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  • How do you remove pops from audio recording?
2012/12/27 11:47:40
RMCALL
I love Sonar X2... however I am still in the learning curve having learned from Pro Tools, so I am still getting used to how Sonar works. I recorded my daughters singing, she has an incredible voice, but she sings really soft. So soft that I had to jack up the volume on the inputs and compress the signal to get a reasonable signal. The result of which was a great vocal performance, but there are several pop (on P's) throughout the recording. Is there a way to remove them w/o screwing up the rest of the audio? R
2012/12/27 11:53:54
garrigus
You can use an automation volume envelope on the track to lower the volume of each pop manually. Or you can try using a multiband compressor. Check out Power Tip #9 on this page...
http://www.garrigus.com/p...oks/SONARPowerTips.asp

Scott

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2012/12/27 15:37:54
Jim Roseberry
but there are several pop (on P's) throughout the recording. Is there a way to remove them w/o screwing up the rest of the audio? R



In the future, use what's called a "pop" filter (plosive filter) when recording the vocal.
This will diffuse the plosives... eliminating them from the start.


When dealing with an existing track that has plosives:
Sonar allows you to add realtime EFX/processing to individual clips... in additional to tracks/busses.
Split each of the plosives off into separate clips (s key) and add a high-pass filter to just the plosive clip/s.
Adjust the high-pass filter's cut-off frequency by ear... until you hear the plosive reduced.
The bulk of the energy for the plosive will be in the 50-80Hz range.
This will leave the vocal untouched/unaffected... except for the plosives.

2012/12/27 16:12:10
garrigus
Also, for info on the automation I mentioned, check out this video...

* Cakewalk SONAR: Automating Data Selections
http://www.digifreq.com/digifreq/video.asp?ID=6

Scott

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* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar and Sony Sound Forge Power book series: http://garrigus.com/?PowerBooks
* Author of the Cakewalk Sonar ProAudioTutor video tutorial series: http://garrigus.com/?ProAudioTutor
* Publisher of the DigiFreq free music technology newsletter: http://digifreq.com/?DigiFreq
* Publisher of the NewTechReview free consumer technology newsletter: http://newtechreview.com/?NewTechReview

2012/12/27 16:23:54
CJaysMusic
Are these pops clipping?? you said you had to turn up the preamps allot. M<aybe you clipped thge signal. Clipping in some cases cannot be removed without hurting the track. If you cliped the converters, re-recordign may be your only choice if you do not want to degregade the track qulity
 
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