Pops and clicks recording clean guitar

  • Thread starter Thread starter Torpid-x
  • Start date Start date
Torpid-x

Torpid-x

Member
hi
Ive been trying to record a song using a clean sound. I have to use high compression to keep the volume as level as possible, and my guitar volume knob has to be turned low to get the tone I need. I'm getting allot of attack noise when using open 7th fret harmonics, and some pops and clicks when playing low on the neck on the top strings.

Does anybody have any suggestions on how to get rid of this?

Thanks
Torp
 
What cables are you using-cheap shit causes pops, if you haven't get some monster cables. It may or may not be because of this though good cables are worth having anyway. It may also be down to your amp or guitar pick-ups.
 
Sorry it took so long but I misplaced this thread. no its not cable noise , what it is is more like finger noise. can anyone tell me what frequency that "Shwit" sound finger noise lives in so I can EQ it out without losing the tone. The song I'm trying to record is Dee by Randy Rhoads, on an electric guitar, direct line recording, like I said...Low output on guitar through the single coils, High compression
 
yeah

A little bits ok, but a fingerpicked classical song played on a rock guitar has toooooooo much.
 
Compressors don't just bring louder sounds down,they also bring softer sounds UP(like circuit hiss,finger squeaks,breath noises).Sounds to me like your threshold is too low and consequently the comp is exaggerating the finger noises.Try raising the threshold(clockwise on most units).Cheers!
 
Dee... what a great piece of music!

Why not just go out and buy a cheap classical guitar... it'd prolly sound better than the electric...
 
Then I'd Have to buy mics, power them some how. I have looked at them and electric classical but the electrics just dont sound right,and I wouldn't get much use out of a classical. I'd have to get a steel string acoustic first. I'll try playing with the comp and EQ settings when I get back to that song. problem might also be due to my k6 based system. Thanks VR and Coop.

don't look directly into the light
Rich
 
Pops and click while recording electrical guitars can sometimes appear when you touch or let go of the strings. This is probably some kind of ground problem? :confused:
I had it on cheap guitars like an acoustic with built-in mikes I have. I got rid of if by miking it instead (which gave a better sound anyway). With electrics you can't get rid of it that way, I got rid of it by keeping my right hand constantly on a metal part... :)
Fixing the ground problem would probably be the best, but it can be difficult to find. My first guess is that the strings aren't grounded, because they aren't on the acoustic I have. Otherwise using a balanced cable and input would help?
Yes, a compressor will make it more audible. If you have a compressor where you can adjust everything try putting the treshold up, so you only compress louder parts of the playing, and maybe increase the compression ration instead. More of a limiter type of usage...
 
Thanks for the reply Regebro. No it's been a long time since I've had a guitar with a ground problem, I do know what your talking about. It's got to be the way that I'm trying to duplicate a classical guitar sound, also sometimes I think it non recorded glitches from my system, sometimes I hear some, and sometimes I don't. I wish I could post the recording so I could point out the sounds, some's exaggerated finger noise, some sounds like string slap (that's the worst) and some I could be imagining from self induced trance caused by listening to hard.

OK bye bye
Rich
 
This is maybe a stupid question, but is your pick-up ok? Some (cheaper) single coils have the tendencie to produce a lot of unwanted noises, mostly because the wiring inside the pick-up isn't ok.
And otherwise, I can only repeat that adjusting your compressor en eq-settings could do a lot of hard work. And otherwise, even Roland adds 'Frett Noise' in their guitar sounds (just check JV-1080)

good luck!
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top