unpleasant artifacts at the edit points) - you follwing me?

So is the offending noise being generated at the very start of the track as recorded (ie. when you press record) is it appearing during your edit operations to paste the same "track" into 2 or 3 places?

 

[PRSEGNATER]

Where is "the beginning of the track"?

Surely the beginning of the track is when you push the record button, which is well before you play anything - given that you have to get from PC to guitar, wait for a click and start recording?

You would then cut and paste the actual bit you want into the verses (not knocking your recording methods, but I don't even try this - there are inevitable unpleasant artifacts at the edit points) - you follwing me?

So is the offending noise being generated at the very start of the track as recorded (ie. when you press record) is it appearing during your edit operations to paste the same "track" into 2 or 3 places?

You aren't following what I'm doing because I didn't explain this in my initial post lol. My bad

I am using a count in... so when I hit record, the metronome counts off four measures before it actually starts recording. That way I can back away, start playing at the fourth beat, and I will be in pretty good time as to make a nice timed sample that needs little cutting and pasting if any. The beginning of the track would be when the machine starts recording, which is four beats after I hit record, it's actually a useful little tool.

And yes, the noise occurs at each consecutive beginning of the sample/track whatever you want to call it.

 

[Armistice]

So you're trying to start the recording process at the exact moment you're due to start playing - like you're doing a time delay on the actual start of the recording?

If so, why?

Why not hit record, take a breath, start your count in, start playing at the appropriate place, stop at the appropriate place, top and tail the audio to get rid of the before and after bits, cut and paste?

Sounds to me like you have a joining issue where your samples overlap less than elegantly - which would surprise me not at all if I understand what you're doing and how you're doing it... without knowing the exact details of the recording you're attempting.

Does your sample have clear space at the beginning and ending of it - ie. is it just a sample that you want to drop into each verse at a particular spot and there's space on either side as it's shorter than the verse, or IS IT THE COMPLETE VERSE and you're trying to cut and paste the thing together?

Perhaps I'm not following what you're doing though. Can you post an audio sample?

 

[PRSEGNATER]

So you're trying to start the recording process at the exact moment you're due to start playing - like you're doing a time delay on the actual start of the recording?

If so, why?

Why not hit record, take a breath, start your count in, start playing at the appropriate place, stop at the appropriate place, top and tail the audio to get rid of the before and after bits, cut and paste?

Sounds to me like you have a joining issue where your samples overlap less than elegantly - which would surprise me not at all if I understand what you're doing and how you're doing it... without knowing the exact details of the recording you're attempting.

Does your sample have clear space at the beginning and ending of it - ie. is it just a sample that you want to drop into each verse at a particular spot and there's space on either side as it's shorter than the verse, or IS IT THE COMPLETE VERSE and you're trying to cut and paste the thing together?

Perhaps I'm not following what you're doing though. Can you post an audio sample?

It has nothing to due with samples overlapping I don't think. The very first sample of the song will make this noise standing alone with no other samples strung together with it or anything (if that's what you meant).

As of right now you are correct, I am using a delay and/or count in that lets me start playing simultaneously as the recording begins. As to your question why I'm doing this, I have no idea. I just figured it would be an easy way to get a nicely timed sample/recording. I have no idea about recording really, this is pretty new to me. I've played in garageband before with the preset loops for fun but I've never tried using equipment to make quality recordings.

Would it be better to hit record and let the metronome count off 4 to 8 beats while recording and then start playing? . I guess this would be just as easy to cut paste. Do you think that would eliminate the issue?

I'm more or less wanting to create my music using samples for certain songs, so instead of playing the same rhythm for 1 minute straight I can just knock out 16 bars of it and then drag it out in garageband. No I have no audio sample, sorry, I've deleted everyone of these recordings due to them sounding like crap.