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JohnCtATu
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Hi, When I record my self singing..there is too much airy and backround noises and the room is very quiet...what can i do to stop that? 
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studiomaster
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JohnCtATu said:Hi, When I record my self singing..there is too much airy and backround noises and the room is very quiet...what can i do to stop that?
Using Behringer-like preamps,eh?
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JohnCtATu
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Honestly i'm a first time recorder and i have no professional stuff...but do u know any programs(free)that i can use to help me?
Honestly i'm a first time recorder and i have no professional stuff...but do u know any programs(free)that i can use to help me?
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jkokura
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That's what you do when you're recording... picking up any sound that occurs in within the range of the mic.
Chances are your room isn't as quiet as you think... and you're probably making most of the noise yourself.
Jacob
Chances are your room isn't as quiet as you think... and you're probably making most of the noise yourself.
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Daniel Reichman
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It would help if you could tell us what you are using, but if you can find a copy of the original CoolEdit (not the multitrack version), it had a pretty good noise reduction algorithm that took a sample of the noise, and then attempted to filter this out of the recorded material. It will affect the sound somewhat, but it may be better than a really noisy recording.JohnCtATu said:
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travelin travis
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Daniel Reichman said:
I used to use that myself. If you're absolutely stuck with a noisy room, it'll get you by. It's better than any other noise reduction that I've heard. Any more, I just live with any noise in my room and hope that it gets buried some in the mix. Also, cutting out what should be silent sections in tracks will help.
It sounds like you need to find the noise sources: ac, refrigerator, pc fans, etc. and do your best at reducing their volume. Can you use a different room for tracking?
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Very true. The mic picks up room sound you don't notice. I had a whooshing sound that turned out to be my shirt sleeve moving slightly on the edge of the guitar as I played. Couldn't hear it live at all but the mic sure got it.jkokura said:
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jonnyc
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Turn your AC off. You'd be surprised how much AC noise a mic can pick up. I always turn mine off during vox tracking.
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mrface2112
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jonnyc said:
i was tracking some finger-picked acoustic guitar once in the winter and turned the HVAC unit (aka heater) off. The house got REAL cold REAL fast. Boy did i catch a lot of shit from the wife for that one.
(got the track captured quite nicely, though
)to answer the original question--the mic picks up a LOT more background noise than your ears do. your room is not nearly as quiet as you think. when you add cheap preamps on top of that, it only makes it worse.
cheers,
wade
