I have a couple of tracks with very soft acoustic guitar, and nothing else. The mics picked up the click track from the headphones, it seems, and I can hear a faint click in the background during these soft passages. How can I get rid of these clicks while not effecting the guitar recording? I am using X1 producer, and have Alloy and Ozone, if either of these would help. Also, the click track which was recorded was the standard Sonar "Ping High" and "Ping Low". Any help would be appreciated! (I thought I saw a way to do this with EQ in an instructional video once, but cant seem to find it anywhere) Thanks!

Sounds like a job for R-Mix but you need X2 for that...

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Actually, I wouldn't mind having a go at fixing that for you but you would need to upload the WAV files for me.

turn down the metronome volume level or shut it off completely .....
or....
record it into a track as audio and use envelopes to lower the levels in the soft parts....
or....
use better headphones. I have used my noise reducing ear buds to record vocal takes and having a fairly loud can mix is a good thing to me. With headphones, that spill gets picked up by the Rode..... when I used my ear buds, the sound was just as good and just as loud and there was ZERO spill to the Rode condenser. 

you gotta do what works best for you.

Aldwyn


I have a couple of tracks with very soft acoustic guitar, and nothing else. The mics picked up the click track from the headphones, it seems, and I can hear a faint click in the background during these soft passages. How can I get rid of these clicks while not effecting the guitar recording? I am using X1 producer, and have Alloy and Ozone, if either of these would help. Also, the click track which was recorded was the standard Sonar "Ping High" and "Ping Low". Any help would be appreciated! (I thought I saw a way to do this with EQ in an instructional video once, but cant seem to find it anywhere) Thanks!

In the past with clicks / and hum etc I have been able to record a sample of the offending noise on its own track, line up the signals, reverse the phase on the "noise" track and cancel out the noise portion..  You would have to record the click track under the same conditions.


Cheers


Grif

Thanks, Synkrotron! Let me try looking at getting it available... right now, when I dump to wave file, the level is very very low. Working on trying to remedy that... Thanks for the other tips, guys. I didnt think about phasing them out. brilliant idea, and will try that now!

Steves technique is a gooden. Good one for gang vocals if you don't have enough headphones, too. Speaker in the room - record a playthrough without the people in the room, and then a playthrough with them singing. Line them up and flip the phase on the first.

Guitarhacker


when I used my ear buds, the sound was just as good and just as loud and there was ZERO spill to the Rode condenser. 

Yep, I also use ear buds for recording vocals, and as belt and braces I use my closed back headphones over the top, not plugged in, and that totally stops any chance of a click or backing track making it onto the vocal track.

Aldwyn


right now, when I dump to wave file, the level is very very low

Hi Aldwyn, you do not have to export or dump a WAV file from Sonar. If you recorded the tracks within Sonar just upload the associated audio track and I'll work on that.

If it is sucessful I'll bounce the result to another audio track and I'll send it back to you.


cheers


andy

Ok, I tried recording a new track with just the click in it, then phasing it... no dice. :( Tried through the monitors, though the headphones at different positions, etc, as well... So, you can now file the audio file at http://www.mdpagans.com/aldwyn/Acoustic2.wav Thanks for taking a crack at it! Worse comes to worse, I can always re-record it, but wanted to see if I could get the click out first. Thanks again!

 Often times an expander/gate will fix a click in the mix. Set it (threshold) so the content gets through (click not as noticable then anyway), but, the gate closes when it's soft. EQ the clicks frequency out if need be. Or sample the click with Waves X-Noise then reduce with that if ya need. Probably find the Gate to suffice. If you don't have the Pro channnel Gate, you can use the one inside the Vintage Channel.