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Originally Posted by RDW  Has anyone had any success eliminating or reducing string noice? I play acoustic guitar and do a lot of sliding up and down the neck. I have KM84 Klaus Modified mics and a Lavry Blue...suffice it to say the input line is sensitive! So EVERYTHING is picked up.
I have WAVES Diamond Bundle, which contains the X-Noise, along with compressors, limiters, EQ, etc.
Any ideas???? Oh, by the way, yes, I have used Flat Tops and they DO help. |
[top]Removing Guitar String Squeaks From Digital Recordings
Coating your strings with a commercial lubricant, common cooking oil, or even using steel wool to smooth the strings are all excellent ideas for minimizing the potential for creating undesirable sounds before you record.
This procedure focuses on eliminating undesirable sounds that are already present on prerecorded tracks.
I would like to suggest utilizing
V-Vocal in conjunction with
Sonar Version 5 or above.
This procedure assumes that you are somewhat familiar with
Cakewalk’s Sonar Digital Audio Workstation (
DAW) and are using
Version 5 or above.
1.)Isolate the problem track in the
Track View by selecting the track and solo the track so there will be no other interference.
Suggestion: Splitting clips and trimming them prior to doing any further editing facilitates the process and also saves on internal computer memory minimizing dropouts during play back.
2.)Right click on the track and select
Create V-Vocal Clip.
3.)Once
V-Vocal is open select the
Dynamics button.
4.)Right click on the track in
V-Vocal and select
View Waveform so you can see the variance of the waveform while you are hearing the sound. With further experience you can spot them by eye without even hearing them.
5.)Select the area, with the
Arrow Tool, where you can hear the undesirable sound(s) and grab the centerline in the waveform by hovering over the waveform with your mouse and the
Arrow Tool. You will see the Arrow Tool change to a double arrow. Grab the line, of the area that you have already selected to modify, and pull it down as far as it will go. You have just eliminated the undesirable sound. If you can still hear it when you play it back, click on the undo button and try again until you get it right. It takes a little practice but you’ll get really good at it after awhile. V-Vocal is a very powerful tool that can be used on all audio files, not just vocals.
For further instruction go to
Cakewalk.com and select
YouTube Cakewalk on the left side of the Web Site. Check out further instruction on utilizing V-Vocal, particularly the
V-Vocal In Depth. Pay particular attention when he discusses Dynamics editing.
Hope this helps!
God Bless