Removing "pops" from vocals

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I have a couple of vocal tracks that have some "pops" in them. There is no way to re-do the tracks. Is there a way to remove the pops? Or perhaps make them less evident? They were recorded on a yamaha aw4416, so i have the ability to automate dynamics at specific points. I am not sure what i should try? perhaps compression or EQ?
Thanks in advance!
 
mr. torture said:
I have a couple of vocal tracks that have some "pops" in them. There is no way to re-do the tracks. Is there a way to remove the pops? Or perhaps make them less evident? They were recorded on a yamaha aw4416, so i have the ability to automate dynamics at specific points. I am not sure what i should try? perhaps compression or EQ?
Thanks in advance!
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Not being familiar with just what the 4416's editing capabilities are like, I can only give you general info.

Compression may help somewhat if the pops are causing transient peaks that rise well above the rest of the program material. But I wouldn't count on it to to a very effective job; you'd still probably hear the popping, just at a bit lower of a volume. EQ will most likely not be of that much help either.

If there is such a thing as a pop and click remover "plugin" that works on the 4416, that would probably work the best, but I'm not sure if that kind of machine has such "plugin" capability.

If the 4416 gives you the ability to edit the waveform, probably the most effective technique outside of a noise reduction plugin would be to zoom in on the location of each of the pops and knock down their volume manually to an impotent level.

HTH,

G.
 
I mix on a mackie 32-8 and record on a mackie sdr2496 so this story might not apply to you guys using computers.

We tracked a song two years ago where Nate popped a P. We tracked guitar and vocal's together to get a very live-ish sound.

I basically knob-jockeyed the mids very quickly around the P and while you can notice that the tone flattens for a plsit second, there is no audible pop. I did have the vocal bleeding into the guitar mic, so that track sort of filled in the flat section where the eq mix was. I saved the track and it ended up being released. Not perfect, but we saved it.
 
Guys..i got a very noobish question..yesterday one of my friends came over and recorded a rap. the problem with it is that, some parts of the vocals are low in volume and some normal. how can i bring up the lows to normal?
 
you could break it out onto multiple tracks, balance the levels and submix together? very easy on analog consoles, just as easy on computer. If using computer, you could also automate the level to balance in mixdown.
 
Thanks for the info bro. But the problem is that, the volume sometimes go up and down. By automation, how can i actually make the level of the vocals constant or the same. Im using Sonar 5 producer edition. Thanks.

Would a Expander help? as in compression....I also have the Waves Diamond Bundle..so maybe you can tell me which one of the plugins can help me out..
 
Studiomaster,

It sounds like some simple compression should do the trick for you. Set the threshold and gain reduction to bring the louder parts down to the softer parts of the vocals. Then just boost the output gain as "makeup" to bring the overall volume back up to where you want it.

If you want to use automation in Sonar instead - which could be a more transparent way to fix it than using the compressor - but it's more labor-intensive - just use the volume/level rubberband control to boost the soft parts. For example, if the quiet parts are at most 4dB down from the loud parts on average, then set the flat rubber band level at -4dB. Then add some handles to the rubber band around the quieter parts and stretch the volume upwards on just the quiet passages to even out the overall volume.

G.
 
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