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Old 17th January 2008   #20
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Originally Posted by JimmyM View Post
If I ever cut an acoustic track and the engineer suggested removing the string noise, I would kick him in the sack. Why do people want to remove the very things that separate programmed tracks from real musicians playing them? I guess I'm old.
I agree that string/fret noise is part of the guitar's sound, and I would never try to remove all the noise. However, you might get the occasional noise that's just a little too loud and annoying, or sticks out in a gap in the mix. A little adjustment (attenuating or removal) could be just the trick.
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